Privacy Statement

Nanotec Electronic GmbH & Co. KG
Kapellenstr. 6
85622 Feldkirchen 
Germany

E-mail address: [email protected]
Phone: +49 089 900 686-0
Imprint: https://www.nanotec.com/eu/en/legal-details

Nanotec Electronic GmbH & Co. KG
Data Protection Officer
Kapellenstr. 6
85622 Feldkirchen

E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 170 9663648
 

The following overview summarizes the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing and refers to the data subjects.

Types of data processed

• Inventory data
• Payment data
• Location data
• Contact details
• Content data
• Contract data
• Usage data
• Meta, communication and process data
• Job applicant data
• Event data (Facebook)
   

Special categories of data

• Health data 
   

Categories of affected persons

• Customers
• Employees
• Interested parties
• Communication partner
• Users
• Job applicants
• Business and contractual partners
• Pupils / students / participants
• People depicted
   

Purposes of processing

• Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations.
• Contact requests and communication
• Security measures
• Direct marketing
• Reach measurement
• Web analytics
• Office and organizational procedures
• Remarketing
• Conversion tracking
• Target group formation
• Managing and responding to inquiries
• Application procedure
• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Feedback
• Marketing
• Profiles with user-related information
• Provision of our online services and usability 
• Assessment of creditworthiness and credit standing
• Information technology infrastructure
   

Automated decisions in individual cases

• Credit report.

Relevant legal basis according to the GDPR: 
Below you will find an overview of the legal basis of the GDPR on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or domicile. Should more specific legal basis also apply in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the privacy policy.

• Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) – The data subject has given their consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.
   
• Performance of a contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
   
• Legal obligation (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
   
• Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.
   
• Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR) – Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 (1) GDPR are requested from applicants as part of the application procedure (e.g. health data, such as severely disabled status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants so that the controller or the data subject can exercise their rights under labor law and social security and social protection law and fulfill their obligations in this regard, their processing is carried out in accordance with Article 9 (2) (b). GDPR. GDPR, in the case of the protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons pursuant to Article 9 (2) (c). GDPR or for the purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee's ability to work, for medical diagnosis, care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the management of systems and services in the health or social sector pursuant to Article 9 (2) (h). GDPR. In the case of communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Article 9 (2) (a). GDPR. 

National data protection regulations in Germany: 
In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national data protection regulations apply in Germany. These include, in particular, the Act on the Protection against Misuse of Personal Data in Data Processing (Federal Data Protection Act – BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special regulations on the right to information, the right to erasure, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling. The data protection laws of the individual federal states may also apply. 

Note on the applicability of the GDPR and Swiss FADP: 
This data protection notice serves to provide information in accordance with both the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For this reason, please note that the terms of the GDPR are used due to the broader geographical application and comprehensibility. In particular, instead of the terms "overriding interest" and "sensitive personal data" used in the Swiss DSG, the terms  "legitimate interest" and "special categories of data" used in the GDPR are used. However, the legal meaning of the terms will continue to be determined in accordance with the Swiss DSG within the scope of application of the Swiss DSG.

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as the access, input, disclosure, safeguarding of availability and its separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and responses to data threats. Furthermore, we already take the protection of personal data into account during the development and selection of hardware, software and processes in accordance with the principle of data protection through technology design and data protection-friendly default settings.

Shortening of the IP address: 
If IP addresses are processed by us or by the service providers and technologies used and the processing of a full IP address is not required, the IP address is truncated (also known as "IP masking"). The last two digits or the last part of the IP address after a dot are removed or replaced by placeholders. The purpose of shortening the IP address is to prevent or make it much more difficult to identify a person by their IP address.

TLS/SSL encryption (https): 
To protect user data transmitted via our online services, we use TLS/SSL encryption. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the standard technology for securing internet connections by encrypting the data transmitted between a website or app and a browser (or between two servers). Transport Layer Security (TLS) is an updated and more secure version of SSL. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is displayed in the URL when a website is secured by an SSL/TLS certificate.

As part of our processing of personal data, the data may be transmitted to other bodies, companies, legally independent organizational units or persons or disclosed to them. The recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases, we observe the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude corresponding contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data that serve to protect your data.

Data transfer within the group of companies: 
We may transfer personal data to other companies within our group of companies or grant them access to this data. If this transfer takes place for administrative purposes, the transfer of the data is based on our legitimate business and commercial interests or takes place if it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations or if the consent of the data subjects or a legal permission exists.

Data transfer within the organization: 
We may transfer personal data to other entities within our organization or grant them access to this data. If this transfer is for administrative purposes, the transfer of the data is based on our legitimate business and commercial interests or takes place if this is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations or if the consent of the data subjects or a legal permission exists.

Data processing in third countries: 
If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or the processing takes place in the context of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies or companies, this will only take place in accordance with the legal requirements. If the level of data protection in the third country has been recognized by means of an adequacy decision (Article 45 GDPR), this serves as the basis for the data transfer. Otherwise, data will only be transferred if the level of data protection is otherwise ensured, in particular through standard contractual clauses (Article 46  (2)  (c) GDPR), express consent or in the case of contractual or legally required transfer (Article 49 (1) GDPR). In addition, we will inform you of the basis for third country transfers with the individual providers from the third country, whereby the adequacy decisions take precedence. Information on third country transfers and existing adequacy decisions can be found in the information provided by the EU Commission: 
https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_en?prefLang=de.

EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework: 
As part of the so-called "Data Privacy Framework" (DPF), the EU Commission has also recognized the level of data protection for certain companies from the USA as secure as part of the adequacy decision of 10.07.2023. The list of certified companies and further information on the DPF can be found on the website of the US Department of Commerce at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. As part of the data protection information, we will inform you which service providers we use are certified under the Data Privacy Framework.

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements as soon as the consents granted for processing are withdrawn or other permissions cease to apply (e.g. if the purpose of processing this data no longer applies or it is not required for the purpose). If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing is restricted to these purposes. This means that the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons or whose storage is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person. As part of our data protection information, we can provide users with further information on the deletion and retention of data that applies specifically to the respective processing operations.

Rights of data subjects under the GDPR: As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Article 15 to 21 GDPR:

• Right to object: You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
   
• Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
   
• Right of access: You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and to obtain access to this data and further information and a copy of the data in accordance with legal requirements.
   
• Right to rectification: In accordance with the statutory provisions, you have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you.
   
• Right to erasure and restriction of processing: In accordance with the statutory provisions, you have the right to demand that data concerning you be erased immediately or, alternatively, to demand that the processing of the data be restricted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
   
• Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements or to request its transmission to another controller.
   
