Privacy policy

Person responsible

ComSIT Distribution GmbH
Hartshausen 8
85406 Zolling
Germany

Phone: +49-8167-958-250
Fax +49-8167-958-196
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.com-sit.com

The company ComSIT Distribution GmbH is represented by: Müzeyyen Carrasco-Demir, Christian Meier
Responsible for content according to § 55 Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (RStV): Müzeyyen Carrasco-Demir, Christian Meier

Registered office of the company: Zolling

Imprint

General information

This privacy policy contains detailed information about what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. When processing your data, we adhere strictly to the statutory provisions, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and attach great importance to ensuring that your visit to our website is absolutely secure.

Access data (server log files)

When you visit our website, we automatically collect and store access data in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version of your PC

  • Operating system used by your PC

  • Referrer URL (source/reference from which you came to our website)

  • Host name of the accessing computer

  • Date and time of the server request

  • the IP address currently used by your PC (in anonymized form, if applicable)

As a rule, it is not possible for us to make a personal reference, nor is this intended. The processing of such data is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Cookies

We use so-called cookies to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer system.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR is stored. We have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website.

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.

§1 Web analysis tools and advertising

1.1 Google Analytics

a) IP anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

b) Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

Our website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that contain information on the age, gender and interests of the site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and from visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics – as described in the section “Objection to data collection”.

c) Order processing

We have concluded a contract with Google for commissioned data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

d) Storage period

Data stored by Google at user and event level that is linked to cookies, user IDs or advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) is anonymized or deleted after 14 months. You can find details on this under the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/ 7667196?hl=en

e)
Objection to data collection

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookies and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on available under the following link to deactivate Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. If you delete the cookies on your computer, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

1.2 Google Tag Manager

Our website uses the Google Tag Manager from the provider Google. Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage website tags via a single interface. The tool that implements the tags is a cookie-less domain and does not store any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags that are implemented with Google Tag Manager.

1.3 Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking

Our website uses Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords). Google Ads is an online advertising program from the provider Google.

Google Ads enables us to draw attention to our offers with the help of advertising material on external websites and to determine how successful individual advertising measures are. This helps us to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs.

As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking. The advertising material is delivered by Google via so-called “AdServers”. For this purpose, we use so-called ad server cookies, through which certain parameters for measuring success, such as the display of ads or clicks by users, can be measured. If you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. These cookies enable Google to recognize your web browser. If you visit certain pages of our website when the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you have clicked on the specific ad and have been redirected to this page.

Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. The cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Ads customers. The following information is usually stored as analysis values for the cookie: unique cookie ID, number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), last impression (relevant for post-view conversions), opt-out information (marking that the user no longer wishes to be addressed). The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Ads customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under user settings. They will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The summary of the data collected in your Google account is based exclusively on your consent, which you can give or revoke at Google (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). For data collection processes that are not merged into your Google account (e.g. because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merging), the collection of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that we have an interest in the anonymized analysis of visitors to our website for advertising purposes in order to optimize both our website and our advertising.

Further information and the data protection provisions can be found in Google’s privacy policy at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de.

1.4 Google Remarketing

Our website uses the functions of Google Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick from the provider Google.

Google Remarketing analyzes your user behavior on our website in order to classify you into certain advertising target groups and then to display suitable advertising messages to you when you visit other online offers (remarketing or retargeting).

The advertising target groups created with Google Remarketing can be linked to Google’s cross-device functions so that interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device are also displayed on another of your devices. If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be displayed on every device on which you log in with your Google account.

To support this function, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data in order to define and create target groups for cross-device advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by deactivating personalized advertising in your Google account; follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The summary of the data collected in your Google account is based exclusively on your consent, which you can give or revoke at Google (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). For data collection processes that are not merged into your Google account (e.g. because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merging), the collection of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that we have an interest in the anonymized analysis of visitors to our website for advertising purposes.

Further information and the data protection provisions can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de.

1.5 Google AdSense

Our website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from the provider Google.

Google AdSense uses so-called “cookies”, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and used to display advertisements on our website that match our content and your interests. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to statistically analyze information about visitor traffic on our pages for online marketing purposes.

