1. General Information about Data Processing

In principle, we collect and use the personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The collection and use of the personal data of our users takes place regularly only with the consent of the user. An exception applies to cases in which prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and processing of the data is permitted by law.

1.1 Legal Basis for the processing of your data:

  • Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
  • In the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual steps.
  • Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary in order to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
  • In the event that the vital interests of the data subject or any other natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) (d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
  • If processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

1.2 Legitimate interests may include, in particular:

  • answering inquiries;
  • implementation of direct marketing measures;
  • provision of services and/or information intended for you;
  • processing and transfer of personal data for internal or administrative purposes;
  • operation and administration of our website;
  • provision of technical support to users;
  • prevention and detection of fraud and crime;
  • protection against payment defaults when soliciting credit reports in the case of requests for deliveries and services; and or
  • safeguarding of network and data security, to the extent that such interests are consistent with applicable law and the rights and freedoms of the user.

2. Usage Data / Server Log Files

Each time our websites are accessed, our systems automatically collect data and information from the computer system of the calling computer. The following types of data are collected here: browser type, version used, user’s operating system, Internet service provider, IP address of the user, date and time of request, web pages from which the user’s system has accessed our website or which the user accesses from our website. The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR with the legitimate interests mentioned above. The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to allow for delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this, the user’s IP address must be stored for the duration of the session.

Storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data are used to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context. Our legitimate interest also lies in the data processing for these purposes. The data will be deleted as soon as their storage is longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case when data are collected for the provision of the website and the respective session has been ended. Furthermore, we reserve the right to check the files if, on the basis of concrete evidence, there is legitimate suspicion of unlawful use or a specific attack on the web pages. In this case, our legitimate interest is processing for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting such attacks and illegal uses.

3. Use of Cookies

We use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. The cookie contains a characteristic string that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is reopened. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Certain elements of our website require the calling browser to be identified even after a page has been changed. The following data are stored and transmitted in the cookies: Language settings, articles in a shopping cart, log-in information, etc.

We also use cookies on some of our websites to allow for analysis of users’ browsing habits. In this way, search terms entered, frequency of page views, use of website functions, etc. are transmitted. The users’ data collected in this way are pseudonymized using technical precautions. This makes it no longer possible to assign the data to the calling user. The data will not be stored together with any other personal data of the users.

Legal basis for data processing using cookies: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR forms the legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies. Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR forms the legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies required for technical reasons. When the user’s consent is obtained, Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR forms the legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes.

The purpose of using cookies required for technical reasons is to facilitate the use of websites for users. Some features of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these features, the browser must be able to be recognized even after a page change. We require cookies for the provision of the shopping cart, the adoption of language settings, the memorization of search terms, etc. Analytic cookies are used to improve the quality of our website and its contents. Analytic cookies help us learn how the website is used so that we can constantly optimize our offer. Our legitimate interest also lies in the data processing for these purposes. When accessing our website, the user is informed that cookies are used for analytic purposes and that his/her consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained automatically. In this context, a reference to this data privacy statement is also provided. Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted by the computer to our system. Therefore, as a user, you have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can disable or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are disabled for our website, the user might not be able to use all of the features of the website to the fullest. You can manage cookies from certain US companies via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.

4. General Statements about Web Beacons / Tracking Pixels

Web beacons are invisible graphics the size of one pixel. These are used by partner companies, in particular for the purpose of tracking a user through various web pages to form a profile of use for user-customized advertising (targeting). A pixel embedded in the web page is loaded by the partner company’s server when the web page is called up. The partner receives your IP address, along with information about your browser and its version as well as browser plugins utilized (browser fingerprint), about your operating system and about your network operator.

5. Use of our webshop

If you would like to place an order in our webshop, it is necessary for the conclusion of the contract that you provide your personal data, which we require for the processing of your order. Mandatory information required for the processing of contracts is marked separately, other information is voluntary. We process the data you provide to process your order. For this purpose, we may pass on your payment data to our house bank. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR. We may also process the data you provide to inform you about other interesting products from our portfolio or to send you e-mails with technical information. We are obliged by commercial and tax law to store your address, payment and order data for a period of ten years.

