Data protection

1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the person responsible

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Maximilian Nortz, BYN BLACKYAK Co.Ltd., Leopoldstraße 62, 80802 Munich, Germany, Tel.: 01725445806, email: maximilian.nortz@blackyak .de. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (eg orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses an SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

If you only use our website for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

• Our visited website
• Date and time at the time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/reference from which you came to the page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used (if necessary: ​​in anonymous form)

The processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

3.1 Hosted by Shopify
We use the shop system of the service provider Shopify International Limited, Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland ("Shopify") for the purpose of hosting and displaying the online shop on the basis of a processing on our behalf. All data collected on our website is processed on Shopify's servers. As part of the aforementioned Shopify services, data may also be processed as part of further processing on behalf of Shopify Inc., 150 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada, Shopify Data Processing (USA) Inc., Shopify Payments (USA) Inc .or Shopify (USA) Inc. In the case of the transmission of data to Shopify Inc. in Canada, the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by the European Commission's adequacy decision. Further information on Shopify's data protection can be found on the following website: https://www.shopify.de/legal/datenschutz
Further processing on servers other than those of Shopify mentioned above only takes place within the scope communicated below.

3.2 Cloudflare
On our website we use a so-called Content Delivery Network ("CDN") from the technology service provider Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA ("Cloudflare"). A content delivery network is an online service that is used to deliver large media files in particular (such as graphics, page content or scripts) through a network of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet. Using Cloudflare's Content Delivery Network helps us to optimize our website's loading speeds.
Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing our website securely and efficiently, and improving the stability and functionality of our website.
We have an order processing contract with Cloudfare (Data Processing Addendum, available at https://www.cloudflare.com /media /pdf /cloudflare-customer-dpa.pdf ) which obliges Cloudfare to protect the data of our site visitors and not to pass it on to third parties. For the transmission of data from the EU to the USA, Cloudfare relies on the so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level in the USA.
For more information, see Cloudflare's privacy policy at: https://www.cloudflare.com /privacypolicy /

4) cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called “session cookies”), some of these cookies remain on your end device for a longer period of time and enable page settings to be saved (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the event that consent has been given or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

5) Contact

5.1 Rating reminder by Trusted Shops
If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we will transmit your e-mail address to the rating platform Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str .trustedshops.de) so that they can send you a rating reminder by email.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to the rating platform.

5.2 When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data will be processed – exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent required for this. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified and provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

6) Data processing when opening a customer account

In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent required in each case if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. The data required for opening an account can be found in the input mask of the relevant form on our website. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded have been completed, there are no legal retention periods to the contrary and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

7) Comment function

As part of the comment function on this website, your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the name of the commentator you have chosen will be saved and published on this website. Furthermore, your IP address will be saved for security reasons in order to enable attribution to the author in the event of illegal comments. Your e-mail address will be saved so that you can be contacted if a third party should complain that your published content is illegal.

8) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing

8.1 - Newsletter dispatch via MailChimp
Our email newsletters are sent via the technical service provider The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a MailChimp, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA ( http://www.mailchimp .com/ ), to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. Please note that your data is usually transferred to a MailChimp server in the USA and stored there.
MailChimp uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which represent one-pixel image files that are stored on our website. In this way it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. With the help of the web beacons, Mailchimp automatically creates general, non-personal statistics about the reaction behavior to newsletter campaigns. On the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical evaluation of the newsletter campaigns to optimize advertising communication and better alignment with recipient interests, the web beacons also collect data on the respective newsletter recipient (e-mail address, Time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system) and used. This data allows an individual conclusion to be drawn about the newsletter recipient and is processed by Mailchimp to automatically generate statistics that show whether a specific recipient has opened a newsletter message.
If you want to deactivate the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
MailChimp can also use this data in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR itself due to its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimization of the service and for market research purposes, for example to determine which countries the recipients come from. However, MailChimp does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them ourselves or to pass them on to third parties.
To protect your data in the USA, we have concluded a data processing agreement (“Data Processing Agreement”) with MailChimp based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission in order to enable the transmission of your personal data to MailChimp. If you are interested, this data processing contract can be viewed at the following Internet address: https://mailchimp.com /legal /data-processing-addendum /
You can view MailChimp's privacy policy here:
https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

