Data Privacy

The following declaration informs you about the type of personal data collected by us as the responsible body, the purpose for which it is collected and the extent to which this data is made accessible to third parties.

The server statistics automatically store data that the browser transmits to us within the scope of our legitimate interest in analysis and for security reasons (so-called "log files").
This includes the following data:
+ Language and version of the browser software
+ Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
+ Host name of the accessing computer (IP address, anonymized)
+ Date and time of the server request
+ Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
+ Content of the request (specific page)
+ Amount of data transferred
+ Access status / HTTP status code

We are generally unable to assign this data to specific individuals. This data is not merged with other data sources. The data is also deleted within 8 weeks after statistical evaluation. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is excluded from deletion until the final clarification of the respective incident.

We use hosting services. These serve to provide infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services to maintain the operation of this online service.
In doing so, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors to this online service on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online service.

When you contact us by email or via our contact form, your details will be stored by us in order to answer your questions.
A transfer to third parties does not take place in principle, unless applicable data protection regulations justify a transfer or we are legally obliged to do so. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, your data will be deleted immediately, provided that there is no legal exception for further processing. Your data will otherwise be deleted when we have processed your request or the purpose of storage no longer applies and there are no other conflicting legal exceptions.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie. They serve to make the website more user-friendly and effective or / and to facilitate your navigation on our website.
We only set cookies that are not strictly necessary with your consent. You can revoke this consent at any time for future use.
The consent is voluntary and you can also use our website without accepting cookies. You can also configure your browser settings according to your wishes and generally refuse the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies, for example, or delete cookies that have already been saved. If you do not accept cookies, please note that in this case our offer may not function properly. Unless we provide any other information in the individual topics mentioned in this privacy policy or in the cookie banner, the lifespan of the cookies refers to 24 months.
You can find out which function sets cookies on our website in the individual function descriptions in our privacy policy and in the cookie banner.

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on our website, we require a valid email address from you, which allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided or that the owner agrees to receive the newsletter.
After entering the email address, we will send you a confirmation email to the address provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm this within 24 hours, your data with regard to the newsletter dispatch will be automatically deleted. If you confirm your wish to receive the newsletter, we will store your email address until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
We only send newsletters with your consent or legal permission.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the email address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. If a user has only registered for the newsletter and has cancelled this registration, his personal data will be deleted.
We work with a shipping service provider. Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties otherwise.

Newsletter service: MailChimp
The newsletter is sent via “MailChimp”, a newsletter shipping platform of the US provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. The data protection regulations of the shipping service provider can be viewed here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/. EU standard contractual clauses have been agreed with The Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a MailChimp, so that possible measures have been taken to ensure European data protection law.

If you, as our contractual partner, have concluded a contract for our services, we offer you further information about our own similar services via the email address sent at the conclusion of the contract (§ 7 III UWG). You can object to this transmission at any time.
These mailings are based on our legitimate advertising interest.

For our communication and the implementation of online meetings, we use online conference tools, among other things, and offer them. This is done on the basis of your consent to participate in online meetings and communications.
When you communicate with us via video or audio conference over the Internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and the provider of the conference tool.
The scope of the data also depends on what information you provide before or during participation. The following personal data are the subject of processing, depending on your information:
User information: first name, last name, telephone, email address, password, profile picture, department
Meeting metadata: topic, description (optional), participant IP addresses, device / hardware information
For recordings: video, audio and presentation recordings, text file of the online meeting chat.
When dialing in with the phone: information on the incoming and outgoing phone number, country name, start and end time. If necessary, further connection data such as the IP address of the device can be stored.
Text, audio and video data: You may have the option of using the chat, question or survey functions in an online conference. In this respect, the text you enter will be processed in order to display it in the online conference and, if necessary, to log it. In order to enable the display of video and the playback of audio, the data from the microphone of your device and from any video camera of the device are processed accordingly during the duration of the meeting. You can switch off or mute the camera or microphone yourself at any time.
In order to participate in an online conference or to enter the “meeting room”, you must at least provide information about your name. This can generally be pseudonymized.
Further information on data processing by the conference tools used can be found in the data protection declarations of the tools used.

With your consent, we use services for the optimization and economic operation of our online services, for which Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”) is responsible.
Google LLC is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, and EU standard contractual clauses have been concluded, so that possible measures have been taken to ensure European data protection law.

