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Data protection statement

The responsible party in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), is:

Oliver Razi

Am Hühnerberg 6

51381 Leverkusen

Your data subject rights

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You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 DSGVO),
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  • Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 DSGVO),
  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 DSGVO),
  • Restriction of data processing, provided that we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 DSGVO),
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  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 DSGVO) and
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  • Data portability, provided that you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 DSGVO).

If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

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You may at any time lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address can be found at: Link.

Collection of general information when you visit our website

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Type and purpose of processing:

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When you access our website, i.e., when you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

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  • Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,
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  • Ensuring a smooth use of our website,
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  • Evaluating system security and stability, and
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  • for other administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind will be statistically evaluated by us, if necessary, in order to optimize our Internet presence and the technology behind it.

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Legal basis:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Receiver:

Receivers of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

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Duration of storage:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for the data that serve to provide the website, when the respective session has ended.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is not required by law or contract. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website is not guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies

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Type and purpose of processing:

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website.

This provides us with certain data such as IP address, browser used and operating system.

Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate your navigation and enable the correct display of our web pages.

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Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies in principle. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

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Duration of storage and cookies used:

To the extent that you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

The following cookies are stored and are valid during the entire login or for a maximum of 14 days:
. Username
First name
Last name
Profile picture

To the extent that these cookies may (also) affect personal data, we inform you about this in the following sections.

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You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you can find the necessary information under the following links:

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Registration on our website

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Type and purpose of processing:

When registering to use our personalized services, some personal data is collected, such as name, address, contact and communication data (e.g. phone number and email address). If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we offer only to registered users. Registered users also have the option, if necessary, to change or delete the data provided during registration at any time. In addition, we will of course provide you with information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on the user's consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

If the registration serves the fulfillment of a contract to which the data subject is a party or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the additional legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO.

Recipient:

The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

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Storage period:

Data are processed in this context only as long as the corresponding consent is available. Thereafter, they will be deleted, unless there are legal retention obligations to the contrary. To contact us in this context, please use the contact details provided at the end of this privacy policy:

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Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered content and services.

Comment function

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Type and purpose of processing:

When users leave comments on our website, in addition to this information, the time of their creation and the user name previously selected by the website visitor are also stored. This is for our security, as we can be prosecuted for unlawful content on our website, even if it was created by users.

Legal basis:

The processing of data entered as comments is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

By providing the comment function, we would like to enable you to interact in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request as well as for possible follow-up questions.

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Receiver:

Receivers of the data may be order processors.

Duration of storage:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case when the communication with the user has been completed and the company can infer from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified.

Storage period:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of collection.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function.

Newsletter

Type and purpose of processing:

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Your data will be used exclusively to send you the subscribed newsletter by e-mail. Your name is provided in order to be able to address you personally in the newsletter and, if necessary, to identify you if you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject.

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For the receipt of the newsletter, the specification of your e-mail address is sufficient. When registering to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also be informed by e-mail of circumstances relevant to the service or registration (for example, changes to the newsletter offering or technical circumstances).

For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to verify that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the "double-opt-in" procedure. For this purpose, we log the order of the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the hereby requested response. No further data is collected. The data is used exclusively for the newsletter dispatch and is not passed on to third parties.

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Legal basis:

On the basis of your expressly given consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to your specified e-mail address.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for the newsletter dispatch at any time with effect for the future. In each newsletter you will find a corresponding link. In addition, you can also unsubscribe at any time directly on this website or inform us of your revocation via the contact option provided at the end of this privacy notice.

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Receiver:

Receivers of the data are, if applicable, order processors.

Storage period:

In this context, the data will only be processed as long as the relevant consent has been obtained. After that, they are deleted.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without existing consent, we can unfortunately not send you our newsletter.

Contact form

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Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This serves the assignment of the request and the subsequent response to the same. The specification of further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

By providing the contact form, we want to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.

If you wish to contact us, we will do so.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed for the purpose of carrying out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO).

Recipient:

Receivers of the data are, if applicable, order processors.

Duration of storage:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.

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If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for the request.

Use of Google Analytics

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Type and purpose of processing:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. 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, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these web pages, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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 shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

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The purposes of data processing are to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. Based on the use of the website and the Internet, other related services shall then be provided.

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Legal basis:

The processing of the data is based on the consent of the user (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Receiver:

The recipient of the data is Google as an order processor. For this purpose, we have concluded the corresponding order processing agreement with Google.

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Duration of storage:

The deletion of the data takes place as soon as they are no longer required for our recording purposes.

Third country transfer:

Google processes your data in the US and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision Mandatory or Required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

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Revocation of consent:

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 the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Browser Add On to disable Google Analytics.

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In addition or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by clicking this link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

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Profiling:

With the help of the tracking tool Google Analytics, the behavior of visitors to the website can be evaluated and interests analyzed. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

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Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)

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Type and purpose of processing:

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In order to display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing manner across browsers, we use "Google Web Fonts" from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google") on this website to display fonts.

The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

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Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Webfonts and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Receiver:

The call of script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the operator of the library. It is theoretically possible - but currently also unclear whether and possibly for what purposes - that the operator collects Google data in this case.

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Storage period:

We do not collect any personal data, through the integration of Google Web Fonts.

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For more information about Google Web Fonts, please see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Third Party Transfer:

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Google processes your data in the US and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision Mandatory or Required:

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The provision of personal data is neither required by law, nor by contract. However, the correct display of the content may not be possible due to standard fonts.

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Revocation of consent:

The JavaScript programming language is regularly used to display the content. You can therefore object to the data processing by deactivating the execution of JavaScript in your browser or installing a JavaScript blocker. Please note that this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

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SSL Encryption

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To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Change in our privacy policy

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We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

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Fragen an den Datenschutzbeauftragten

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:


Oliver Razi

Am Hühnerberg 6

51381 Leverkusen


privacy statement was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts in external data protection officers (version #2019-04-10).