Privacy policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website.
Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.
Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator.
You can find the operator’s contact details in the “Information on the controller” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us.
This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example .

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website.
This is primarily technical data (e.g. B. Internet browser, operating system or time of page view).
This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors.
Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time.
You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data.
If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future.
You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on the subject of data protection.

Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated.
This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Hetzner

The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr.
25, 91710 Gunzenhausen (hereinafter referred to as Hetzner).

Details can be found in Hetzner’s privacy policy: https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechtliches/datenschutz.

The use of Hetzner is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible.
If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service.
This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously.
We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected.
Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally.
This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for.
It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities.
Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

GeSi Software GmbH
Juliuspromenade 28
D-97070 Würzburg

Phone: 0931/465 33-31
E-mail: info@gesi.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies.
If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. B. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data pursuant to Art. 9 para.
1 GDPR are processed.
In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your end device (e.g. B. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of § 25 para.
1 TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.
If your data is required to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law.
If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there.
We would like to point out that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries.
For example, US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this.
It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. B. secret services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes.
We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent.
You can withdraw your consent at any time.
The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS.
1 LIT.
E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.
THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING.
IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

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

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.
If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data at any time.
You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
You can contact us at any time to do this.
The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to check this.
For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para.
1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours.
As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

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

SSL or TLS encryption

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

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

Objection to advertising e-mails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of our obligation to provide a legal notice for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material.
The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called “cookies”.
Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device.
They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies).
Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.
Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies).
Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions.
Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. B. the shopping cart function or the display of videos).
Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions that you wish to use (e.g. e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.
If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.
If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses Borlabs Cookie consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser or to the use of certain technologies and to document these in compliance with data protection regulations.
The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany (hereinafter referred to as Borlabs).

When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the revocation of these consents are stored.
This data is not passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie.

The data collected will be stored until you ask us to delete it or delete the Borlabs cookie yourself or until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies.
Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Details on data processing by Borlabs Cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

Borlabs cookie consent technology is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies.
The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us.
These are

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions.
We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. B. after fulfilling your request).
Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry), for the purpose of processing your request.
We will not pass on this data without your consent.

We will retain the data you provide on contact requests until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. B. after fulfilling your request).
Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

SimplyMeet.me

You can make appointments with us on our website.
We use the “SimplyMeet.me” tool to book appointments.
The provider is SIMPLYBOOK.ME LTD, 30 Gladstonos Street, P. Makedonas Court, Mezzanine Floor, 3041, Limassol, Cyprus.
Hereinafter referred to as “SimplyMeet”.

For the purpose of booking an appointment, please enter the requested data and the desired date in the appropriate fields. mask provided.
The data entered will be used for planning, implementation and, if necessary, for the Follow-up of the appointment.
The appointment data is stored for us on the SimplyMeet servers. whose privacy policy you can view here:
https://simplymeet.me/de/policy

The data you have entered will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent or withdraw your consent. for storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies.
Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in making appointments with interested parties as uncomplicated as possible and customers.
If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent permits the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) in the within the meaning of the TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service concluded.
This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Use of TheEventsCalendar and associated add-ons

We use the plugin TheEventsCalendar and the add-ons The Events Calendar, Event Tickets Plus, Events Calendar Pro, Promoter and Virtual Events on our website to manage and display events and to manage participants.

Data collection and processing

The following personal data is collected and processed when you use these plugins:

First name and last name
Company (if applicable)

This data is used exclusively for the purpose of event administration, participant registration and appointment reminders.

Data storage and deletion

The data collected will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies.
If you wish your data to be deleted or object to data processing, we will delete your data immediately, provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

Data transfer

By default, The Events Calendar does not send any user data outside our website.
Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

Online events

We use the Virtual Events add-on in conjunction with Zoom to organize online events.
Zoom’s data protection regulations also apply here, over which we have no influence.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with Zoom’s privacy policy.

Payment processing

Paid events are not processed via the aforementioned plugins.
Invoices for chargeable events are managed separately and sent directly to the relevant participants.

Your rights

You have the right to information about the personal data stored about you, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing at any time.
You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted.
You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

Using ActiveCampaign

We use the services of ActiveCampaign, a provider of marketing automation, for our email marketing and customer relationship management (CRM). The provider is ActiveCampaign, Inc, 1 N Dearborn St, 5th floor, Chicago, IL 60602, USA.

Data collection and processing

The following personal data is collected and processed as part of our use of ActiveCampaign:

Name
Company
Phone number
E-mail address
Address

This data is used for email marketing purposes and to manage our customer relationships.

Consent and double opt-in

We use the double opt-in procedure to send our newsletter.
After registering, you will receive an e-mail in which you must confirm your newsletter registration.
This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with other people’s e-mail addresses.

Data storage and deletion

The data collected will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies or you withdraw your consent.
You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter or informing us accordingly.
The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with ActiveCampaign that meets the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR.