The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of our website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be passed on to third parties by Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data that Google may have stored about you.

If you have given your consent, the storage and processing of personal data is based on this consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We also have a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both our website and our advertising.

The summary of the data collected in your Google account is based exclusively on your consent, which you can give or revoke at Google (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

1.6 Google Fonts

We use “Google Fonts” (formerly “Google Web Fonts”), a service provided by Google, on our website.

Google Fonts enables us to use external fonts, so-called Google Fonts. For this purpose, the required Google Font is loaded into the browser cache by your web browser when you access our website. This is necessary so that your browser can display a visually improved presentation of our texts. If your browser does not support this function, a standard font will be used by your computer for display.

The integration of Google Fonts takes place via a server call, usually to a Google server in the USA. This tells the server which of our Internet pages you have visited. Google also stores the IP address of your device’s browser. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected and processed by Google through the use of Google Fonts.

We use Google Fonts for optimization purposes, in particular to improve the use of our website for you and to make its design more user-friendly. This is our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further information on Google Fonts can be found at https://fonts.google.com/,
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?hl=de-DE&csw=1.

1.7 WordPress Stats

Our website uses the WordPress Stats tool to statistically analyze visitor access. WordPress Stats is a sub-function of the Jetpack plugin. The provider is Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.

WordPress Stats uses cookies that are stored on your computer and allow us to analyze the use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our online offer is stored on a server in the USA. The processed data can be used to create user profiles that are only used for analysis and not for advertising purposes. Your IP address is anonymized after processing and before storage.

“WordPress-Stats” cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Further information can be found in Automattic’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/ and notes on Jetpack cookies: https://jetpack.com/support/ cookies/.

The storage of “WordPress Stats” cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behaviour in order to optimize both our website and our advertising.

Social media

1.1 Facebook-Plugins (Like & Share-Button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our website (“Facebook”). You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our website. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

When you visit our website, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not logged in to Facebook. If you click on the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the website operator, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our website with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account. You can also completely prevent the Facebook plugin from loading with add-ons for your browser.

Information about the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

1.2 Google+ Plugin

Our website uses Google+ social plugins from the provider Google. The plugins can be recognized, for example, by buttons with the “+1” symbol on a white or coloured background. You can find an overview of the Google plugins and their appearance here: https://developers.google.com/+/plugins

When you visit our website that contains a Google+ plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Google directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through the integration, Google receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Google+ profile or are not logged in to Google+. This information, including your IP address, is transmitted directly from your browser to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Google+, Google can directly associate your visit to our website with your Google+ profile. If you interact with the plugins, e.g. press the “+1” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Google server and stored there. The information is also published on Google+ and displayed to your contacts there.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

1.3 Instagram Plugin

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera”. An overview of the Instagram plugins and their appearance can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram- badges

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Instagram servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

If you do not want Instagram to use the data collected via our website

directly to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Instagram plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy at: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

1.4 LinkedIn plugin

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“LinkedIn”).

Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by LinkedIn, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

1.5 Pinterest plugin

On our website, we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA (“Pinterest”).

When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy at: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

1.6 Twitter plugin

Our website uses functions of the Twitter service. The provider is Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”).

When you use Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and published in your Twitter feed. This involves the transmission of data to Twitter. We have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or the use of this data by Twitter. Details can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/account/ settings

For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Twitter, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/privacy.

1.7 Vimeo Plugin

Our website uses plugins from Vimeo to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA (“Vimeo”).

When you visit our site with an integrated Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. This tells Vimeo which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo learns your IP address even if you are not logged in to the video portal or do not have an account there. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the video portal’s servers in the USA.

Vimeo can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out beforehand.

Information about the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Vimeo as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

1.8 XING plugin

Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (“XING”).

Each time one of our pages containing XING functions is accessed, a connection to XING servers is established. As far as we are aware, no personal data is stored in the process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated.

Further information on data protection and the XING Share button can be found in XING’s privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

1.9 YouTube plugin

Our website uses plugins from YouTube to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (“YouTube”).

When a page with an integrated YouTube plugin is accessed, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. YouTube thereby learns which of our pages you have visited.

