1. access data and hosting

 

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server merely automatically stores a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the request, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the request. This access data is evaluated solely for the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of the site and improving our services. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in the proper presentation of our services in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. All access data is processed for as long as is necessary for the purposes described above. Hosting: The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise stated in this data protection declaration, all access data and all data collected in the forms provided on this website are processed on their servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration. Our service providers are located and/or use servers in the following countries for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by decision: Israel, United Kingdom, USA. The adequacy decision for the USA is considered the basis for the third-country transfer if the respective service provider is certified. Certification has been provided. Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: Brazil, Mexico, India, Ukraine. No adequacy decision has been made by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with you is based on these guarantees: standard data protection clauses of the European Union.

2. Data processing for establishing contact and customer communication

Establishing contact

As part of establishing contact, we collect personal data in order to process your requests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if you voluntarily provide it to us when you contact us (e.g. via contact form, live chat tool or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such because we absolutely need the data in these cases in order to process your request. The data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. After complete processing of your request, your data will be deleted, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to use data in excess thereof, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

After your customer request has been fully processed, the further processing of your data will be restricted and, after the expiry of the tax and commercial law retention periods, it will be deleted in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to a further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or we reserve the right to further data use that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

Live chat tool Ascend by Wix

We use the live chat tool Ascend by Wix from Wix.com Ltd., 40 Nemal St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel (“Wix”) for the purpose of customer communication. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in effective and improved customer communication in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR, which are overriding in the process of balancing of interests. Wix works for us on our behalf.

Our service providers are based in and/or use servers in the following countries for which the European Commission has decided that they provide an adequate level of data protection: Israel, United Kingdom, USA.

The adequacy decision for the USA is considered the basis for third-country transfers if the respective service provider is certified. Certification has been obtained.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: Brazil, Mexico, India, Ukraine.
There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with you is based on these safeguards: standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Union.

3. Cookies and other technologies

General information

We use technologies, including cookies, on various pages to make our website attractive to visitors and to enable the use of certain functions. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. when you close your browser (these are called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (these are called persistent cookies).

Protection of privacy on end devices
When you use our online services, we use essential technologies to provide the explicitly requested telemedia service. In this respect, the storage of information in your end device or access to information already stored in your end device does not require your consent.

For functions that are not absolutely necessary, the storage of information in your end device or access to information that is already stored in your end device requires your consent. We would like to point out that if you do not give your consent, parts of the website may not be fully usable. Any consent you have given remains in place until you adjust or reset the respective settings in your end device.

Any subsequent data processing through cookies and other technologies
We use such technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. preference settings for the website). These technologies collect and process IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website (e.g. information on your preferences). In the context of a weighing of interests, this serves the overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Insofar as you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the data protection declaration.

4. Use of cookies and other technologies for web analysis and advertising purposes

We use the following cookies and other technologies from third-party providers on our website. Unless otherwise stated for the individual technologies, this is done on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR. After the purpose has ceased to apply and we have finished using the respective technology, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. You can find more information about your options for revocation in the section “Cookies and other technologies”. Further information, including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers, can be found under the individual technologies. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

Use of Google services

We use the following technologies from Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. Unless otherwise stated for the individual technologies, the data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement concluded for the respective technology between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in the privacy policy of Google.

Our service providers are based and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and the EEA for which the European Commission has decided that they have an adequate level of data protection.

Our service providers are based and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and the EEA. The European Commission has not made an adequacy decision with respect to these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission.

Google Maps

For the visual representation of geographical information, Google Maps collects data about your use of the Maps functions, in particular the IP address and location data, which is transmitted to Google and then processed by Google. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

5. Social media

Our online presence on Facebook (by Meta), Instagram (by Meta), LinkedIn

Insofar as you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, when you visit our online presences on the social media mentioned above, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. As a rule, cookies are used for this purpose. Please refer to the providers' data protection information linked below for detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the respective social media provider, as well as a contact option and your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy. However, should you require any assistance in this regard, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Facebook (by Meta) is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., Block J, Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Meta Platforms Ireland”). The information automatically collected by Meta Platforms Ireland about your use of our online presence on Facebook (by Meta) is usually transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. Data processing in the context of visiting a Facebook (by Meta) fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here.

Our service providers are based and/or use servers in the following countries for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by resolution: USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Argentina.

The adequacy decision for the USA is considered the basis for third-country transfers if the respective service provider is certified. Certification is available.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico.
The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on these safeguards: standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission.

Instagram (by Meta) is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, Block J, Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Meta Platforms Ireland”). The information automatically collected by Meta Platforms Ireland about your use of our online presence on Instagram is usually transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. Data processing in the context of visiting an Instagram (by Meta) fan page is based on an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO. Further information (information on Insights data) can be found here.

Our service providers are located in and/or use servers in the following countries for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by resolution: USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Argentina.

The adequacy decision for the USA is considered the basis for third-country transfers, provided the respective service provider is certified. Certification is in place.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico.
There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with you is based on these safeguards: standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission.

LinkedIn is a service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”). The information automatically collected by LinkedIn about your use of our online presence on LinkedIn is usually transferred to and stored on a server of the LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.

Our service providers are located in and/or use servers in the following countries for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by resolution: USA.

The adequacy decision for the USA is considered the basis for third-country transmission, provided that the respective service provider is certified. Certification is in place.

6. Contact options and your rights

6.1 Your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent described therein;

• pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to request the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;

• pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing

  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

  • to fulfill a legal obligation;

  • for reasons of public interest or

  • to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;

• pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as

  • the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;

  • the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;

  • we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or

  • you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

• pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request the transfer of those data to another controller;

• pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters.

Right to object

If we process personal data as described above in order to protect our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the process of balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you have the right to object only on grounds relating to your particular situation.

After you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. In this case, we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.

6.2 Contact options

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or if you wish to request information, correct, restrict or delete data, or revoke consent granted or object to a particular use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details provided in our imprint.