Data transfer to third countries

ActiveCampaign also processes your data in the USA.
The company is certified in accordance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which makes the data transfer legally permissible.

Automated decision making

We use the automation functions of ActiveCampaign to optimize our marketing processes.
This may include automated email sequences or personalized content based on your user behavior.

Your rights

You have the right to information about the personal data stored about you, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing at any time.
You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted.
You can object to the processing of your personal data or withdraw your consent at any time.

Legal basis

The processing of the data entered is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in ActiveCampaign’s privacy policy at: https://www.activecampaign.com/legal/privacy-policy

5. Social media

Facebook

Elements of the social network Facebook are integrated on this website.
The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
However, according to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

You can find an overview of the Facebook social media elements here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Facebook server.
Facebook receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address.
If you click on the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile.
This allows Facebook to associate your visit to this website with your user account.
We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook.
Further information on this can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

Insofar as consent has been obtained, the use of the above-mentioned service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.
If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR).
The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook.
The processing carried out by Facebook after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility.
The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in an agreement on joint processing.
You can find the wording of the agreement at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.
According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for the secure implementation of the tool on our website in accordance with data protection law.
Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products.
You can assert data subject rights (e.g. e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook.
If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 und https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Instagram

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website.
These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server.
Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.

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

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR).
The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram.
The processing carried out by Facebook or Instagram after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility.
The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in an agreement on joint processing.
You can find the wording of the agreement at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.
According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the secure implementation of the tool on our website in accordance with data protection law.
Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook and Instagram products.
You can assert data subject rights (e.g. e.g. requests for information) with regard to the data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook.
If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 und https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

You can find more information on this in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

This website uses elements of the LinkedIn network.
The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

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

If consent has been obtained, the use of the above-mentioned service takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.
If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=de

Further information on this can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

XING

This website uses elements of the XING network.
The provider is New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Each time one of our pages containing XING elements is accessed, a connection to XING servers is established.
To the best of our knowledge, no personal data is stored in the process.
In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated.

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

6. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics.
The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors.
In doing so, the website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, length of visit, operating systems used and origin of the user.
This data is summarized in a user ID and assigned to the respective end device of the website visitor.

Furthermore, we can use Google Analytics to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks at .
Google Analytics also uses various modeling approaches to supplement the collected data records and uses machine learning technologies for data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g. B. cookies or device fingerprinting).
The information collected by Google about the use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

Browser plugin

You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order processing

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

Matomo

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This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo.

With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website by website visitors.
This allows us to find out, among other things, when which pages were accessed and from which region. .
We also collect various log files (e.g. B. IP address, referrer, browser and operating system used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. B. clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

IP anonymization

We use IP anonymization for the analysis with Matomo.
Your IP address is shortened before the analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.

Cookieless analysis

We have configured Matomo so that Matomo does not store any cookies in your browser.

Hosting

We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.

Google Ads

The website operator uses Google Ads.
Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Ads enables us to display advertisements in the Google search engine or on third-party websites when the user enters certain search terms on Google (keyword targeting).
Furthermore, targeted advertisements can be displayed based on the user data available at Google (e.g. location data and interests) (target group targeting).
As the website operator, we can evaluate this data quantitatively by analyzing, for example, which search terms led to the display of our advertisements and how many advertisements led to corresponding clicks.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

Google Ads Remarketing

This website uses the functions of Google Ads Remarketing.
The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

With Google Ads Remarketing, we can assign people who interact with our online offer to specific target groups in order to subsequently show them interest-based advertising in the Google advertising network (remarketing or retargeting).

Furthermore, the advertising target groups created with Google Ads Remarketing can be linked to Google’s cross-device functions.
In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g. e.g. cell phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g. e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have a Google account, you can object to personalized advertising at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

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

LinkedIn Insight Tag

This website uses the Insight tag from LinkedIn.
The provider of this service is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Data processing by LinkedIn Insight Tag

With the help of the LinkedIn Insight Tag, we receive information about the visitors to our website.
If a website visitor is registered with LinkedIn, we can, among other things, analyze the key professional data (e.g. career level, company size, country, location, industry and job title) of our website visitors and thus better align our site with the respective target groups.
We can also use LinkedIn Insight Tags to measure whether visitors to our websites make a purchase or take another action (conversion measurement).
Conversion measurement can also be carried out across devices (e.g. e.g. from PC to tablet).
LinkedIn Insight Tag also offers a retargeting function that we can use to display targeted advertising to visitors to our website outside the website, whereby, according to LinkedIn, no identification of the advertising addressee takes place.

LinkedIn itself also collects log files (URL, referrer URL, IP address, device and browser properties and time of access).
The IP addresses are shortened or (if they are used to reach LinkedIn members across devices) hashed (pseudonymized).
The direct identifiers of LinkedIn members are deleted by LinkedIn after seven days.
The remaining pseudonymized data is then deleted within 180 days.