• Complaint to a supervisory authority: In accordance with the statutory provisions and without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular a supervisory authority in the Member State in which you are habitually resident, the supervisory authority of your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.
   

We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g. customers and interested parties (collectively referred to as "contractual partners") in the context of contractual and comparable legal relationships and related measures and in the context of communication with the contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g. to answer questions.

We process this data in order to fulfill our contractual obligations. These include, in particular, the obligations to provide the agreed services, any updating obligations and remedies in the event of warranty and other service disruptions. In addition, we process the data to safeguard our rights and for the purpose of the administrative tasks associated with these obligations and the company organization. In addition, we process the data on the basis of our legitimate interests in proper and efficient business management and in security measures to protect our contractual partners and our business operations from misuse, risks to your data, secrets, information and rights (e.g. to involve telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers or tax authorities). Within the framework of applicable law, we only pass on the data of contractual partners to third parties to the extent that this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfill legal obligations. Contractual partners will be informed about other forms of processing, e.g. for marketing purposes, as part of this privacy policy.

We inform the contractual partners which data is required for the aforementioned purposes before or during data collection, e.g. in online forms, by means of special marking (e.g. colors) or symbols (e.g. asterisks or similar), or personally.

We delete the data after the expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations, i.e. generally after 4 years, unless the data is stored in a customer account, e.g. as long as it must be retained for legal archiving reasons. The statutory retention period is ten years for documents relevant under tax law and for trading books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual financial statements, the work instructions required to understand these documents and other organizational documents and accounting records, and six years for commercial and business letters received and reproductions of commercial and business letters sent. The period begins at the end of the calendar year in which the last entry was made in the book, the inventory, the opening balance sheet, the annual financial statements or the management report was prepared, the commercial or business letter was received or sent or the accounting document was created, the record was made or the other documents were created.

Insofar as we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective third-party providers or platforms apply in the relationship between the users and the providers.

• Processed data categories: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); contract data (e.g. subject matter of contract, duration, customer category); usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status). Applicant data (e.g. personal details, postal and contact addresses, the documents belonging to the application and the information contained therein, such as cover letter, CV, certificates and other personal or qualification information provided by applicants with regard to a specific position or voluntarily).
   
• Data subjects: Customers; interested parties; business and contractual partners; pupils / students / participants; applicants.
   
• Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and performance of contractual obligations; Security measures; Contact requests and communication; Office and organizational procedures; Managing and responding to inquiries.
   
• Legal basis: Fulfilment of contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR); Legal obligation (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Customer account: Customers can create an account within our online offering (e.g. customer or user account, "customer account" for short). If it is necessary to register a customer account, customers will be informed of this and of the information required for registration. Customer accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines. As part of the registration process and subsequent logins and use of the customer account, we store the IP addresses of customers together with the access times in order to be able to prove registration and prevent any misuse of the customer account. If the customer account has been terminated, the customer account data will be deleted after the termination date, unless it is stored for purposes other than provision in the customer account or must be stored for legal reasons (e.g. internal storage of customer data, order processes or invoices). It is the customer's responsibility to back up their data when the customer account is terminated; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
   
• Online store, order forms, e-commerce and delivery: We process the data of our customers to enable them to select, purchase or order the selected products, goods and associated services, as well as their payment and delivery or execution. If necessary for the execution of an order, we use service providers, in particular postal, forwarding and shipping companies, to carry out the delivery or execution for our customers. We use the services of banks and payment service providers to process payment transactions. The required information is marked as such in the context of the order or comparable purchase process and includes the information required for delivery or provision and billing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultation; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
   
• Education and training services: We process the data of participants in our education and training services (uniformly referred to as "trainees") in order to be able to provide them with our training services. The data processed in this context, the type, scope, purpose and necessity of its processing are determined by the underlying contractual and training relationship. The forms of processing also include the performance assessment and evaluation of our services and those of our instructors. As part of our activities, we may also process special categories of data, in particular information on the health of trainees and students as well as data revealing ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs. Where necessary, we obtain the express consent of the trainees for this purpose and otherwise only process the special categories of data if it is necessary for the provision of training services, for the purposes of health care, social protection or the protection of vital interests of the trainees; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
   
• Online courses and online training: We process the data of participants in our online courses and online training courses (uniformly referred to as "participants") in order to be able to provide them with our course and training services. The data processed in this context, the type, scope, purpose and necessity of its processing are determined by the underlying contractual relationship. The data generally includes details of the courses and services used, insofar as these are part of our range of services, and personal details and results of the participants. The forms of processing also include the performance assessment and evaluation of our services and those of the course and training instructors; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
   
• Project and development services: We process the data of our customers and clients (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "customers") in order to enable them to select, purchase or commission the selected services or works and associated activities as well as their payment and provision or execution or performance.
  
  The required information is identified as such in the context of the conclusion of the contract, order or comparable contract and includes the information required for the provision of services and billing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultations. Insofar as we receive access to information from end customers, employees or other persons, we process this in accordance with the legal and contractual requirements; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
   

• Recruiting services: We process the data of job candidates and the personal data of potential employers or their employees as part of our services, which include in particular the search for potential job candidates, contacting them and placing them.

  We process the information and contact details provided by the job candidates for the purposes of establishing, implementing and, if necessary, terminating a contract for job placement. In addition, we can ask interested parties questions about the success of our placement service at a later date in accordance with legal requirements.

  We process the data of job candidates and employers to fulfill our contractual obligations in order to be able to process the job placement requests submitted to us to the satisfaction of the parties involved.

  We may keep a record of the placement processes in order to be able to prove the existence of the contractual relationship and the consent of the interested parties in accordance with the statutory accountability obligations (Article 5 (2) GDPR). This information is stored for a period of three to four years if we need to prove the original request (e.g. to be able to prove the authorization to contact the job candidates); legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

• Event management: We process the data of the participants of the events, functions and similar activities offered or organized by us (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "participants" and "events") in order to enable them to participate in the events and make use of the services or activities associated with participation.

  If we process health-related data, religious, political or other special categories of data in this context, this is done within the scope of disclosure (e.g. for themed events or for health care, security or with the consent of the data subjects).

  The required information is marked as such in the context of the conclusion of the order, purchase order or comparable contract and includes the information required for the provision of services and billing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultations. Insofar as we receive access to information from end customers, employees or other persons, we process this in accordance with the legal and contractual requirements; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

As part of contractual and other legal relationships, due to legal obligations or otherwise on the basis of our legitimate interests, we offer the data subjects efficient and secure payment options and use other service providers in addition to banks and credit institutions (collectively referred to as "payment service providers").