To prevent unauthorised access by third parties to your personal data, in particular financial data, the ordering process is encrypted using SSL technology.

When ordering via our website

If you place an order via our website, we first process the following data:

  • Salutation, first name, last name,
  • a valid e-mail address,
  • company,
  • address,
  • telephone number (landline and/or mobile)

This data is collected

  • to be able to identify you as our customer;
  • to be able to process, fulfil and handle your order;
  • to correspond with you;
  • for invoicing purposes;
  • to process any liability claims that may exist, as well as to assert any claims against you;
  • to ensure the technical administration of our website;
  • to manage our customer data.

The data processing is carried out in response to your order and/or registration and is required in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR for the aforementioned purposes for the appropriate processing of your order and for the mutual fulfilment of obligations arising from the purchase contract.

The personal data collected by us for the processing of your order will be stored until the expiry of the statutory storage obligation and then deleted, unless we are obliged to store the data for a longer period of time in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c GDPR due to tax and commercial law storage and documentation obligations (from HGB, StGB or AO) or you have consented to storage beyond this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR.

We may also process the data you provide to inform you about other interesting products from our portfolio or to send you e-mails with technical information. We are obliged by commercial and tax law to store your address, payment and order data for a period of ten years.

6. Contents of External Providers

On our website, we use active JavaScript content and fonts, which can also originate from external providers such as Google. By calling up our website, these providers may receive information about your visit to our website, for example through the transmission of your IP address. You can prevent this transmission by using a JavaScript blocker; for example, you can install the ‘NoScript’ browser plugin or disable JavaScript in your browser. However, this can lead to functional restrictions.

Some of our websites include content from third parties, such as Youtube videos, Google Maps, images, text and multimedia files, RSS feeds or other services from other websites. This always requires transmission of your IP address to the providers of this content. We cannot provide any information about the way that these providers use your data and have no influence on their further processing. In particular, we cannot provide information about whether the data are used for other purposes, such as profiling. Please refer to the respective privacy policy of the respective third-party providers.

You can protect yourself, among other things, against further tracking through these providers’ use of tracking pixels by disabling the acceptance of third-party cookies in your browser’s settings.

7. Contact Forms and E-Mail Contact

On our Internet pages, there is the possibility to contact us electronically using various forms. If a user takes advantage of this possibility, the data entered in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored. These data are usually Your name and your e-mail address. In addition, depending on the type of form, your telephone number, your postal address, information on the country, as well as the name of the company for which you work, may be requested. You can find the necessary (mandatory) information in the respective contact form. At the time of sending the message, the following data will also be saved: Your IP address, date and time. In order to process the data, your consent will be obtained in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR and reference will be made to this data protection declaration.

Alternatively, it is possible to contact us via the e-mail address provided. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.

Your data will be treated as strictly confidential and will not be passed on to third parties, but may be passed on to the companies and dsitributors of R-Biopharm AG for the purpose of processing your enquiry.

The legal basis for the processing is:

For the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR with the above-mentioned legitimate interests.
If the e-mail contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. In the case of contacting us by e-mail, this is also the necessary legitimate interest in the processing of the data. The other personal data processed during the sending process serves to prevent misuse of the contact forms and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case for the personal data from the input mask of the contact forms and those sent by e-mail when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation ends when it is clear from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.

The user has the possibility to revoke his consent to the processing of the personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, he can object to the storage of his personal data at any time. In such a case the conversation cannot be continued.

8. Newsletter

On our website you have the possibility to subscribe to a free newsletter with promotional content. Our newsletters contain information about our service offers, campaigns, events, competitions, job offers, articles. Newsletters, on the other hand, do not include messages without advertising information that are sent within the scope of our contractual or other business relationship. This includes, for example, the sending of service emails with technical information and queries about orders, events, competition notifications or comparable messages. When registering for the newsletter, the data from the input mask is transmitted to us. In addition, the IP address of the requesting computer and the time of the request are collected. Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data during the registration process and reference is made to this data protection declaration. If you purchase goods on our website via our online shop and enter your e-mail address, we reserve the right to send you newsletters with direct advertising for our own similar goods. No data will be passed on to third parties in connection with the processing of data for the dispatch of newsletters. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter. The legal basis for the processing of the data after registration for the newsletter by the user is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR if the user has given his consent and for the dispatch of the newsletter as a result of the sale of goods pursuant to § 7 III UWG or Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR (dispatch on the basis of our legitimate business interest).