8.2 Goods Availability Notification by Email

For items that are temporarily unavailable, you can opt-in to receive email notifications of stock availability. We will send you a one-time email message about the availability of the item you have selected. The only mandatory information for sending this notification is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and may be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending e-mails, which ensures that you only receive a notification if you have expressly confirmed your consent to this by clicking on a verification link sent to the e-mail address provided.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. We store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when registering for our email notification service for the availability of goods is used strictly for the intended purpose. You can unsubscribe from the availability notifications at any time by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned above. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately from our mailing list set up for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data that goes beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration .

9) Data processing for order processing

9.1 Insofar as it is necessary for the execution of the contract for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data collected by us will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned bank in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR.

If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we process the contact data you provide when ordering (name, address, e-mail address) in order to inform you within the framework of our legal information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Para 1 lit. c GDPR via a suitable communication channel (e.g. by post or e-mail) about upcoming updates in the period stipulated by law. Your contact details will be used strictly earmarked for notifications about updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent that this is necessary for the information in question.

In order to process your order, we also work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the implementation of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.

9.2 Disclosure of personal data to shipping service providers

-DHL
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider DHL (DHL Paket GmbH, Sträßchensweg 10, 53113 Bonn), we will provide your e-mail address in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR before the goods are delivered for the purpose of coordination of a delivery date or delivery notification to DHL, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to DHL for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with DHL or the delivery notification is not possible.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future to the person responsible mentioned above or to the transport service provider DHL.
- UPS
If the goods are delivered by the transport service provider UPS (United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss), we will provide your e-mail address before the goods are delivered in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the purpose of coordinating a delivery date or delivery notification to UPS, provided that you have given your express consent to this during the ordering process. Otherwise, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to UPS for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. The data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, it is not possible to coordinate the delivery date with UPS in advance or to transmit status information about the delivery of the shipment.
The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future to the person responsible mentioned above or to the transport service provider UPS.

9.3 Use of payment service providers (payment services)

-Paypal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment in installments" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22- 24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"), continue. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent that this is necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment in installments" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). As far as score values ​​are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical process. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. Further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's data protection declaration: https://www.paypal.com /de /webapps /mpp /ua /privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
- Paypal checkout
This website uses PayPal Checkout, an online payment system from PayPal, which consists of PayPal's own payment methods and local third-party payment methods.
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "Pay later" via PayPal, we pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L -2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"), continue. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent that this is necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "Pay later" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability values ​​(so-called score values). As far as score values ​​are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical process. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
If you select the PayPal payment method "purchase on account", your payment data will first be sent to PayPal to prepare the payment, after which PayPal will forward it to Ratepay GmbH, Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin ("Ratepay") to carry out the payment. The legal basis is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In this case, RatePay carries out an identity and credit check on its own behalf to determine solvency in accordance with the principle already mentioned and gives your payment data to credit agencies based on the legitimate interest in determining solvency in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR further. A list of the credit agencies that Ratepay can use can be found here: https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/
When using the payment method of a local third-party provider, your payment data will first be passed on to PayPal in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR in order to prepare the payment. Depending on your selection of an available local payment method, PayPal then transmits your payment data to the relevant provider to carry out the payment in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR:
- Immediately (SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany)
- iDeal (Currence Holding BV, Beethovenstraat 300 Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- giropay (Paydirekt GmbH, Stephanstr. 14-16, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
- bancontact (Bancontact Payconiq Company, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels, Belgium)
- blik (Polski Standard Płatności sp. z oo, ul. Czerniakowska 87A, 00-718 Warsaw, Poland)
- eps (PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, Handelskai 92, Gate 2
1200 Vienna, Austria)
- MyBank (PRETA SAS, 40 Rue de Courcelles, F-75008 Paris, France)
- Przelewy24 (PayPro SA, Kanclerska 15A, 60-326 Poznań, Poland)
For more information on data protection law, please refer to PayPal's data protection declaration: https://www.paypal.com /de /webapps /mpp /ua /privacy-full
- Shopify Payments
We use the payment service provider "Shopify Payments", 3rd Floor, Europa House, Harcourt Building, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. If you choose a payment method offered by the payment service provider Shopify Payments, the payment will be processed by the technical service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. , 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we send the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, credit card number if applicable, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only insofar as it is necessary for this. For more information about Shopify Payments' privacy policy, visit the following web address: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy .
Data protection information on Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. can be found here: https://stripe.com /de /privacy