YouTube can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile if you are logged into your YouTube account. You can prevent this by logging out beforehand.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by YouTube, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Hotjar

This website uses Hotjar, an analysis software from Hotjar Ltd (“Hotjar”)(http://www.hotjar.com, Level 2, St Julian’s Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julian’s STJ 1000, Malta, Europe). With Hotjar it is possible to measure and evaluate user behavior (clicks, mouse movements, scroll heights, etc.) on our website. The information generated by the “tracking code” and “cookie” about your visit to our website is transmitted to the Hotjar servers in Ireland and stored there. The tracking code collects the following information: Device-dependent data

The following information may be recorded by your device and browser:

  • The IP address of your device (collected and stored in an anonymized format)
  • Your e-mail address, including your first and last name, if you have provided it to us via our website
  • Screen size of your device
  • Device type and browser information
  • Geographical point of view (country only)
  • The preferred language to display our website
  • User interactions
  • Mouse events (movement, position and clicks)
  • Keyboard entries
  • Log data

The following data is automatically generated by our servers when Hotjar is used

  • Referring domain
  • Visited pages
  • Geographical point of view (country only)
  • The preferred language to display our website
  • Date and time when the website was accessed

Hotjar will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Hotjar also uses services from third-party companies, such as Google Analytics and Optimizely, to provide its services. These third-party companies may store information that your browser sends when you visit the website, such as cookies or IP requests. For more information on how Google Analytics and Optimizely store and use data, please refer to their respective privacy policies.

By continuing to use this website, you consent to the above-mentioned processing of your data by Hotjar and its third-party providers in accordance with their privacy policies.

The cookies that Hotjar uses have different “lifespans”; some remain valid for up to 365 days, some only remain valid during the current visit.

You can prevent the collection of data by Hotjar by clicking on the following link and following the instructions there: Hotjar Opt-out

Google ReCaptcha

We integrate the function for recognizing bots, e.g. for entries in online forms (“ReCaptcha”) of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Google Maps

Our website uses the Google Maps map service provided by Google via an API (Application Programming Interface).

To ensure data protection on our website, Google Maps is deactivated when you enter our website for the first time. A direct connection to Google’s servers is only established if you activate Google Maps yourself (consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). This prevents your data from being transmitted to Google the first time you visit our website.

After activation, Google Maps will save your IP address. This is then usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission after the activation of Google Maps.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Newsletter

If you have expressly consented, we will regularly send our newsletter to your e-mail address. To receive our newsletter, you must provide us with your e-mail address and then verify it. Additional data is not collected or is voluntary. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR is processed. You can withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw your consent, simply send us an informal e-mail or unsubscribe via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted if you unsubscribe. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.

Facebook pixel, custom audiences and Facebook conversion

Within our online offer, the so-called “Facebook pixel” of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are resident in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”), is used due to our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer and for these purposes.

Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law(https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).

With the help of the Facebook pixel, it is possible for Facebook to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called “Facebook ads”). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to display the Facebook ads placed by us only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called “Custom Audiences”). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interest of users and are not annoying. With the help of the Facebook pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called “conversion”).

The processing of data by Facebook takes place within the framework of Facebook’s Data Usage Policy. Accordingly, general information on the display of Facebook Ads, in the Facebook Data Usage Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Specific information and details about the Facebook pixel and how it works can be found in the Facebook help section: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.

You can object to the collection by the Facebook pixel and use of your data to display Facebook ads. To set which types of advertisements are displayed to you within Facebook, you can go to the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions on the settings for usage-based advertising: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. The settings are platform-independent, i.e. they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

You can also object to the use of cookies for reach measurement and advertising purposes via the deactivation page of the network advertising initiative(http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally the US website(http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website(http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).

Contact form

If you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data transmitted, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.

The data entered in the contact form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or there is no longer any need to store the data. Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Storage duration of comments

Comments and associated data, such as IP addresses, are stored. The content remains on our website until it has been completely deleted or had to be deleted for legal reasons.

Subscribe to comments

As a user of our website, you can subscribe to comments after registering. We will send you a confirmation e-mail to check whether you are the owner of the e-mail address provided.