The collection of the user’s email address is used to deliver the newsletter. The collection of other personal data during the registration process is used to prevent misuse of the services or the e-mail address used. The subscription to the newsletter can be revoked by the user at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding link in each newsletter. This also accepts a revocation of consent for the sending of the newsletter.

To send our newsletters, we use the Mailchimp tool from The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA. In addition to Mailchimp, we use the marketing component of HubSpot, of HubSpot Inc, 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA, to send the newsletters. For more information on HubSpot, please see the HubSpot text section of this privacy policy.

When using Mailchimp and HubSpot, email addresses are combined with your contact data and used to send the newsletter or to adequately address the recipients. A personal evaluation of the newsletter campaign can also take place. The newsletter tracking data is stored on the Selligent & HubSpot servers. This means that we collect the opening and click rates of the newsletters and summarise them in recipient profiles to enable the personalisation and design of future newsletters. In this case, we can make a correlation between newsletter recipients and their open rate or click behaviour. Our service providers only process your data on our behalf and not for their own advertising purposes.

9. Adobe Connect

Through our website we offer you the possibility to register for free webinars. To conduct the webinars we use the webinar platform adobe connect, of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland. If you would like to register for one of our webinars, we need your first and last name, your e-mail address and for authentication purposes the name of the company you work for. All your data will be deleted at the end of the webinar. The legal basis for registering for our webinars is the consent given by you in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. The legal basis for the use of the adobe connect webinar platform is our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR, which is based on the technically flawless performance of our webinars.

Further information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy.html

10. Product videos & comprehension test

In our access-protected customer portal we provide you videos about our products and their possible range of applications.

In some cases it is also possible to take a comprehension test after watching a product video. The provision of these videos, as well as the performance of the comprehension test, is usually free of charge.

In order to be able to offer our customers the most comprehensive service possible, it is conceivable that the answers given by you in the comprehension test will be evaluated by R-Biopharm and a telephone contact will be made to discuss the answers. The legal basis for this is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

11. Document Downloads

On some of our websites, it is possible to download information in the form of PDF documents. We would like to point out that these documents are generally provided by us free of charge. Furthermore, no personal data is collected from you in the context of the document downloads.

12. Data Transfer

If you communicate personal data to us, then these will only be passed on to third parties if necessary for the settlement of the contractual relationship or if another legal ground legitimizes this transfer. However, we provide certain services with the assistance of service providers. We have carefully selected these service providers and taken appropriate measures to protect your personal data.

13. Registration and registered usage

Some of our websites require or offer a registration. The data collected in the process is used for the purpose of using the respective websites and services, unless otherwise described and explicitly agreed upon during registration. The data collected is derived from the registration form, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. All other data that you can enter later to complete your profile are optional and voluntary which are based on the legal regulations of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. After registration, we may inform you about relevant circumstances related to our offer for which you have registered by means of the deposited e-mail address.

14. User-generated content

If you write comments or contributions, upload files to our servers, publish pictures or use other services, your IP address and – if you are logged in – your user data will be stored for our security. Due to the large number of illegal contents that are posted on the internet every day, we reserve the right to use this information for the defence in legal disputes or for criminal prosecution, i.e. also to pass it on to respondents, criminal prosecution authorities and courts. The legal basis for the content provided is Art. 6 para. 1 lit a) and/or b) GDPR, for all other data collected in the process Art. 6 para. 1 lit f) GDPR.

15. Solvency checks

Furthermore, we retain the right, in the case of orders or commissions, to pass on personal data to third parties for creditworthiness information, insofar as this is necessary to ensure the protection of our legitimate interests. In doing so, only the data required for calculating the creditworthiness by means of a mathematical-statistical procedure by the credit agency will be transmitted. We require creditworthiness information in order to be able to decide on the establishment and fulfilment of a contractual relationship while protecting our legitimate interests.