10) Online Marketing

10.1 Facebook Pixel for creating Custom Audiences (with Cookie Consent Tool)
Within our online offer, the so-called "Facebook Pixel" of the social network Facebook is used, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").
If a user clicks on an advertisement placed by us, which is played on Facebook, the URL of our linked page is added by Facebook Pixel. If our site allows data to be shared with Facebook via pixels, this URL parameter is written to the user's browser via a cookie, which our linked site sets itself. This cookie is then read by Facebook Pixel and enables the data to be forwarded to Facebook.
With the help of the Facebook pixel, Facebook is on the one hand able 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 only display the Facebook ads we have placed 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, which are based on the visited website). websites are determined), which 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 interests of users and are not annoying. This allows us to further evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by understanding whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called "conversion").
The data collected is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook uses the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Facebook data usage guidelines ( https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ ) can use. The data can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook.
The data processing associated with the use of the Facebook pixel will only take place if you have given your express consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

10.2 - Google Ads Conversion Tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, as part of Google Ads, conversion tracking by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising material (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. We are pursuing the goal of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.
The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an Ads ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. This means that cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. 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.
As part of the use of Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Details on the processing triggered by Google Ads Conversion Tracking and how Google handles data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
You can also permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads conversion tracking by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available under the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de
In order to address users whose data we have received in the context of business or business-like relationships in an even more interest-based advertising manner, we use a customer comparison function as part of Google Ads. To do this, we electronically transmit one or more files with aggregated customer data (mainly email addresses and telephone numbers) to Google. Google does not have access to clear data here, but automatically encrypts the information in the customer files during the transmission process using a special algorithm. The encrypted information can then only be used by Google to assign it to existing Google accounts that the data subject has set up. This enables personalized advertising to be played out via all Google services linked to the respective Google account.
Customer data is only transmitted to Google if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on Google's data protection measures in relation to the customer comparison function can be found here: https://support.google.com/google-ads /answer /6334160 ?hl=de &ref_topic=10550182
Google's privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.google.de /policies /privacy /
- Google MarketingPlatform
This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("GMP").
GMP uses cookies to serve ads relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once. In addition, GMP can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a GMP ad and later, using the same browser, goes to the advertiser's website and buys something through that website. According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and are therefore informing you as follows based on our level of knowledge: By integrating GMP, Google receives the information that you have accessed the relevant part of our website or clicked on one of our advertisements. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will find out and store your IP address. As part of the use of GMP, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
The data protection regulations of GMP by Google can be found here: https://www.google.de /policies /privacy /
- LinkedIn Insight
This website uses the retargeting and conversion tool of the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, with the help of which visitors to this website can be shown personalized advertisements on the "LinkedIn" platform.
For this purpose, a cookie, a small text file, is set on the browser of your end device when you visit our website, which loses its validity after 120 days. If the user visits certain pages of this website and is logged into his LinkedIn account at the same time, a connection to the LinkedIn servers is established, via which interest-based advertising can be displayed on the platform. At the same time, the cookie enables the creation of anonymous reports on the performance of advertisements on LinkedIn and information on website interaction, which is provided to us and LinkedIn.
The display of advertising and the creation of statistical reports will not take place if the user is not logged into his LinkedIn account at the same time when visiting this website.
The information obtained with the help of the cookie never allows a personal identification of the respective user.
All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
- LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
We use "LinkedIn Marketing Solutions" on our website, a service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter "LinkedIn"). This enables visitors to our website to be informed of additional content that is likely to correspond to the respective user's interests, based on usage behavior on the social network LinkedIn. This content is displayed on the basis of a cookie-based analysis of previous usage behavior, but no personal data is stored. For this interest-based determination of content, cookies, i.e. small text files, are stored on your computer or mobile device in order to collect pseudonymised data about your surfing behavior and thus adapt the content individually to the stored information.
The information can be assigned to the person of the user with the help of further information that LinkedIn has stored about the user, e.g. due to the ownership of an account on the social network "LinkedIn". LinkedIn uses an algorithm to analyze surfing behavior and can then display targeted product recommendations as personalized advertising banners on the user's LinkedIn account. LinkedIn can also combine the information collected via the cookies with other information that LinkedIn has collected via other websites and/or in connection with the use of the "LinkedIn" social network, and thus create pseudonymised usage profiles. Under no circumstances can the information collected be used to personally identify visitors to this website.
All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