The data processed by the payment service providers includes inventory data, such as the name and address, bank data, such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as contract, total and recipient-related information. The information is required to carry out the transactions. However, the data entered is only processed by the payment service providers and stored by them. This means that we do not receive any account or credit card-related information, but only information that confirms or rejects payments. Under certain circumstances, the data may be transmitted by the payment service providers to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check identity and creditworthiness. Please refer to the terms and conditions and data protection information of the payment service providers.

Payment transactions are subject to the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective payment service providers, which can be accessed on the respective websites or transaction applications. We also refer to these for further information and the assertion of rights of revocation, information and other rights of data subjects.

• Processed data categories: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); Payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times). Meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
   
• Data subjects: Customers, interested parties.
   
• Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations.
   
• Legal basis: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Stripe: Payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: Stripe, Inc., 510 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; legal basis: Performance of a contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR); website: https://stripe.com; privacy policy: https://stripe.com/de/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
   

If we make advance payments or enter into comparable economic risks (e.g. when ordering on account), we reserve the right to obtain identity and creditworthiness information for the purpose of assessing the credit risk on the basis of mathematical-statistical procedures from specialized service companies (credit agencies) in order to safeguard our legitimate interests.

We process the information received from the credit agencies on the statistical probability of a payment default as part of an appropriate discretionary decision on the establishment, execution and termination of the contractual relationship. We reserve the right to refuse payment on account or any other advance payment in the event of a negative result of the credit check.

The decision as to whether we make advance payments is made in accordance with the legal requirements solely on the basis of an automated decision in individual cases, which our software makes on the basis of the information provided by the credit agency.

If we obtain express consent from contractual partners, the legal basis for the credit report and the transmission of the customer's data to the credit agencies is consent. If no consent is obtained, the credit information is provided on the basis of our legitimate interests in the security of our payment claims.

• Processed data categories: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); Payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); Contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category). Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times).
   
• Data subjects: Customers; interested parties. Business and contractual partners.
   
• Purposes of processing: Assessment of creditworthiness and credit standing.
   
• Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   
• Automated decisions in individual cases: Credit information (decision based on a credit check).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V.: Credit agency; service provider: Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V., Hellersbergstraße 12, D-41460 Neuss, Germany; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.creditreform.de/; privacy policy: https://www.creditreform.de/datenschutz. Creditreform Rosenheim Ganzmüller & Groher KG , Oberaustraße 16, D-83026 Rosenheim, Germany; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.creditreform.de/rosenheim; privacy policy: https://www.creditreform.de/rosenheim/datenschutz.
   

We process users' data in order to provide them with our online services. For this purpose, we process the user's IP address, which is necessary to transmit the content and functions of our online services to the user's browser or end device.

• Processed data categories: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status). Content data (e.g. entries in online forms).
   
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
   
• Purposes of processing: Provision of our online services and user-friendliness; information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.)); security measures. Content Delivery Network (CDN).
   
• Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Provision of online offer on rented storage space: For the provision of our online offer, we use storage space, computing capacity and software that we rent or otherwise obtain from a corresponding server provider (also called "web host"); legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   
• Collection of access data and log files: Access to our online offering is logged in the form of so-called "server log files". These "server log files" may include the address and name of the websites and files accessed, date and time of access, data volumes transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider. The "server log files" can be used for security purposes, e.g. to avoid overloading the servers (especially in the event of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks) and to ensure the utilization of the servers and their stability; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Deletion of data: Log file information is stored for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted or anonymized. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
   
• Content delivery network: We use a content delivery network (CDN). A CDN is a service with the help of which the content of an online offer, in particular large media files such as graphics or program scripts, can be delivered faster and more securely with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   
• Hetzner: Services in the field of the provision of information technology infrastructure and related services (e.g. storage space and/or computing capacities); service provider: Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.hetzner.com; privacy policy: https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechtliches/datenschutz. data processing agreement: https://docs.hetzner.com/de/general/general-terms-and-conditions/data-privacy-faq/.
   
• Cloudflare: Content Delivery Network (CDN) – Service that allows content of an online offer, in particular large media files such as graphics or program scripts, to be delivered faster and more securely with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet; service provider: Cloudflare, Inc, 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.cloudflare.com; privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/; data processing agreement: https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-dpa/; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  
   

Cookies are small text files or other storage notes that store information on end devices and read information from the end devices, e.g. to store the login status in a user account, the contents of a shopping cart in an e-shop, the content accessed or functions used in an online offering. Cookies can also be used for various purposes, e.g. to ensure the functionality, security and user-friendliness of online services or to analyze visitor flows.

Notes on consent: We use cookies in accordance with the statutory provisions. We therefore obtain prior consent from users, unless this is not required by law. In particular, consent is not required if the storage and reading of information, including cookies, is absolutely necessary in order to provide the user with a telemedia service expressly requested by them (i.e. our online offer). Strictly necessary cookies generally include cookies with functions that serve the display and operability of the online service, load balancing, security, storage of user preferences and selection options or similar purposes related to the provision of the main and secondary functions of the online service requested by the user. The revocable consent is clearly communicated to the users and contains the information on the respective use of cookies.

Information on legal basis under data protection law: The legal basis under data protection law on which we process users' personal data with the help of cookies depends on whether we ask users for their consent. If users consent, the legal basis for processing their data is the consent they have given. Otherwise, the data processed using cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in the commercial operation of our online offering and improving its usability) or, if this is done in the context of fulfilling our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations. We explain the purposes for which we process cookies in the course of this privacy policy or as part of our consent and processing procedures.

Storage period: With regard to the storage period, a distinction is made between the following types of cookies:

• Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online service and closed their end device (e.g. browser or mobile application).
   
• Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the end device is closed. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. The user data collected with the help of cookies can also be used to measure reach. Unless we provide users with explicit information on the type and storage duration of cookies (e.g. when obtaining consent), users should assume that cookies are permanent and can be stored for up to two years.

General information on revocation and objection (so-called "opt-out"): Users can withdraw the consent they have given at any time and object to processing in accordance with the legal requirements. Among other things, users can restrict the use of cookies in their browser settings (although this may also restrict the functionality of our online offering). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/.

• Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Processing of cookie data on the basis of consent: We use a consent management solution in which user consent is obtained for the use of cookies or for the procedures and providers mentioned in the consent management solution. This procedure is used to obtain, log, manage and withdraw consent, in particular with regard to the use of cookies and comparable technologies that are used to store, read and process information on users' end devices. As part of this procedure, user consent is obtained for the use of cookies and the associated processing of information, including the specific processing and providers mentioned in the consent management procedure. Users also have the option of managing and revoking their consent. The declarations of consent are stored in order to avoid repeated queries and to be able to provide proof of consent in accordance with legal requirements. The storage takes place on the server side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie) or by means of comparable technologies in order to be able to assign the consent to a specific user or their device. If no specific information on the providers of consent management services is available, the following general information applies: Consent is stored for up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is created, which is stored together with the time of consent, information on the scope of consent (e.g. relevant categories of cookies and/or service providers) and information on the browser, the system and the end device used; legal basis: consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
   

When contacting us (e.g. by post, contact form, email, telephone or via social media) and in the context of existing user and business relationships, the data of the inquiring persons are processed insofar as this is necessary to answer the contact inquiries and any requested measures.

• Processed data categories:  Contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times). Meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
   
• Data subjects: Communication partners.
   
• Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; Managing and responding to inquiries; Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form). Provision of our online services and user-friendliness.
   
• Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Contact form: If users contact us via our contact form, e-mail or other communication channels, we process the data provided to us in this context to process the communicated request; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR), legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

We use messengers for communication purposes and therefore ask you to observe the following information on the functionality of the messengers, on encryption, on the use of communication metadata and on your options to object.

You can also contact us by alternative means, e.g. by telephone or e-mail. Please use the contact options provided to you or the contact options provided within our online offer.

In the case of end-to-end encryption of content (i.e. the content of your message and attachments), we would like to point out that the communication content (i.e. the content of the message and attached images) is encrypted from end to end. This means that the content of the messages cannot be viewed, not even by the messenger providers themselves. You should always use an up-to-date version of the messenger with encryption enabled to ensure that the message content is encrypted. 

However, we would also like to point out to our communication partners that although the providers of the messengers cannot view the content, they can find out that and when communication partners communicate with us and process technical information about the device used by the communication partners and, depending on the settings of their device, also location information (so-called metadata). 

Notes on legal basis: 
If we ask communication partners for permission before communicating with them via Messenger, the legal basis for our processing of their data is their consent. Otherwise, if we do not ask for consent and you contact us, for example, on your own initiative, we use Messenger in relation to our contractual partners and in the context of contract initiation as a contractual measure and, in the case of other interested parties and communication partners, on the basis of our legitimate interests in fast and efficient communication and meeting the needs of our communication partners in communication via Messenger. We would also like to point out that we will not transmit the contact data provided to us to Messenger for the first time without your consent.

Withdrawal, objection and deletion: 
You can withdraw your consent at any time and object to communication with us via Messenger at any time. In the case of communication via Messenger, we delete the messages in accordance with our general deletion guidelines (i.e., for example, as described above, after the end of contractual relationships, in the context of archiving requirements, etc.) and otherwise as soon as we can assume that we have answered any information from the communication partners, if no reference to a previous conversation is to be expected and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.

Reservation of reference to other communication channels: 
Finally, we would like to point out that, for reasons of your security, we reserve the right not to answer inquiries via Messenger. This is the case if, for example, internal contractual information requires special confidentiality or a reply via Messenger does not meet the formal requirements. In such cases, we will refer you to more appropriate communication channels.

• Processed data categories: Contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status). Content data (e.g. entries in online forms).
   
• Data subjects: Communication partner.
   
• Purposes of processing:  Contact requests and communication. Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post).
   
• Legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) . Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams – Messenger; service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-365; privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement, Security information: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).

We use platforms and applications of other providers (hereinafter referred to as "conference platforms") for the purpose of conducting video and audio conferences, webinars and other types of video and audio meetings (hereinafter collectively referred to as "conference"). When selecting the conference platforms and their services, we observe the legal requirements. 

Data processed by conference platforms: 
In the context of participation in a conference, the conference platforms process the participants' personal data listed below. The scope of the processing depends on which data is required in the context of a specific conference (e.g. specification of access data or clear names) and which optional information is provided by the participants. In addition to processing for the purpose of holding the conference, the conference platforms may also process participants' data for security purposes or service optimization. The processed data includes personal data (first name, surname), contact information (email address, telephone number), access data (access codes or passwords), profile pictures, information on professional position/function, the IP address of the internet access, information on the participants' end devices, their operating system, the browser and its technical and language settings, information on the content of communication processes, i.e. entries in chats as well as audio and video data, as well as the use of other available functions (e.g. surveys). The content of communications is encrypted to the extent technically provided by the conference providers. If the participants are registered as users with the conference platforms, further data may be processed in accordance with the agreement with the respective conference provider.

Logging and recordings: 
If text entries, participation results (e.g. from surveys) and video or audio recordings are logged, this will be communicated transparently to the participants in advance and they will be asked for their consent where necessary.

Data protection measures for participants: 
Please refer to the conference platforms' data protection notices for details on the processing of your data by the conference platforms and select the optimum security and data protection settings for you in the conference platform settings. Please also ensure data and privacy protection in the background of your recording for the duration of a video conference (e.g. by informing roommates, locking doors and, if technically possible, using the function to make the background unrecognizable). Links to the conference rooms and access data must not be passed on to unauthorized third parties.

Notes on legal basis: 
If, in addition to the conference platforms, we also process users' data and ask users for their consent to use the conference platforms or certain functions (e.g. consent to the recording of conferences), the legal basis for processing is this consent. Furthermore, our processing may be necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations (e.g. in participant lists, in the case of processing of conference results, etc.). Otherwise, user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in efficient and secure communication with our communication partners.

• Processed data categories: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); Contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times). Meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
   
• Data subjects: Communication partners; users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services). Depicted persons.
   
• Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations; contact requests and communication. Office and organizational procedures.
   
• Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• GoToMeeting: Conference and communication software; service provider: LogMeIn Ireland Limited, Bloodstone Building Block C 70, Sir John Rogerson's Quay Dublin 2, Ireland; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.gotomeeting.com/de-de; privacy policy: https://www.logmein.com/legal/privacy; data processing agreement: https://www.logmein.com/de/legal#other-agreements (Data Processing Addendum); basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
   
• Microsoft Teams: Conferencing and communication software; service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-365; privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement, Security information: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
   

The application process requires applicants to provide us with the data necessary for their assessment and selection. The information required can be found in the job description or, in the case of online forms, in the details provided there. 

In principle, the required information includes personal details such as name, address, contact details and proof of the qualifications required for the position. On request, we will be happy to provide additional information on what details are required.

If provided, applicants can send us their applications using an online form. The data is transmitted to us in encrypted form in accordance with the state of the art. Applicants can also send us their applications by e-mail. Please note, however, that e-mails are generally not sent encrypted on the Internet. E-mails are generally encrypted in transit, but not on the servers from which they are sent and received. We can therefore accept no responsibility for the transmission path of the application between the sender and receipt on our server. 

For the purposes of searching for applicants, submitting applications and selecting applicants, we may use applicant management or recruitment software and platforms and services from third-party providers in compliance with legal requirements.