16. Data Retention Periods

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage is no longer valid. In addition, such storage may be provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other regulations to which the data controller is subject. Blocking or deletion of the data also takes place when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for conclusion of a contract or fulfilment of the contract.

17. Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users interact with the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before this happens. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics may be combined with other data from Google. The legal basis for the processing of personal data of users is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. We can use the statistics obtained to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out using a user ID. You can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under “My data”, “Personal data”.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”. This enables IP addresses to be further processed in a shortened form, thus excluding the possibility of personal references. If the data collected about you contains a personal reference, this is immediately excluded and the personal data is immediately deleted. Standard contractual clauses apply for the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA.

Third party information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001, or Google Analytics of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).
Terms of use: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, overview of data protection: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and the privacy policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

You have the right to revoke your consent granted under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR at any time. To do so, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

You can set an opt-out cookie to prevent detection by Google Analytics across devices. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. You must opt-out on all systems and devices in use to be fully effective. Click here to set the opt-out cookie: Disable Google Analytics
For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.

18. Google Tag Manager

On this website we use the Google Tag Manager. The Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage website tags through a single interface. The tool that implements the tags is a cookie-less domain. This means that the Google Tag Manager does not collect any personal information. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If you disable it at the domain or cookie level, it will remain disabled for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager. Using Google Tag Manager makes it easier to use our website.

You can find further information on the use of Google Tag Manager in accordance with data protection laws at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/.

19. Google Ads Conversion/Google Dynamic Remarketing

We use the offer of Google Ad to draw attention to our services by means of advertising material (so-called Google Ads) on external websites. In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. In this way we pursue the interest to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs.

These advertising materials are delivered by Google via so-called “Ad Servers”. For this purpose, we use ad server cookies, through which certain parameters can be measured to measure success, such as the display of ads or clicks by users. If you reach our website via a Google ad, Google Ads will store a cookie in your PC. These cookies usually expire after 30 days and are not intended to identify you personally. The unique cookie ID, number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), last impression (relevant for post-view conversions) and opt-out information (marking that the user no longer wishes to be contacted) are usually stored as analysis values for this cookie.

These cookies enable Google to recognize your internet browser. If a user visits certain pages of an ads client’s website and the cookie stored on their computer has not expired, Google and the client can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page. A different cookie is assigned to each ad client. Cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of ad clients. We ourselves do not collect and process any personal data in the advertising measures mentioned above. We only receive statistical evaluations from Google. By means of these evaluations we can recognize which of the advertising measures used are particularly effective. We do not receive any further data from the use of the advertising material, in particular we cannot identify the users on the basis of this information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of Ads Conversion, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider will find out and save your IP address.

You can prevent this tracking procedure in various ways:

a) by adjusting your browser software accordingly, in particular the suppression of third-party cookies means that you will not receive advertisements from third-party providers;

b) by disabling cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “googleadservices.com“, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, although this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies;

c) by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulation campaign “About Ads” via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies;

d) by permanently deactivating them in your Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browsers via the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this offer to their full extent.

The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Further information on data protection at Google can be found here: http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy and https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html. Alternatively, you can visit the website of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at http://www.networkadvertising.org. Standard contractual clauses apply for the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA.

Besides Adwords Conversion we use the application Google Remarketing. This is a procedure with which we would like to address you again. This application enables us to display our advertisements on your further internet use after you have visited our website. This is done by means of cookies stored in your browser, which are used by Google to record and evaluate your usage behaviour when visiting various websites. This enables Google to determine your previous visit to our website. According to Google, a combination of the data collected in the course of remarketing with your personal data, which may be stored by Google, does not take place. In particular, according to Google, pseudonymisation is used in remarketing.

20. Google Campaign Manager (formerly DoubleClick by Google)

We use the online marketing tool Campaign Manager from Google Inc. ( Google ). Campaign Manager uses cookies to serve ads relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are shown in which browser and can thus prevent them from being shown more than once. Campaign Manager may also use cookie IDs to track conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a Campaign Manager ad and later uses the same browser to visit the advertiser’s website and make a purchase. According to Google, Campaign Manager cookies do not contain any personal information.