11) Web Analytics Services

11.1 Google Analytics 4
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), with which the use of websites can be analysed.
When using Google Analytics 4, so-called "cookies" are used by default. Cookies are text files that are stored on your end device and enable an analysis of your use of a website. The information collected by cookies about your use of the website (including the IP address transmitted by your device and shortened by the last few digits, see below) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored and processed there. This may also result in information being transmitted to the servers of Google LLC based in the USA, where the information may be processed further.
When using Google Analytics 4, the IP address transmitted by your end device when you use the website is automatically and automatically collected and processed in an anonymous manner, so that a direct personal reference to the information collected is excluded. This automatic anonymization is done by shortening the last digits of the IP address transmitted by your end device by Google within member states of the European Union (EU) or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
On our behalf, Google uses this and other information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on your website activities or usage behavior and to provide us with other services related to your website and internet usage. The shortened IP address transmitted by your end device as part of Google Analytics 4 is not merged with other Google data. The data recorded as part of the use of Google Analytics 4 is kept for 2 months and then deleted.
Google Analytics 4 enables a special function, the so-called "demographic characteristics", to also generate statistics with statements about the age, gender and interests of website users based on an evaluation of interest-based advertising and using third-party information. This makes it possible to determine and differentiate between groups of users of the website for the purpose of target group-optimized alignment of marketing measures. However, data collected via the "demographic characteristics" cannot be assigned to a specific person and therefore not to you personally. This data collected via the "demographic characteristics" function is kept for two months and then deleted.
All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of Google Analytics cookies for storing and reading information on the device you use to use the website, will only take place if you have given us permission to do so in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO have given your express consent. Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used while you are using the website. You can revoke the consent you have given at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service using the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.
In connection with this website, the "UserIDs" function is also used as an extension of Google Analytics 4. By assigning individual user IDs, we can have cross-device reports (reports) created by Google (so-called “cross device tracking”). This means that your usage behavior can also be analyzed across devices if you have given your consent to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit Your relevant registration data are registered in your personal account on various end devices. The data collected in this way shows, among other things, on which end device you clicked on an ad for the first time and on which end device the relevant conversion took place.
We have concluded a so-called order processing contract with Google for our use of Google Analytics 4, which obliges Google to protect the data of our website users and not to pass it on to third parties.
To ensure compliance with the European level of data protection, even when data is transferred from the EU or the EEA to the USA and possible further processing there, Google relies on the so-called standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which we have contractually agreed with Google.
For more legal information about Google Analytics 4, including a copy of the Standard Contractual Clauses mentioned, see https://policies.google.com/privacy ?hl=de &gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