Applicants are welcome to contact us about how to submit their application or send it to us by post. 

Processing of special categories of data:
Insofar as special categories of personal data (Article 9 (1) GDPR, e.g. health data, such as severely disabled status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants or communicated by them as part of the application procedure, their processing is carried out so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights arising from labor law and social security and social protection law and fulfill his or her obligations in this regard. The processing is carried out so that the controller or the data subject can exercise their rights and fulfill their obligations under employment law and social security and social protection law, to protect the vital interests of applicants or other persons, for the purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, to assess the employee's fitness for work, for medical diagnosis, for the provision of health or social care or treatment, or for the management of health or social care systems and services.

Deletion of data: 
The data provided by applicants may be further processed by us for the purposes of the employment relationship in the event of a successful application. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer is not successful, the applicant's data will be deleted. Applicants' data will also be deleted if an application is withdrawn, which applicants are entitled to do at any time. Subject to a justified withdrawal by the applicant, the deletion will take place after a period of six months at the latest, so that we can answer any follow-up questions about the application and meet our obligations to provide evidence under the regulations on equal treatment of applicants. Invoices for any reimbursement of travel expenses will be archived in accordance with tax regulations.

Inclusion in an applicant pool: 
Inclusion in an applicant pool, if offered, is based on consent. Applicants are informed that their consent to inclusion in the talent pool is voluntary, has no influence on the ongoing application process and that they can withdraw their consent at any time for the future.

Duration of data retention in the applicant pool in months: 12 

• Processed data categories: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); Contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms). Applicant data (e.g. personal details, postal and contact addresses, the documents belonging to the application and the information contained therein, such as cover letter, CV, certificates and other personal or qualification information provided by applicants with regard to a specific position or voluntarily).
   
• Data subjects: Applicants.
   
• Purposes of processing: Application procedure (justification and possible subsequent implementation and possible subsequent termination of the employment relationship).
   
• Legal basis: Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Rexx systems: Recruitment platform and applicant management services (job advertisements, applicant search and application process); service provider: rexx systems GmbH, Süderstrasse 75-79, 20097 Hamburg, Germany; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.rexx-systems.com/; privacy policy: https://www.rexx-systems.com/datenschutz/.

We use software services accessible via the Internet and running on the servers of their providers (so-called "cloud services", also referred to as "software as a service") for the storage and management of content (e.g. document storage and management, exchange of documents, content and information with specific recipients or publication of content and information).

In this context, personal data may be processed and stored on the servers of the providers, insofar as these are part of communication processes with us or are otherwise processed by us as set out in this privacy policy. This data may include, in particular, master data and contact data of users, data on transactions, contracts, other processes and their content. Cloud service providers also process usage data and metadata that they use for security purposes and to optimize their services.

If we use cloud services to provide other users or publicly accessible websites with forms or other documents and content, the providers may store cookies on users' devices for the purposes of web analysis or to remember user settings (e.g. in the case of media control). 

• Processed data categories: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); Contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times). Meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
   
• Data subjects: Customers; employees (e.g. employees, applicants, former employees); interested parties; communication partners.
   
• Purposes of processing: Office and organizational procedures. Information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical equipment (computers, servers, etc.).
   
• Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Microsoft cloud services: cloud storage, cloud infrastructure services and cloud-based application software; service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://microsoft.com/de-de; privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement, Security information: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; data processing agreement: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Microsoft-Products-and-Services-Data-Protection-Addendum-DPA; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).

We only send newsletters, emails and other electronic notifications (hereinafter "newsletter") with the consent of the recipient or with legal permission. If the contents of the newsletter are specifically described when registering for the newsletter, they are decisive for the user's consent. Otherwise, our newsletters contain information about our services and us.

To subscribe to our newsletters, it is generally sufficient to provide your e-mail address. However, we may ask you to provide your name so that we can address you personally in the newsletter, or to provide further information if this is necessary for the purposes of the newsletter.

Double opt-in procedure: 
Registration for our newsletter is always carried out in a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registering you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with other people's e-mail addresses. Subscriptions to the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes storing the time of registration and confirmation as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored by the mailing service provider are also logged.

Deletion and restriction of processing: 
We may store the unsubscribed e-mail addresses for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before deleting them in order to be able to prove that consent was previously given. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for erasure is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed at the same time. In the event of obligations to permanently observe objections, we reserve the right to store the e-mail address in a block list solely for this purpose.

The registration process is logged on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of verifying that it is carried out properly. If we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure sending system.

Contents:
Information about us, our services, promotions and offers.

• Processed data categories: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status). Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times).
   
• Special categories of personal data: Health data.
   
• Data subjects: Communication partner.
   
• Purposes of processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by email or post).
   
• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   
• Option to object (opt-out): You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. withdraw your consent or object to further receipt. You will find a link to unsubscribe from the newsletter either at the end of each newsletter or you can use one of the contact options listed above, preferably e-mail.
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Measurement of opening and click rates: The newsletters contain a so-called "web beacon", i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when the newsletter is opened or, if we use a mailing service provider, from their server. As part of this retrieval, technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of retrieval, is initially collected.
  
  This information is used for the technical improvement of our newsletter based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or the access times. This analysis also includes determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. This information is assigned to the individual newsletter recipients and stored in their profiles until they are deleted. The evaluations help us to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.
  
  The measurement of opening rates and click rates as well as the storage of the measurement results in the user profiles and their further processing are carried out on the basis of the user's consent.
  
  Unfortunately, it is not possible to revoke the performance measurement separately; in this case, the entire newsletter subscription 
  must be canceled or objected to. In this case, the stored profile information will be deleted; legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   
• Rapidmail: E-mail dispatch and automation services; service provider: rapidmail GmbH, Augustinerplatz 2, 79098 Freiburg i.Br., Germany; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.rapidmail.de; privacy policy: https://www.rapidmail.de/datenschutz; data processing agreement: https://www.rapidmail.de/hilfe/datenschutzvertrag-nach-eu-dsgvo-abschliessen.

Web analysis (also referred to as "reach measurement") is used to evaluate the flow of visitors to our online offering and may include behavior, interests or demographic information about visitors, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. With the help of reach analysis, we can, for example, recognize at what time our online offer or its functions or content are most frequently used or invite reuse. We can also understand which areas require optimization. 

In addition to web analysis, we may also use test procedures, e.g. to test and optimize different versions of our online offering or its components.

Unless otherwise stated below, profiles, i.e. data summarized for a usage process, can be created for these purposes and information can be stored in a browser or in an end device and read out from it. The information collected includes, in particular, websites visited and the elements used there, as well as technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on usage times. If users have consented to the collection of their location data from us or from the providers of the services we use, location data may also be processed.