With your consent, this website uses Google Analytics as a web analysis service. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Please note that this website uses Google Analytics with IP anonymization, and therefore IP addresses are shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission, in order to exclude a direct personal reference. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
On behalf of the provider, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators and to provide other services associated with website and internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. To our knowledge, Google will not associate your IP address with other Google data under any circumstances.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by accessing the cookie settings on our website and changing your selection there. The lawfulness of the processing based on the consent until revocation remains unaffected. You can also prevent the installation of cookies in advance by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also object to the data collection and storage by Google for the respective end device at any time with effect for the future in connection with the use under this link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
For data retention, Google Analytics 4 sets a maximum retention period of 14 months. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Google’s data protection information at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/ and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

We use YouTube, a Google service, to embed videos.
These videos are stored on www.youtube.com and can be played directly from our site. YouTube uses cookies for data collection and statistical data analysis. YouTube uses cookies to collect reliable video statistics, prevent fraud, and improve user-friendliness. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to YouTube servers in the USA and stored there. Your IP address cannot be assigned unless you have logged into YouTube or another Google service before visiting the page or are permanently logged in. If you do not want this, you must log out of your YouTube account and your other Google accounts.
Through the YouTube cookies, we receive statistical values for retrieving individual videos embedded in the website without reference to the respective user.
The embedded videos from YouTube are used within the scope of the permitted use by YouTube, which all users must accept. If you see any copyright infringements, please report them directly to YouTube. We use embedded YouTube videos in enhanced data protection mode. This means that YouTube does not store cookies for a user who views a website with an embedded YouTube video player but does not click on the video to start playback. If the YouTube video player is clicked, YouTube may store cookies on the user's computer. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by YouTube. Further information on YouTube's official data protection policy can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=de.
And: Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th street, New York 10011, USA). Privacy policy/ Opt-Out: https://vimeo.com/legal/privacy/policy.

We use Google Tag Manager. This allows us to manage website tags via an interface and thus integrate Google marketing services into our online services, for example. The Tag Manager itself does not process any personal data of users. For the respective Google services, please refer to the respective information and the usage guidelines at https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.

We use DIGIaccess, a technically necessary tool from the provider digi·access GmbH (Quarzstr. 4, 51371 Leverkusen) for digital accessibility, to ensure that our website content is accessible to all users. DIGIaccess analyzes the website in real time and offers adjustments such as text enlargement, color changes, keyboard navigation and other accessible functions.
When using DIGIaccess, no personal data is automatically collected. However, depending on the settings selected, information about user behavior (e.g. preferred accessibility settings) may be stored locally on the user’s device. This information will not be passed on to third parties and is used exclusively to enable the user to use our website in an optimized and personalized way. Further information about the provider can be found at https://www.digiaccess.org/datenschutzerklaerung/. The provider of DIGIaccess acts as a processor for us.

Our website uses the ”Weglot” translation service of Weglot SAS, 7 cité Paradis, Paris (75010), France. Weglot enables us to display our website in different languages by automatically translating content and displaying it to the user in their preferred language.
When using Weglot, your IP address and technical information about your browser may be transmitted to Weglot servers in order to correctly display the language version of the website. This is technically necessary to enable you to switch languages and display our content accordingly.
Weglot does not store any personal data for analysis or marketing purposes. Further information on data use by Weglot can be found at: https://weglot.com/privacy/

If recognizable in the individual tool descriptions above, we use tools from US third-party providers. If this is necessary for the stated purposes, it may happen that your IP address is processed outside the European Economic Area, where a level of data protection corresponding to the European standard is not always consistently guaranteed and confirmed (for example, through a suitable guarantee within the meaning of Art. 46 GDPR or an adequacy decision by the European Commission). In particular, it cannot be ruled out that security authorities in a third country gain access to your IP address without you being able to take effective legal action against it.
The transfer of the IP address to these third-party providers takes place in accordance with Art. 49 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your express consent given in the consent banner. This consent is voluntary. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future. This will not cause you any disadvantages.
According to some US third-party providers, a level of protection corresponding to the European standard is already guaranteed due to the conclusion of so-called standard contractual clauses and additionally taken measures within the meaning of the Schrems II case law. However, since the suitability of such measures to ensure an adequate level of data protection is controversial, we have decided to transmit your IP address exclusively with your consent.
The certification of some companies under the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) serves to ensure the level of protection and can be requested here for the companies: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/ . This certification is sufficient as a measure to ensure an adequate level of data protection.

You can find us under online presences within social networks and platforms. With these presences, we would like to communicate with our customers, interested parties and users who are active there and inform them about our services and our company in this way.
The personal data of users active there is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in communication and information provision to and with the users. If consent to data processing has been given by the users within the framework of the respective social platform, the processing takes place on this basis of consent.
If you visit one of our social media sites, we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint, see the following point “Rights of the data subject”) against us as well as against the operator of the respective social platform.
We would like to point out that despite the joint responsibility, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social platform and, if necessary, forward the request for rights to the respective operator for better processing. Our options are generally based on the company policy of the respective provider.
You can find our information on storage further below. We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operator of the social platform for its own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their data protection declaration, see below).

Depending on the following social platform named, the data processing of users may also take place outside the European Union. EU standard contractual clauses have been agreed with the US companies or they are certified under the Data Privacy Framework (DPF), so that possible measures have been taken to ensure European data protection law.
As a rule, the platforms process user data for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles can be created from the usage behavior and the resulting interests of users. The user profiles can in turn be used to display advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For this purpose, cookies are usually stored on the users’ computers, in which the usage behavior and the interests of the users are stored. Data can also be stored in the user profiles independently of the devices used by the users. This is particularly the case when users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them.
For a detailed description of the respective processing operations and the options for objection, we refer to the following linked information from the providers.