11.2 - Heat map
This website uses the web analysis service "Heatmap" from Heatmap Inc., 6724 Monroe Ave, Eldersburg, Maryland, 21784, USA
With this tool, movements on the websites on which heat maps are used can be traced (so-called heat maps). For example, you can see how far users scroll and which buttons they click how often. It is also possible to use the tool to obtain feedback directly from the users of the website. In this way, we obtain valuable information in order to make our websites even faster and more customer-friendly. When using this tool, we pay particular attention to the protection of your personal data. So we can only understand which buttons you click and how far you scroll. Areas of the website in which personal data from you or third parties is displayed are automatically hidden by Heatmap and are therefore not traceable at any time.
All of the processing described above, in particular the reading of information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
We have concluded an order processing contract with Heatmap, with which we oblige Heatmap to protect the data of our customers and not to pass it on to third parties.
- Hotjar (hotjar Ltd.)
This website uses the Hotjar web analytics service from Hotjar Ltd. Hotjar Ltd. is a European company based in Malta (Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe Tel.: +1 (855) 464-6788).
With this tool, movements on the websites on which Hotjar is used can be traced (so-called heat maps). For example, you can see how far users scroll and which buttons they click how often. It is also possible to use the tool to obtain feedback directly from the users of the website. In this way, we obtain valuable information in order to make our websites even faster and more customer-friendly. When using this tool, we pay particular attention to the protection of your personal data. So we can only understand which buttons you click and how far you scroll. Areas of the website in which personal data from you or third parties is displayed are automatically hidden by Hotjar and are therefore not traceable at any time.
All of the processing described above, in particular the reading of information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

12) Retargeting/ Remarketing/ Referral Advertising

Google Ads Remarketing
Our website uses the functions of Google Ads Remarketing, with which we advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your end device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. Any further data processing will only take place if you have given your consent to Google linking your Internet and app browser history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads that you see on the web regard. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. To do this, Google will temporarily link your personal data to Google Analytics data in order to form target groups. As part of the use of Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Details on the processing initiated by Google Ads Remarketing and how Google handles data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Remarketing by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available under the following link:
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996 ?
Further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google can be found here:
https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

Pinterest retargeting pixel
On this website there is a pixel (Pinterest Tag) from Pinterest Europe Ltd. (Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Pinterest"). With the help of the pixel, information about the surfing behavior of website visitors can be collected, stored and evaluated in pseudonymised form. The information can be assigned to the user with the help of further information that Pinterest has stored about the user, e.g. due to the ownership of an account on the social network "Pinterest”. Pinterest uses an algorithm to analyze surfing behavior and can then place targeted product recommendations as personalized advertising banners on the user's Pinterest account Pinterest can also combine the information collected via the pixel with other information that Pinterest has collected via other websites and/or in connection with the use of the "Pinterest" social network, and thus create pseudonymised usage profiles capture However, most information is used to personally identify visitors to this website.
All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

13) Site Functionalities

13.1 Facebook plugins with 2-click solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are initially deactivated using a so-called “2-click” solution. You can recognize deactivated plugins by the fact that they have a gray background. This integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection to the Facebook servers is established. Your browser only establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers when you activate the plugins and thus give your consent to data transmission in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. The content of the respective plugin is transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the page. The plugin then transmits data (including your IP address) to Facebook. We have no influence on the amount of data that Facebook collects using the plugins. As far as we know, Facebook receives information about which of our websites you have currently and previously accessed. By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in. The information collected (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Meta Platforms Inc. server in the USA and stored there. If you interact with the plugins, the corresponding information is also sent directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your contacts there.
You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking on it again. However, the revocation has no effect on the data that has already been transferred to Facebook.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

13.2 Facebook plugins with Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins, but only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection to the Facebook servers is established. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

13.3 Instagram plugin as a Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the online service Instagram, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland (“Facebook”).
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins, but only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection to the Instagram servers is established. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Instagram page, on which you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Instagram's data protection information: https://help.instagram.com /155833707900388 /