The data collected by LinkedIn cannot be assigned to specific individuals by us as the website operator.
LinkedIn will store the personal data collected from website visitors on its servers in the USA and use it for its own advertising purposes.
Details can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy#choices-oblig.

Legal basis

Insofar as consent has been obtained, the use of the above-mentioned service takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.
If no consent has been obtained, this service is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR; the website operator has a legitimate interest in effective advertising measures including social media.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

Objection to the use of LinkedIn Insight Tag

Object to the analysis of user behavior and targeted advertising by LinkedIn at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Furthermore, LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal data for advertising purposes in the account settings.
To prevent LinkedIn from linking data collected on our website to your LinkedIn account, you must log out of your LinkedIn account before visiting our website.

Order processing

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter.
No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis.
We use the newsletter service providers described below to process the newsletter.

Active Campaign

This website uses the services of Active Campaign to send newsletters.
The provider is the US provider ActiveCampaign, Inc, 1 N Dearborn St, 5th floor, Chicago, IL 60602, USA.

Active Campaign is a service with which, among other things, the sending of newsletters can be organized and analyzed.
If you enter data for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address), this data is stored on Active Campaign’s servers in the USA.

Active Campaign is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Privacy Shield”.
The “Privacy Shield” is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in the USA.

With the help of Active Campaign, we can analyze our newsletter campaigns.
When you open an email sent with Active Campaign, a file contained in the email (known as a web beacon) connects to Active Campaign’s servers in the USA.
This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on.
Technical information is also collected (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system).
This information cannot be assigned to the respective newsletter recipient.
It is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns.
The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.

If you do not wish to be analyzed by Active Campaign, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message.
You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

The data processing takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter.
The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from both our servers and the servers of Active Campaign after you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.

For more information, please refer to Active Campaign’s privacy policy at: ttps://www.activecampaign.com/privacy-policy/.

Link to the Privacy Shield certification: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnH6AAK

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8. Plugins and tools

YouTube

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website.
The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our websites on which YouTube is integrated, a connection to the YouTube servers is established.
This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your end device or use comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. e.g. device fingerprinting).
In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website.
Among other things, this information is used by to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent attempted fraud.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile.
You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers.
This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps.
The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address.
This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform display of fonts.
When you call up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website.
This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

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

9. Processing of customer and contract data

We collect, process and use personal customer and contract data to establish, structure the content of and amend our contractual relationships.
We collect, process and use personal data about the use of this website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill the user.
The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

The customer data collected will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship and expiry of any existing statutory retention periods.
Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Data transmission upon conclusion of a contract for services and digital content

We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary in the context of contract processing, for example to the credit institution responsible for processing payments.

Further transmission of the data will not take place or will only take place if you have expressly consented to the transmission.
Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

10. Audio and video conferencing

Data processing

We use online conferencing tools, among others, to communicate with our customers.
The individual tools we use are listed below.
If you communicate with us by video or audio conference via the internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and the provider of the respective conference tool.

The conference tools collect all data that you provide/enter to use the tools (e-mail address and/or your telephone number).
The conference tools also process the duration of the conference, the start and end (time) of participation in the conference, the number of participants and other “context information” in connection with the communication process (metadata).

Furthermore, the provider of the tool processes all technical data that is required to process the online communication.
This includes, in particular, IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or loudspeaker and the type of connection.

If content is exchanged, uploaded or provided in any other way within the tool, it is also stored on the tool provider’s servers.
Such content includes, in particular, cloud recordings, chat/instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards and other information shared while using the service.

Please note that we do not have full control over the data processing procedures of the tools used.
Our options are largely determined by the company policy of the respective provider.
Further information on data processing by the conference tools can be found in the privacy policies of the tools used, which we have listed below this text.

Purpose and legal basis

The conference tools are used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Furthermore, the use of the tools serves the general simplification and acceleration of communication with us or our company (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
If consent has been requested, the tools in question are used on the basis of this consent; consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

Storage duration

The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tools will be deleted from our systems as soon as you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies.
Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them.
Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of the conference tools for their own purposes.
For details, please contact the operators of the conference tools directly.

Conference tools used

We use the following conference tools:

Zoom

We use Zoom. The provider of this service is Zoom Communications Inc, San Jose, 55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th Floor, San Jose, CA 95113, USA. Details on data processing can be found in Zoom’s privacy policy: https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here: https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html.

Order processing

11. Own services

Handling applicant data

We offer you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. B. by e-mail, post or via the online application form).
In the following, we inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected as part of the application process.
We assure you that your data will be collected, processed and used in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.

Scope and purpose of data collection

If you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes during job interviews, etc.) insofar as this is necessary for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is Section 26 BDSG under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (general contract initiation) and – if you have given your consent – Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons who are involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be processed on the basis of § 26 BDSG and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship in our data processing systems.

Data retention period

If we are unable to make you a job offer, you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application).
The data will then be deleted and the physical application documents destroyed.
The retention serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute.
If it is evident that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), the data will only be deleted when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

Data may also be stored for longer if you have given your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.