The IP addresses of users are also stored. However, we use an IP masking procedure (i.e. pseudonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear user data (such as e-mail addresses or names) is stored in the context of web analysis, A/B testing and optimization, but pseudonyms. This means that we, as the provider of the software used, do not know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purposes of the respective processes.

• Processed data categories: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
   
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
   
• Purposes of processing: Remarketing; target group formation; reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); profiles with user-related information (creation of user profiles); provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures). Marketing.
   
• Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).
   
• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to measure and analyze the use of our online offering on the basis of a pseudonymous user identification number. This identification number does not contain any unique data, such as names or e-mail addresses. It is used to assign analysis information to an end device in order to recognize which content users have called up within one or more usage processes, which search terms they have used, which they have called up again or which they have interacted with our online offering. The time and duration of use are also stored, as well as the sources of the users who refer to our online offering and technical aspects of their end devices and browsers.
  Pseudonymous profiles of users are created with information from the use of various devices, whereby cookies may be used. Google Analytics does not log or store individual IP addresses for EU users. However, Analytics provides rough geographic location data by deriving the following metadata from IP addresses: City (and the city's inferred latitude and longitude), Continent, Country, Region, Subcontinent (and ID-based counterparts). For EU traffic, IP address data is used exclusively for this derivation of geolocation data before it is immediately deleted. It is not logged, is not accessible and is not used for other purposes. When Google Analytics collects measurement data, all IP queries are performed on EU-based servers before the traffic is forwarded to Analytics servers for processing; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) ; website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/; security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address); privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Opt-Out: Opt-out plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de; Settings for the display of advertisements: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff. Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and processed data).
   
• Information on consent recipients and cookie-less analysis: Information on consent recipients: The consent given by users in the context of a consent dialog (also known as "cookie opt-in/consent", "cookie banner", etc.) serves several purposes. On the one hand, it serves to fulfill our obligation to obtain consent to the storage and reading of information on and from the user's end device (in accordance with ePrivacy guidelines). Secondly, it covers the processing of users' personal data in accordance with data protection regulations. In addition, this consent also applies to Google, as the company is obliged under the Digital Markets Act to obtain consent for personalized services. We therefore share the status of the consents given by users with Google. Our consent management software informs Google whether consent has been granted or not. The aim is to ensure that the consents given or not given by users are taken into account when using Google Analytics and when integrating functions and external services. In this way, user consents and their revocation in the context of Google Analytics and other Google services can be dynamically adapted in our online offering depending on the user selection.
  Cookie-less analysis: We use the extended implementation of the consent mode of Google Analytics. This means that if users do not give their consent to the storage and reading of information on their end devices – especially with regard to cookies – no cookies or comparable information will be stored on the users' devices. Likewise, no user profiles are created.  
  In this case, the Google code generates a random identification number on the user's device and transmits it to Google (so-called "ping"). The identification number is not stored in the user's browser, apps or other devices. This identification number is unique for each website visit, so that the behavior or interests of users are not recorded across devices or pages. Only a minimum of information on user activity is sent. This includes information on consent status and information for conversion measurement, i.e. whether a user was directed to our online offering by a Google ad. 
  In addition, if available, the following information may be transmitted: a) Function-related information such as headers (technical details transmitted by the browser), b) Timestamp (date and time of access), c) User agent (information about the browser and device used, only on the web), d) Referrer URL (the URL of the page from which the user came), e) Summarized/pseudonymous information: This includes an indication of whether the current or a previous page in the user's navigation history contains ad click information in the URL (e.g. GCLID/DCLID, special tracking codes from Google), a random number generated on each page load, and information about the consent management platform used by the website owner (e.g. developer ID); service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9976101?hl=de; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
   
• Google Analytics (server-side use): We use Google Analytics to measure and analyze the use of our online services by users. Although user data is processed, it is not transmitted directly from the user's device to Google. In particular, the user's IP address is not transmitted to Google. Instead, the data is first transmitted to our server, where the user's data records are assigned to our internal user identification number. Subsequent transmission from our server to Google only takes place in this pseudonymized form. The identification number does not contain any unique data, such as names or e-mail addresses. It is used to assign analysis information to an end device in order to recognize which content the users have called up within one or more usage processes, which search terms they have used, which they have called up again or which they have interacted with our online offer. The time of use and its duration are also stored, as well as the sources of the users who refer to our online offering and technical aspects of their end devices and browsers. Pseudonymous profiles of users are created with information from the use of various devices, whereby cookies may be used. Analytics provides high-level geographic location data by collecting the following metadata from IP searches: "City" (and the derived latitude and longitude of the city), "Continent", "Country", "Region", "Subcontinent" (and the ID-based equivalents); service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (Types of processing and data processed).
   
• Target group formation with Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to display the ads placed by Google's advertising services and its partners only to those users who have also shown an interest in our online offer or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited), which we transmit to Google (so-called "remarketing" or "Google Analytics audiences"). With the help of remarketing audiences, we also want to ensure that our ads correspond to the potential interest of users; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; legal basis: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/. Data processing conditions for Google advertising products and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms.
   
• Google Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager is a solution with which we can manage so-called website tags via an interface and thus integrate other services into our online offering (please refer to further information in this privacy policy). The Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) therefore does not create user profiles or store cookies, for example. Google only learns the IP address of the user, which is necessary to run the Google Tag Manager; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms. basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
   
• Google Tag Manager (server-side use): Google Tag Manager is an application with which we can manage so-called website tags via an interface and thus integrate other services into our online offering (see also the further information in this privacy policy). The Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) does not store any user profiles or cookies. The other services are integrated on the server side. This means that user data is not transmitted directly from their end device to the respective service or Google. In particular, the user's IP address is not transmitted to the other service. Instead, the data is first transmitted to our server, where the user's data records are assigned to our internal user identification number. The subsequent transmission of the data from our server to the servers of the respective service providers only takes place in this pseudonymized form. The user identification number does not contain any unique data, such as names or email addresses; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (Types of processing and data processed).

We process personal data for online marketing purposes, which may include in particular the marketing of advertising space or the presentation of advertising and other content (collectively referred to as "content") based on the potential interests of users and the measurement of its effectiveness. 

For these purposes, so-called user profiles are created and stored in a file (so-called "cookie") or similar procedures are used, by means of which the information about the user relevant for the presentation of the aforementioned content is stored. This information may include, for example, content viewed, websites visited, online networks used, but also communication partners and technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on usage times and functions used. If users have consented to the collection of their location data, this can also be processed.