13.4 Use of Youtube Videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider "Youtube", which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").
The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information when the video(s) is/are played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider "Youtube" uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from "Youtube", these are used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played back, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations without our influence.
All of the processing described above, in particular the reading of information on the end device used via the tracking pixel, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without this consent, YouTube videos will not be used during your visit to the site.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website via alternative options communicated to you on the website.
You can find more information on data protection at "Youtube" in the YouTube terms of use at https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms and in Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.de /intl /de /policies /privacy

13.5Apple Music
Functionalities of the Apple Music music service, an offer from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland ("Apple"), for playing music titles, are integrated on this website.
When you visit this site, a direct connection can be established between your browser and the Apple servers via this integration, even if you do not have an Apple Music account or are not logged into one. Apple receives the information that you have visited our site. The information collected in this respect (possibly including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Apple server in the EU and stored there. However, the information is not used to personally identify you and is not shared with third parties.
If you play a music track using the corresponding function while you are logged into your Apple account, Apple can assign your visit to our site to your user account.
The data processing described above takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the appealing acoustic design of visits to our website.
If you do not want Apple to be able to associate your visit to our site with your Apple user account, please log out of your Apple user account. You can also object to the loading of the Apple Music function and thus the data processing operations described above with add-ons for your browser for the future, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" ( http://noscript.net/ ).
For more information, see Apple's privacy policy at https://www.apple.com /legal /privacy /de-ww /

13.6 SoundCloud
Functionalities of the music service SoundCloud, an offer from SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin ("Soundcloud"), for the playback of music titles are integrated on this website.
When you visit this page, a direct connection can be established between your browser and the SoundCloud servers via this integration, even if you do not have an account for SoundCloud or are not logged into one. SoundCloud receives the information that you have visited our site. The information collected in this respect (possibly including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a SoundCloud server in the EU and stored there. However, the information is not used to personally identify you and is not shared with third parties.
If you play a music title using the corresponding function while you are logged into your SoundCloud account, SoundCloud can assign your visit to our site to your user account.
The data processing described above takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the appealing acoustic design of visits to our website.
If you do not want SoundCloud to be able to assign your visit to our site to your SoundCloud user account, please log out of your SoundCloud user account. You can also object to the loading of the SoundCloud function and thus the data processing operations described above with add-ons for your browser for the future, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" ( http://noscript.net/ ).
For more information, see Soundcloud's privacy policy at https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy

13.7 Spotify
Plugins from the Spotify music service, an offer from Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden (“Spotify”), are integrated on this website for the playback of music titles. You can recognize the Spotify plugins by the green logo on our site. You can find an overview of the Spotify plugins at: https://developer.spotify.com .
When you visit this page, a direct connection can be established between your browser and the Spotify servers via the plugin, even if you do not have a Spotify account or are not logged into one. Spotify receives the information that you have visited our site. The information collected in this respect (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Spotify server and stored there. However, the information is not used to personally identify you and is not shared with third parties.
If you click on the Spotify button while you are logged into your Spotify account, Spotify can assign your visit to our site to your user account.
The data processing described above takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the appealing acoustic design of visits to our website.
If you do not want Spotify to be able to associate your visit to our site with your Spotify user account, please log out of your Spotify user account. You can also object to the loading of the Spotify plugin and thus the data processing operations described above with add-ons for your browser for the future, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" ( http://noscript.net/ ).
For more information, see Spotify's privacy policy at https://www.spotify.com /de /legal /privacy-policy / .

13.8 Login With Amazon
On our website you can create a customer account or register via the "Login with Amazon" service from Amazon EU Sarl, 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg ("Amazon") as part of the so-called single Sign-on technique if you have an Amazon account. You can recognize the Amazon registration function on our website by the button "Login with Amazon" or "Register with Amazon".
When you access a page on our website that contains an Amazon login function, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Amazon servers. The content of the registration button is transmitted directly to your browser by Amazon and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Amazon receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Amazon profile or are not currently logged in to Amazon. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Amazon server and stored there. These data processing operations take place in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of Amazon’s legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising based on surfing behavior.
By using the Amazon login button on our website, you also have the option of logging in or registering on our website using your Amazon user data. Only if you give your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR prior to the registration process on the basis of a corresponding notice about the exchange of data with Amazon, will we receive information from Amazon when using the Amazon button, depending on your personally made data protection settings at Amazon, the general and publicly accessible information stored in their profile. This information includes user ID, name, address, email address, age and gender.
The data transmitted by Amazon will be stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data (title, first name, last name, address data, country, e-mail address, date of birth) if you have approved this at Amazon. Conversely, based on your consent, we can transfer data (e.g. information about your surfing or purchasing behavior) to your Amazon profile.
The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the person responsible named at the beginning of this data protection declaration.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Amazon as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Amazon's data protection information: https://www.amazon.de /gp /help /customer /display .html ?nodeId=201909010
If you do not want Amazon to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Amazon profile, you must log out of Amazon before visiting our website.

13.9 Google Sign In
On our website you can create a customer account or register via the "Google Sign-In" service from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google") as part of the so-called Sign up for Single Sign On technology if you have a Google profile. You can recognize the Google sign-in function on our website by the button “Sign in with Google”, “Sign in with Google account” or “Sign in with Google”.
If you call up a page on our website that contains a Google login function, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Google servers. The content of the registration button is transmitted directly to your browser by Google and integrated into the page. Through this 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 currently logged in to Google. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Google server and stored there. It may also be transmitted to the Google LLC servers. come in the US. These data processing operations are carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising based on surfing behavior.
By using the Google login button on our website, you also have the option of logging in or registering on our website using your Google user data. Only if you give your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR prior to the registration process on the basis of a corresponding notice about the exchange of data with Google, will we receive information from Google when using the Google button, depending on your personally made data protection settings at Google, the general and publicly accessible information stored in their profile. This information includes user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender.
We would like to point out that after changes to Google's data protection conditions and terms of use, your profile pictures, the user IDs of your friends and the friends list may also be transferred if you mark them as "public" in your privacy settings on Google became. The data transmitted by Google will be stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data (title, first name, last name, address data, country, e-mail address, date of birth), if you have approved this with Google. Conversely, based on your consent, we can transfer data (e.g. information about your surfing or purchasing behavior) to your Google profile.
The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the person responsible named at the beginning of this data protection declaration.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Google's data protection information: https://policies.google.com/privacy ?hl=de &gl= en
You can view the terms of use for using “Google Sign-In” here: https://policies.google.com/terms
If you do not want Google to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Google profile, you must log out of Google before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Google plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with "Adblock Plus" ( https://adblockplus.org /de / ).

13.10 Trusted Shops Trust Badge
The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and to offer Trusted Shops membership for buyers after an order.
This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer from Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.
When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, your IP address, date and time of the call, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. This access data is not evaluated and automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.
Further personal data is only transmitted to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement made between you and Trusted Shops applies.

13.11 Online Applications via a Form
On our website, we offer job applicants the opportunity to apply online using a corresponding form. Inclusion in the application process requires that applicants provide us with all the personal data required for a well-founded and informed assessment and selection via the form.
The required information includes general personal information (name, address, a telephone or electronic contact option) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. It may also be necessary to provide health-related information, which must be taken into account in the interest of social protection in the person of the applicant in terms of labor and social law.
In the course of sending the form, the applicant data is transmitted to us in encrypted form in accordance with the state of the art, stored by us and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application.
The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Paragraph 1 BDSG), in the sense of which going through the application process is considered to be the initiation of an employment contract.
Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 Paragraph 1 GDPR (e.g. health data such as information about the severely disabled status) are requested from applicants as part of the application process, the processing takes place in accordance with Article 9 Paragraph 2 lit. GDPR so that we can exercise our rights under labor law and social security and social protection law and comply with our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special data categories can also be based on Art. 9 Para. 1 lit health or social care treatment or for the administration of health or social care systems and services.
If the applicant is not selected in the course of the evaluation described above, or if an applicant withdraws his or her application prematurely, the data submitted in the form of the applicant will be deleted after 6 months at the latest after notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, in being able to meet our obligations to provide evidence from the regulations on the equal treatment of applicants.
In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be processed on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Paragraph 1 BDSG) for the purposes of carrying out the employment relationship.