You can cancel the subscription function for comments at any time via a link in a subscription e-mail. Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted if you unsubscribe. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.

The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for revocation. The legality of data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

User account

When you open a user account, you consent to the storage of your personal data such as name, address and e-mail address as well as your usage data (user name, password). This gives you the opportunity to log in with your e-mail address and your personal password.

Data use and disclosure

We will not sell or otherwise market the personal data that you provide to us, e.g. by e-mail (e.g. your name and address or your e-mail address), to third parties. Your personal data will only be processed for correspondence with you and only for the purpose for which you have provided us with the data. In order to process payments, we pass on your payment data to the credit institution commissioned with the payment.

Data that is automatically collected when you visit our website is only used for the aforementioned purposes. The data will not be used for any other purpose.

We assure you that we will not pass on your personal data to third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so or you have given us your prior consent.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses an SSL-encrypted connection. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

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

§2 Storage period

Personal data provided to us via our website will only be stored until the purpose for which it was entrusted to us has been fulfilled. Insofar as retention periods under commercial and tax law must be observed, the storage period for certain data can be up to 10 years.

§3 Rights of data subjects

As the data subject, you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the personal data concerning you in accordance with the statutory provisions:

3.1 Right of withdrawal

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. If the processing of your data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR at any time with effect for the future. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. The storage of data for billing and accounting purposes remains unaffected by a revocation.

3.2 Right to information

You have the right, in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to request confirmation from us as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you. If such processing is taking place, you have the right to information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected from you by us, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing on you, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR if your data is transferred to third countries.

3.3 Recht auf Berichtigung

In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning you and/or the completion of your incomplete data at any time.

3.4 Right to erasure

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR if one of the following reasons applies:

a) Your personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;

b) You withdraw your consent on which the processing is based according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing;

c) In accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR. 2 GDPR to object to the processing;

d) The personal data was processed unlawfully;

e) The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member State to which we are subject;

f) The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR collected;

However, this right does not apply if the processing is necessary:

a) to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

b) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which we are subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;

c) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;

d) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the data subject’s right is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If we have made your personal data public and we are obliged to delete it in accordance with the above, we will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data controllers who process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested them to delete all links to your personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.

3.5 Recht auf Einschränkung der Verarbeitung

You have the right to request the restriction of processing (blocking) of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

a) If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

b) If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.

c) If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

d) If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

3.6 Recht auf Unterrichtung

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. In accordance with Art. 19 GDPR, you have the right to be informed about these recipients upon request.

3.7 Recht, nicht einer ausschließlich auf einer automatisierten Verarbeitung – einschließlich Profiling – beruhenden Entscheidung unterworfen zu werden

In accordance with Art. 22 GDPR, you have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

This does not apply if the decision

a) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and us,

b) is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or

c) with your express consent.
However, the decisions in the cases mentioned in (a) to (c) may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or lit. g applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.

In the cases referred to in (a) and (c), we will take reasonable steps to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express your point of view and to contest the decision.

3.8 Right to data portability

If the processing is based on your consent in accordance with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and is carried out by automated means, you have the right, pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to another controller or to request transmission to another controller, where technically feasible.

3.9 Right of objection

Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on this provision. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).

Where your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR).

Notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you have the option of exercising your right to object in connection with the use of information society services by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

3.10 Beschwerderecht bei der zuständigen Aufsichtsbehörde gemäß Art. 77 DSGVO

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged violation. The right of appeal exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

The supervisory authority responsible for us is

Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision
Promenade 18
91522 Ansbach

Postal address: P.O. Box 1349, 91504 Ansbach

Phone: 0981/180093-0

E-mail: [email protected] Internet: https://www.lda.bayern.de

Validity and amendment of this privacy policy

This privacy policy applies from October 24, 2023. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. This may be necessary, for example, to comply with new legislation or to take account of changes to our website or new services on our website. The version available at the time of your visit applies.

If this Privacy Policy is amended, we intend to post changes to our Privacy Policy on this page so that you are fully aware of what personal information we collect, how we process it and under what circumstances it may be disclosed.