The IP addresses of users are also stored. However, we use available IP masking procedures (i.e. pseudonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear user data (such as e-mail addresses or names) is stored as part of the online marketing process, but pseudonyms. This means that we, as the providers of the online marketing processes, do not know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles.

The information in the profiles is generally stored in cookies or by means of similar procedures. These cookies can generally also be read later on other websites that use the same online marketing process and analyzed for the purpose of displaying content as well as supplemented with further data and stored on the server of the online marketing process provider.

In exceptional cases, clear data can be assigned to the profiles. This is the case, for example, if the users are members of a social network whose online marketing processes we use and the network links the user profiles with the aforementioned data. Please note that users can make additional agreements with the providers, e.g. by giving their consent during registration.

In principle, we only receive access to summarized information about the success of our advertisements. However, as part of so-called conversion measurements, we can check which of our online marketing procedures have led to a so-called conversion, i.e. to the conclusion of a contract with us, for example. The conversion measurement is used solely to analyze the success of our marketing measures.

Unless otherwise stated, we ask you to assume that cookies used are stored for a period of two years. 

• Processed data categories: Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status); event data (Facebook) ("event data" is data that can be transmitted by us to Facebook e.g. transmitted by us to Facebook via Facebook pixels (via apps or in other ways) and relate to persons or their actions; the data includes, for example, information about visits to websites, interactions with content, functions, app installations, product purchases, etc.; the event data is processed for the purpose of creating target groups for content and advertising information (custom audiences). Event data does not contain the actual content (such as comments written), login information or contact information (i.e. no names, email addresses or telephone numbers). Event data is deleted by Facebook after a maximum of two years, and the target groups created from it are deleted when our Facebook account is deleted.)
   
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
   
• Purposes of processing: Web Analytics (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); Targeting (e.g. profiling based on interests and behavior, use of cookies); Conversion tracking (Measurement of the effectiveness of marketing activities); Custom Audiences; Marketing; Profiles with user-related information (Creating user profiles); Provision of our online services and usability. Remarketing.
   
• Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).
   
• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   
• Option to object (opt-out): We refer you to the data protection notices of the respective providers and the opt-out options specified for the providers (so-called "opt-out"). If no explicit opt-out option has been specified, you have the option of deactivating cookies in your browser settings. However, this may restrict the functions of our online offer. We therefore recommend the following additional opt-out options, which are summarized for the respective areas: 
  
  a) Europe: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu. 
  b) Canada: https://www.youradchoices.ca/choices.  
  c) USA: https://www.aboutads.info/choices. 
  d) Cross-territory: https://optout.aboutads.info.
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Meta pixel and target group formation (custom audiences): With the help of the meta pixel (or comparable functions for the transmission of event data or contact information via interfaces in apps), it is possible for Meta to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "meta ads"). Accordingly, we use the meta pixel to display the meta ads placed by us only to those users on Meta platforms and within the services of Meta's cooperating partners (so-called "audience network" https://www.facebook.com/audiencenetwork/ ) who have also shown an interest in our online offer or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interest in certain topics or products that can be seen from the websites visited) that we transmit to Meta (so-called "custom audiences"). With the help of the meta pixel, we also want to ensure that our meta ads correspond to the potential interest of users and are not annoying. With the help of the meta pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of the meta ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users have been redirected to our website after clicking on a meta ad (so-called "conversion measurement"); service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.facebook.com; privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; data processing agreement: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Event user data, i.e. behavioral and interest data, is processed for the purposes of targeted advertising and targeting on the basis of the joint controllership agreement ("Controller Addendum", www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum). Joint controllership is limited to the collection by and transfer of data to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, which in particular concerns the transfer of data to the parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA (on the basis of the standard contractual clauses concluded between Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and Meta Platforms, Inc.)
   
• Google Ad Manager: We use the "Google Ad Manager" service to place ads in the Google advertising network (e.g. in search results, in videos, on websites, etc.). Google Ad Manager is characterized by the fact that ads are displayed in real time based on the presumed interests of users. This allows us to display ads for our online offering to users who may have a potential interest in our offering or have previously shown an interest in it, and to measure the success of the ads; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/; Data processing conditions for Google advertising products: Information on the services, data processing terms between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms. If Google acts as a processor, data processing conditions for Google advertising products and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms.
   
• AdMob: Platform for the display of advertising content in mobile applications; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR); website: https://admob.google.com/home/; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: Processing by Google as controller: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/.
   
• Google Ads and conversion measurement: Online marketing process for the purpose of placing content and ads within the service provider's advertising network (e.g. in search results, in videos, on websites, etc.) so that they are displayed to users who have a presumed interest in the ads. In addition, we measure the conversion of the ads, i.e. whether users have taken them as an opportunity to interact with the ads and use the advertised offers (so-called "conversion"). However, we only receive anonymous information and no personal information about individual users; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/. Data processing conditions between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms
   
• Google Ads Remarketing: Google Remarketing, also known as retargeting, is a technology that allows users who use an online service to be added to a pseudonymous remarketing list so that users can be shown ads on other online offers based on their visit to the online service; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/. Data processing conditions between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms.
   
• Google Adsense with personalized ads: We use the Google Adsense service with personalized ads, with the help of which ads are displayed within our online offer and we receive remuneration for their display or other use; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/. Data processing conditions for Google advertising products: Information on the services, the data processing conditions between controllers and the standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms.
   
• Google Adsense with non-personalized ads: We use the Google Adsense service with non-personalized ads, with the help of which ads are displayed within our online offer and we receive remuneration for their display or other use; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR); website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/. Data processing conditions for Google advertising products: Information on the services, the data processing conditions between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms.
   
• LinkedIn Insights Tag: Code that is loaded when a user visits our website and tracks the user's behaviour and conversions and stores them in a profile (possible purposes: measuring campaign performance, optimizing ad delivery, building custom and lookalike audiences); Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR); website: https://www.linkedin.com; privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy, Cookie Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie_policy; data processing agreement: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Option to object (opt-out): https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
   
• Microsoft Advertising: Online marketing process for the purpose of placing content and ads within the service provider's advertising network (e.g. in search results, in videos, on websites, etc.) so that they are displayed to users who have a presumed interest in the ads. In addition, we measure the conversion of the ads, i.e. whether users have taken them as an opportunity to interact with the ads and use the advertised offers (so-called conversion). However, we only receive anonymous information and no personal information about individual users; service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland; legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us; privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Opt-Out: https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/ad-settings/. Further information: https://about.ads.microsoft.com/de-de/policies/legal-privacy-and-security.
   