13.12 Applications for job postings by email
On our website we advertise currently vacant positions in a separate section, for which interested parties can apply by e-mail to the contact address provided.
Inclusion in the application process requires that applicants provide us with all the personal data required for a well-founded and informed assessment and selection together with the application by e-mail.
The required information includes general personal information (name, address, a telephone or electronic contact option) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. It may also be necessary to provide health-related information, which must be taken into account in the interest of social protection in the person of the applicant in terms of labor and social law.
Which components an application must contain in individual cases in order to be considered and the form in which these components are to be sent by e-mail can be found in the respective job advertisement.
After receipt of the application sent using the email contact address provided, the applicant data will be stored by us and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application. For questions that arise in the course of processing, we use either the e-mail address provided by the applicant with his application or a telephone number provided at our discretion.
The legal basis for this processing, including contacting us for queries, is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Paragraph 1 BDSG), in the sense of which going through the application process is considered to be the initiation of an employment contract.
Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 Paragraph 1 GDPR (e.g. health data such as information on severely disabled status) are requested from applicants as part of the application process, the processing takes place in accordance with Article 9 Paragraph 2 lit. GDPR so that we can exercise our rights under labor law and social security and social protection law and comply with our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special data categories can also be based on Art. 9 Para. 1 lit health or social care treatment or for the administration of health or social care systems and services.
If the applicant is not selected in the course of the evaluation described above or if an applicant withdraws his application prematurely, his data transmitted by e-mail and all electronic correspondence including the original application e-mail will be deleted after 6 months at the latest after notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, in being able to meet our obligations to provide evidence from the regulations on the equal treatment of applicants.
In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be processed on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Paragraph 1 BDSG) for the purposes of carrying out the employment relationship.

13.13 Google Translate

This site uses the "Google Translate" translation service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google") via an API integration. In order for the translation to be automatically displayed after you have selected a national language, the browser you are using connects to the Google servers. Google uses so-called "cookies", which are 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 the abbreviated IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. It can also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
You can see more information about Google Translate and Google's privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

14) Tools and Miscellaneous

- Google Maps
On our website we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually display geographic information. Using this service will show you our location and make it easier to get there.
As soon as you call up those sub-pages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google's servers and stored there. This can also result in transmission to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. The collection, storage and evaluation are carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, although you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot then be used.
You can read Google's terms of use at https://www.google.de /intl /de /policies /terms /regional.html see the additional terms of use for Google Maps at https://www.google.com /intl /de_US/help /terms_maps.html
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website ("Google Privacy Policy"): https://www.google.de /intl /de /policies /privacy /
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.

15) Rights of the data subject

15.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention rights) vis-à-vis the person responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis given for the respective exercise requirements:

• Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR;
• Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR;
• Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR;
• Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
• Right to information according to Art. 19 GDPR;
• Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR;
• Right to revoke granted consent in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR;
• Right to complain according to Art. 77 GDPR.

15.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS IN OUR PREVIOUS LEGITIMATE INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA INVOLVED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPREHENSIVE REASONS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE CERTIFICATION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA INVOLVED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

16) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the processing purpose and - if relevant - also based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of an express consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned revokes his consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed as part of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention period has expired, provided that it is no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

When personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object under Article 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can provide compelling reasons worthy of protection for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection under Article 21 Paragraph 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.