Because of the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google’s server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of Campaign Manager, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider will find out and save your IP address.

You can prevent participation in this tracking procedure in various ways:

a) by adjusting your browser software accordingly; in particular, the suppression of third-party cookies means that you will not receive advertisements from third-party providers;

b) by disabling cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “googleadservices.com“, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies;

c) by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulation campaign “About Ads” via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, this setting being deleted if you delete your cookies;

d) by permanently deactivating them in your Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browsers via the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this offer to their full extent.

The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Further information on Campaign Manager by Google is available at https://www.google.de/Campaign Manager and http://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090, and on data protection at Google in general: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Alternatively, you can visit the website of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at http://www.networkadvertising.org.

Standard contractual clauses apply in cases where personal data is transferred to the USA.

21. Google Maps

On this website we use the services of Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.

By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding subpage of our website. Personal data is transmitted to Google (IP address, time of the request, content of the request, amount of data transmitted, website from which the request comes, language and version of the browser, information on the operating system). This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in at Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want the assignment with your profile at Google, you have to log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide need-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider’s data protection declarations. There you will also find further information on your rights and settings to protect your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, standard contractual clauses apply.

22. Google reCAPTCHA

To ensure data security when submitting forms and to protect ourselves from SPAM, we use the reCAPTCHA service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). This is primarily to distinguish whether the input is by a natural person or improperly by machine and automated processing. After entering and pressing the corresponding confirm button, your IP address and any other data required for the reCAPTCHA service will be sent to Google. The legal basis for the processing of your IP address and the use of reCAPTCHA is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure transmission of form data and the smooth operation of our website.

Standard contractual clauses apply for the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA. Furthermore, deviating data protection regulations of Google Inc. apply. You can find further information on the data protection guidelines of Google Inc. at http://www.google.de/intl/de/privacy or https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

23. HubSpot/HubSpot Forms

On our website we use the service HubSpot and HubSpot Forms, of HubSpot Inc, 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA. HubSpot is an integrated software solution to cover various online marketing activities. This includes, for example, our website content management, e-mail marketing, social media publishing & reporting, contact management, as well as the provision of any landing pages and contact forms.

Through our registration service we enable our website visitors to learn more about our company. You can also download content and provide your contact information and other demographic information. This information and the content of our website is stored on servers of our software partner HubSpot and can be used by us to contact our website visitors. We also use the information to determine which of our company’s services are of interest to you.
We use HubSpot on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. We use HubSpot Forms on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR, whereby our legitimate interest lies in the provision of any contact forms and simplified communication with interested parties. We would like to point out that when using HubSpot Forms, there is no personal tracking as with HubSpot itself.

HubSpot is a software company from the USA. In order to legitimise the transfer of data to the USA, HubSpot Inc. relies on EU standard contract clauses: https://legal.hubspot.com/dpa

Further information on data protection can be found in the HubSpot privacy policy: HubSpot privacy policy, HubSpot information on the EU-DSGVO, information on the cookies used by HubSpot.

24. Vimeo

Our website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. In the process, the Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA. The legitimation for the data transfer to the USA is based on standard contractual clauses.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy or https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy.

The transmission to Vimeo is based on consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit a) GDPR. This consent is required to view the video, but you can also use the site without viewing the video. You can revoke this consent by deleting the cookies in the browser settings or via our cookie settings. It is also possible that when you activate the Vimeo player, additional third-party services from Vimeo are loaded, such as Google Analytics. This is beyond our control.

25. YouTube

On some of our web pages, YouTube videos are embedded which are stored on https://www.youtube.com/ and can be played directly from our website.

By visiting the website, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding sub-page of our website. In addition, personal data (browser type, browser version, IP address, operating system) is transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account via which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want your data to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or designing its website in line with requirements. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

The legal basis for the provision of YouTube videos on our website is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR.

For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube, please see the privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, standard contractual clauses apply.