• SISTRIX: Service for the evaluation of publicly available information from search engines and comparable services, such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and public websites, with the purpose of improving the findability of an online offer in search engines and generally on the Internet (so-called search engine optimization) and generally the user-friendliness of the online offer; service provider: SISTRIX GmbH, Thomas-Mann-Str. 37, 53111 Bonn, Germany; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR); website: https://www.sistrix.de/; privacy policy: https://www.sistrix.de/sistrix/datenschutz. Further information: When analyzing the publicly available information, the personal data contained in the information may also be processed (e.g. names or content). This data is not used for the purposes of personal processing or to create user profiles, but is used solely for the technical and commercial analysis of the publicly accessible content by SISTRIX as the controller under data protection law.

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context in order to communicate with the users active there or to offer information about us.

We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may result in risks for users because, for example, it could make it more difficult to enforce users' rights.

Furthermore, user data within social networks is generally processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles can be created based on user behavior and the resulting interests of users. The user profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are generally stored on the user's computer, in which the user's usage behavior and interests are stored. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the user profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them).

For a detailed description of the respective forms of processing and the opt-out options, please refer to the data protection declarations and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.

In the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we would also like to point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the users' data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, you can contact us.

• Processed data categories:  Contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times). Meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
   
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
   
• Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); marketing.
   
• Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Facebook pages: Profiles within the social network Facebook; service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.facebook.com; privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection (but not the further processing) of data from visitors to our Facebook page (so-called "fan page"). This data includes information about the types of content users view or interact with, or the actions they take (see under "Things you and others do and provide" in the Facebook Data policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy), as well as information about the devices used by users (e.g. IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data; see under "Device information" in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy). As explained in the Facebook Data Policy under "How do we use this information?", Facebook also collects and uses information to provide analytics services, known as "Page Insights", for page operators to help them understand how people interact with their pages and the content associated with them. We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook ("Information on Page Insights", https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum), which regulates in particular which security measures Facebook must observe and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the rights of data subjects (i.e. users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook. Further information can be found in the "Information on Page Insights" (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data). The joint responsibility is limited to the collection by and transfer of data to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, which relates in particular to the transfer of data to the parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA.
   
• LinkedIn: Social network; service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.linkedin.com; privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out. Further information: We are jointly responsible with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company for the collection (but not the further processing) of visitor data used to create "page insights" (statistics) of our LinkedIn profiles. 
  This data includes information about the types of content users view or interact with, or the actions they take, as well as information about the devices used by users (e.g. IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data) and information from the user's profile, such as job function, country, industry, hierarchy level, company size and employment status. Data protection information on the processing of user data by LinkedIn can be found in LinkedIn's data protection information: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
  We have concluded a special agreement with LinkedIn Ireland ("Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum (the 'Addendum')", https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum), which regulates in particular which security measures LinkedIn must observe and in which LinkedIn has agreed to fulfill the rights of data subjects (i.e. users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to LinkedIn). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with LinkedIn. The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of data by and transfer to Ireland Unlimited Company, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Ireland Unlimited Company, which relates in particular to the transfer of data to the parent company LinkedIn Corporation in the USA.
   
• YouTube: Social network and video platform; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Option to object (opt-out): https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff.
   
• Xing: Social network; service provider: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.xing.com/; privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

We incorporate functional and content elements into our online offering that are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers"). These may be, for example, graphics, videos or city maps (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").

The integration always requires that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of the user, as they would not be able to send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required to display this content or function. We endeavor to only use content whose respective providers only use the IP address to deliver the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. Pixel tags can be used to analyze information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information about the use of our online offer, as well as being linked to such information from other sources.

• Processed data categories: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); metadata, communication data and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status); inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. entries in online forms). Location data (information on the geographical position of a device or person).
   
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
   
• Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
   
• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
   

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Google Maps: We integrate the maps of the "Google Maps" service of the provider Google. The processed data may include, in particular, IP addresses and user location data; service provider: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://mapsplatform.google.com/; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
   
• YouTube videos: Video content; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis:  Consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.youtube.com; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Option to object (opt-out): Opt-out plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de; Settings for the display of advertisements: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff.

We use services, platforms and software from other providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers") for the purposes of organizing, managing, planning and providing our services. When selecting third-party providers and their services, we observe the legal requirements. 

In this context, personal data may be processed and stored on the servers of third-party providers. This may affect various data that we process in accordance with this privacy policy. This data may include, in particular, master data and contact data of users, data on transactions, contracts, other processes and their content.

If users are referred to the third-party providers or their software or platforms in the context of communication, business or other relationships with us, the third-party providers may process usage data and metadata for security purposes, service optimization or marketing purposes. We therefore ask you to observe the data protection notices of the respective third-party providers.

• Processed data categories: Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status); contract data (e.g. subject matter of contract, term, customer category); inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers).
   
• Data subjects: Communication partners; users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services); business and contractual partners. Customers.
   
• Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and performance of contractual obligations; Office and organizational procedures; Contact requests and communication. Marketing.
   
• Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Confluence: Software for the creation and administration of wiki & knowledge platforms; service provider: Atlassian Inc. (San Francisco, Harrison Street Location), 1098 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California 94103, USA; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR); website: https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence; privacy policy: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/privacy-policy; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: Data transfer impact assessment: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/data-transfer-impact-assessment.
   
• DocuSign: Electronic signature of documents, sending documents for signature, tracking the status of documents, storing signed documents; service provider: DocuSign, Inc., 221 Main Street Suite 1000 San Francisco, CA 94105, USA; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.docusign.com/;  privacy policy: https://www.docusign.com/privacy; data processing agreement: https://www.docusign.com/legal/terms-and-conditions/data-protection-attachment; basis for third country transfers: Standard Contractual Clauses (https://www.docusign.com/legal/terms-and-conditions/data-protection-attachment). Further information: Processing as a processor and controller is also carried out on the basis of approved binding internal data protection regulations that ensure a level of data protection that meets the requirements of the GDPR (Binding Corporate Rules, Article 47 GDPR): https://www.docusign.com/trust/privacy/binding-corporate-rules.
   
• Jira: Web application for error management, troubleshooting and operational project management; service provider: Atlassian Inc. (San Francisco, Harrison Street Location), 1098 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California 94103, USA; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira; privacy policy: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/privacy-policy; data processing agreement: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/data-processing-addendum; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: Data transfer impact assessment: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/data-transfer-impact-assessment.
   
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018: Customer relationship management, financial planning and analysis, supply chain operations, business process automation, human resource management and service optimization; service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland; legal basis:  Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR); website: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/dynamics-365; privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement; data processing agreement: Provided by the service provider. basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).

We ask you to inform yourself regularly about the content of our privacy policy. We will adapt the privacy policy as soon as changes to the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require your cooperation (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.

If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in this privacy policy, please note that the addresses may change over time and please check the information before contacting us.