Privacy Statement

Handling personal information with utmost care is a matter of great concern to us. When processing your personal data, we therefore comply with legal requirements and protect your privacy. In the following, we would like to inform you about the handling of your data.

Personal data (usually referred to below as ‘data’) will only be processed to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website.

Per Article 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’), processing refers to any operation or set of operations such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment, or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction performed on personal data, whether by automated means or not.

The following privacy policy is intended to inform you about the type, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis for the processing of such data and inform you about the third-party components we use to optimise our website and improve your user experience.

 

Information about us as controllers of your data

The party responsible for this website (the controller) for purposes of data protection law is:

The rights of users and data subjects

Users and data subjects have the right

  • to confirmation of whether data concerning them is being processed, information about the data being processed, further information about the nature of the data processing, and copies of the data (Article 15 GDPR);
  • to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (Article 16 GDPR);
  • to the immediate deletion of data concerning them (Article 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, if further processing is necessary as stipulated in Article 17 III GDPR, to restrict said processing per Article 18 GDPR;
  • to receive copies of the data concerning them and/or provided by them and to have the same transmitted to other providers/controllers (Article 20 GDPR);
  • to file complaints with the supervisory authority if they believe that data concerning them is being processed by the controller in breach of data protection provisions (Article 77 GDPR).

In addition, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any such corrections, deletions, or restrictions placed on processing the same per Articles 16, 17 I, 18 GDPR. This obligation does not apply if such notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. Nevertheless, users have a right to information about these recipients.

Likewise, under Article 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the controller’s future processing of their data pursuant to Article 6 I f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permissible.

III. Information about data processing

Your data which is processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose for its storage ceases to apply, provided the deletion of the same is not in breach of any statutory storage obligations or unless otherwise stipulated below.

Server data

For technical reasons, the following data sent by your internet browser to us or to our server provider will be collected, especially to ensure a secure and stable website: These server log files record the type and version of your browser, operating system, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the webpages visited on our site, the date and time of your visit, as well as the IP address from which you visited our site.

The data thus collected will be temporarily stored, but not in association with any other of your data.

The basis for this storage is Article 6 I f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.

The data will be deleted within no more than seven days, unless continued storage is required for evidentiary purposes. In which case, all or part of the data will be excluded from deletion until the investigation of the relevant incident is finally resolved.

Cookies

a) Session cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies stored on your computer by your browser. These cookies process specific information about you, such as your browser, location data, or IP address. This processing aims at improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Article 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. When you close your browser, these session cookies are deleted.b) Third-party cookies

If necessary, our website may also use cookies from companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analyzing, or improving the features of our website.

Please refer to the following information for details, in particular for the legal basis and purpose of such third-party collection and processing of data collected through cookies.

c) Disabling cookies

You can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Likewise, you can use the browser to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, the steps and measures required vary, depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for support. If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on our site may be fully usable.

Matomo (formerly: PIWIK)

Our website uses Matomo (formerly: PIWIK). This is open-source software with which we can analyze the use of our site. Data such as your IP address, the pages you visit, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the duration of your visit, and the frequency of your visits is processed.

Matomo stores a cookie on your device via your browser in order to collect this data. This cookie is valid for one week. The legal basis is Article 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis and optimisation of our website.

We use Matomo with the Automatically Anonymize Visitor IPs function. This anonymisation function truncates your IP address by two bytes so that it is impossible to assign it to you or to the internet connection you are using.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.

Pixel tags from Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT (VG WORT)

Our website uses the VG WORT counter pixels provided by INFOnline GmbH, Forum Bonn Nord, Brühler Str. 9, 53119 Bonn as scalable central measurement method.

The legal basis is Article 6 1 f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our website and the preservation of our copyright interests with regard to the contents of our site.

The pixel code is a graphic placed on our website to collect key statistical data. This makes it possible to calculate the likelihood of content being copied based on the number of hits and the nature of the contents itself. This data is collected anonymously. In order to be able to count hits and return visits, either a so-called session cookie is stored on your device by your browser or a signature is created from various information in your browser (e.g. user agent, screen resolution, etc.). Your IP address will only be processed in an anonymised form, so that you cannot be identified as individual user at any time.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.

Newsletter

We offer you the opportunity to register for our free newsletter via our website. We use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, hereinafter referred to as The Rocket Science Group.

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield the Rocket Science Group guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. In addition, the Rocket Science Group offers further information about its data protection practices.

If you register for our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose, i.e. your email address and, optionally, your name, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. In addition, your IP address and the date and time of your registration will be saved. During the registration process, your consent to receive this newsletter will be obtained together with a concrete description of the type of content it will offer and reference made to this privacy policy. The data collected will be used exclusively to send the newsletter and will not be passed on to third parties. The legal basis for this is Article 6 1 a) GDPR.

The newsletter then sent out by The Rocket Science Group will also contain a tracking pixel called a web beacon. This pixel helps us evaluate whether and when you have read our newsletter and whether you have clicked any links contained therein. In addition to further technical data, such as data about your computer hardware and your IP address, the data processed will be stored so that we can optimize our newsletter and respond to the wishes of our readers. The data will therefore increase the quality and attractiveness of our newsletter.

The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Article 6 1 a) GDPR.

You may revoke your prior consent to receive this newsletter under Article 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect by clicking the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter.

Shariff social media buttons

Our website uses the plug-ins of the social networks. To integrate these plug-ins, we use the Shariff plug-in.The legal basis is Article 6 1 f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.

Shariff is an open source program developed by c’t and heise. By integrating this plug-in, linked graphics prevent the following social network plug-ins from automatically establishing a connection to the respective social networks server when you visit website(s) on which the plug-ins are integrated. Only if you click on one of these linked graphics will you be forwarded to the service of the respective social network. Only then will information about your use of our site be recorded by the respective social network. This information may include your IP address, the date and time you visited our site, as well as the pages you viewed.

If you are logged in to one of the social network services while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognised by the provider of that social network and assigned to your personal user account there and/or publish information about your interaction with our site there. If, for example, you use the share button for the social network, this information may be stored in your user account and published on the platform of the respective social network provider. To prevent this, you must either log out of the social network before clicking the graphic or make the appropriate settings in your social network account.

The following social networks are integrated into our website:

Google+ operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA.  Privacy information is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy. Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield Google guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.

Facebook operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, operated within the EU by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. Privacy information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield Facebook guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.

Twitter operated by Twitter Inc, 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Privacy information can be found at https://twitter.com/privacy

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield Twitter guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.

Model Data Protection Statement by Anwaltskanzlei Weiß & Partner

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