26. Integration of Facebook Plugins

Our offers use social media plugins (“plugins”) of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”). The plugins are recognisable by one of the Facebook logos (white “f” on a blue tile, the terms “Like”, “Like” or a “thumbs up” sign) or are marked with the addition “Facebook Social Plugin”. The list and appearance of Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

If you agree to the activation of the plugin, this constitutes your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Based on your consent, the plugin establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by Facebook and integrated into the website by it. The provider therefore has no influence on the scope of the data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and therefore informs users according to its level of knowledge: By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that a user has called up the corresponding page of the offer. If the user is logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to his or her Facebook account. If users interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the Like button or posting a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from their browser to Facebook and stored there. If a user is not a member of Facebook, there is still the possibility that Facebook will find out and store his or her IP address. According to Facebook, only an anonymised IP address is stored in Germany. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as the related rights and settings options for protecting the privacy of users, can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about him or her via this offer and link it to his or her membership data stored on Facebook, he or she must log out of Facebook before visiting the website. Further settings and objections to the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

In cases where data is transferred to the USA, standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission apply. Further information can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381, and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

27. Integration of Instagram Plugins

Some of our websites use functions of the social media network instagram, which belongs to Facebook. They are formally offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.

If you have an account with Instagram and are logged in with this account when you visit our website, you can link the content of our site to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. Clicking the button or activating the plugin constitutes your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Instagram will store the visit to our pages in connection with your account. We have neither knowledge of the content of the transmitted data nor its use by Instagram nor any influence on it.

For more information on the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/ or https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/. If you do not want Instagram to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also prevent the loading of Instagram plugins with corresponding plugins for your web browser.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Further information can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 und https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

28. Integration of Twitter Plugins

Some of our websites use plugins and services from Twitter Inc, 795 Folsom St, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, and are connected by buttons or links with “Twitter” or “Follow” or an image with a blue bird. This makes it possible to share a post or page on Twitter or to follow an account or topic on Twitter. When you call up a web page of this website that contains such a button, your browser establishes a connection with the servers of Twitter in order to transmit the content of the button to your browser. Clicking the button or activating the plugin constitutes your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

We have no influence on the scope of the data that Twitter collects with the help of these services and can only provide information to the best of our knowledge. According to this, only your IP address and the URL of the respective website are transmitted when you click on the button. We cannot make any statement as to whether Twitter uses this data for further purposes. You can find more information in Twitter’s privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Further information can be found at: https://help.twitter.com/de/rules-and-policies/global-operations-and-data-transfer, and at https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.

29. Integration of XING Button

Some of our websites contain the “XING Share Button”. When accessing the website, a short-term connection to XING AG servers (“XING”) is established via your browser, with which the “XING Share Button” functions (in particular the calculation/display of the counter value) are provided. XING does not store personal data about you when you call up this website. In particular, XING does not store any IP addresses. There is also no evaluation of your usage behavior via the use of cookies in connection with the “XING Share Button”. The current data protection information on the “XING Share Button” as well as additional information can be found on this website: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

30. Integration of LinkedIn Button

On some of our websites, we use plugins of the social network LinkedIn, operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“LinkedIn”). The plugin is recognisable by the LinkedIn logo or a corresponding “Recommend” label on the button. When you visit our websites, a connection is created between your browser and LinkedIn via the plugin. LinkedIn receives the information that you have visited our site through your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn button while you are logged in to LinkedIn, you can link the content of our pages on your LinkedIn profile. This enables LinkedIn to assign the visit to our website to your profile. Clicking the button or activating the plugin constitutes your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

As the provider of the websites, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. In cases where data is transferred to the USA, this is done on the basis of standard contractual clauses. Further information can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62533/eu-eea-and-swiss-data-transfers?lang=en

More information on the purpose and scope of the collection, processing or use of data can be found in LinkedIn’s data protection information: http://www.linkedin.com .

31. OpenStreetMap

The mapping tool “Open Street Maps” is implemented on our website via an API interface. This is an open source street map from the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom. In order to provide the OpenStreetMap, it is necessary to store your IP address. Your IP address is transmitted to the OpenStreetMap servers and processed there. Tracking and analysis procedures may also be carried out by OpenStreetMap for the purpose of error analysis. We have no influence on this or on the transmission of your data.

OpenStreetMap is used in the interest of making it easier to find our place of business. The legal basis for the provision of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Further data protection information can be found under the following link: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy