Scope of personal data processing

We collect and use personal data from our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The collection and use of personal data from our users is generally only carried out with the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for practical reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Article 6(1)(a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data.

When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Article 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override the former interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.

Data deletion and storage period

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by European or national legislators in EU regulations, laws, or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

newsletter

The newsletter is sent using the service provider "MailChimp," a newsletter distribution platform from the US provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

You can view the service provider's privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

The service provider is used on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR and a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 (3) (1) GDPR.

The service provider may use the recipient's data in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assigning it to a specific user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g. for technical optimization of the dispatch and presentation of the newsletter or for statistical purposes.

However, the service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to contact them directly or to pass on the data to third parties.

Web analytics – Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service operated and provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies" (see point 5 above). These enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will only use this information to the extent necessary to However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Purpose of data collection

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use the information transmitted to evaluate your use of the website , to compile reports on website activity , and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. For personal data from Google's usage analysis, this is the case after 14 months.

Right to object and right to erasure

By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link : http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de