Data protection

1. Access Data and Hosting

You can visit our web pages without providing any personal information. Each time a web page is called up, 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, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the retrieval. These access data are evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring the trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. This serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data are processed as long as necessary for the above purposes.

Hosting

The services for hosting and displaying the webpage are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise explained in this privacy policy, all access data and all data collected in forms provided on this webpage are processed on their servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the contact option described in this privacy policy.

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, South Korea, USA.

There is a decision of the European Commission on an adequate level of data protection for the USA as a basis for a third-country transfer, provided that the respective service provider is certified. A certification exists.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, India, Ukraine, Guatemala, Philippines. For these countries, there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission. Our cooperation with them is based on these guarantees: Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Union.

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2. Data Processing for Contacting and Customer Communication

2.1 User Account As far as you have given your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR by deciding to open a user account, we use your data for the purpose of opening the user account. The deletion of your user account is possible at any time and can be done either by a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or via a designated function in the user account. After deletion of your user account, your data will be deleted, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use data, which is allowed by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

2.2 Contacting We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us as part of contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such because, in these cases, we need the data to process your contact and you cannot send the contact without providing it. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data provided by you to process your inquiries according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b GDPR.

After complete processing of your customer inquiry, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use data, which is allowed by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

Live Chat Tool Ascend by Wix

If you use the live chat tool for contacting, the data voluntarily entered there (name, email address, message) will be processed by us according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of responding to the inquiry as part of contractual processing. Furthermore, the use of this tool serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in effective and improved customer communication according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR. The data is then deleted. The live chat tool is provided by Wix.com Ltd., 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel ("Wix"), acting on our behalf.

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, South Korea, USA.

There is a decision of the European Commission on an adequate level of data protection for the USA as a basis for a third-country transfer, provided that the respective service provider is certified. A certification exists.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, India, Ukraine, Guatemala, Philippines. For these countries, there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission. Our cooperation with them is based on these guarantees: Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Union.

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3. Advertising by Email, Telephone

3.1 Email Newsletter with Registration, Newsletter Tracking with Separate Consent If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the data required or separately provided by you to send you our email newsletter regularly based on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can either be done by a message to the contact option described below or via a designated link in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we delete your email address from the recipient list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use data, which is allowed by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

If you have additionally given your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR for the analysis of our newsletter, we also analyze your handling of our newsletter through measurement, storage, and evaluation of opening rates and click rates for the purpose of designing future newsletter campaigns ("newsletter tracking").

For this evaluation, the emails sent contain single-pixel technologies (e.g., so-called web beacons, tracking pixels) stored on our website. For the evaluations, we link in particular the following "newsletter data"

the page from which the page was requested (so-called referrer URL),

the date and time of the call,

the description of the type of web browser used,

the IP address of the requesting computer,

the email address,

the date and time of registration and confirmation

and the single-pixel technologies with your email address or your IP address and possibly an individual ID. Also, links contained in the newsletter may include this ID.

Unsubscribing from newsletter tracking is possible at any time and can either be done by a message to the contact option described or via a designated link in the newsletter.

The information is stored as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter.

3.2 Newsletter Dispatch 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, South Korea, USA.

There is a decision of the European Commission on an adequate level of data protection for the USA as a basis for a third-country transfer, provided that the respective service provider is certified. A certification exists.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, India, Ukraine, Guatemala, Philippines. For these countries, there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission. Our cooperation with them is based on these guarantees: Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Union.

The advertising mailings are provided as part of processing on our behalf by a service provider to whom we pass on your data for this purpose.

3.3 Telephone Advertising As far as you have given your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR, we use the required data or data separately provided by you for our own advertising purposes, e.g., to inform you about interesting offers and our products. You can revoke your consent at any time either by a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy or by an oral statement at each call. After revocation, we delete your phone number, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use data, which is allowed by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

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4. Cookies and Other Technologies

4.1 General Information To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies on various pages, including so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted at the end of the browser session, i.e., after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).

Privacy Protection at End Devices When using our online offer, we use strictly necessary technologies to be able to provide the expressly requested telemedia service. Storing information in your end device or accessing information already stored in your end device does not require consent insofar.

For non-strictly necessary functions, storing information in your end device or accessing information already stored in your end device requires your consent. We inform you that parts of the website may not be fully usable without granting consent. Any consents granted remain in place until you adjust or reset the respective settings in your end device.

Subsequent Data Processing by Cookies and Other Technologies We use such technologies that are strictly necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g., website preference settings). These technologies collect and process the IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website (e.g., information about your preferences), which serves our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We also use technologies to fulfill the legal obligations we are subject to (e.g., to be able to prove consents to the processing of your personal data) and for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy.

You can find the cookie settings for your browser under the following links: Microsoft Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™

As far as you have consented to the use of technologies according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the privacy policy.

4.2 Use of Wix Consent Manager Tool for Managing Consents On our website, we use the Wix Consent Manager Tool to inform you about the cookies and other technologies we use on our website and to obtain, manage, and document any necessary consent for the processing of your personal data by these technologies. This is necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. c GDPR to fulfill our legal obligation under Art. 7 para. 1 GDPR to be able to prove your consent to the processing of your personal data, to which we are subject. The Wix Consent Manager Tool is an offering of Wix.com Ltd., 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel ("Wix"). After you declare your cookie consent on our website, the Wix web server stores your IP address, date and time of your declaration, browser information, as well as information about your consent behavior and its verifiability (user ID). Furthermore, a cookie is used that contains information about your consent behavior. Your data will be deleted after the purpose mentioned above ceases to exist, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to further use data, which is allowed by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

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, South Korea, USA.

There is a decision of the European Commission on an adequate level of data protection for the USA as a basis for a third-country transfer, provided that the respective service provider is certified. A certification exists.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, India, Ukraine, Guatemala, Philippines. For these countries, there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission. Our cooperation with them is based on these guarantees: Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Union.

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5. Use of Cookies and Other Technologies for Web Analysis and Advertising Purposes

As far as you have given your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. After the purpose ceases and we stop 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. Further information about your revocation options can be found in the section "Cookies and Other Technologies". Further information, including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers, can be found with the respective technology. If you have questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact the contact option described in this privacy policy.

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6. Social Media

Our Online Presence on LinkedIn As far as you have given your consent to the respective social media operator according to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR, when visiting our online presence on the social media mentioned above, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes, from which usage 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. Cookies are generally used for this purpose. The detailed information on the processing and use of data by the respective social media operator, as well as a contact option and your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, can be found in the privacy notices of the providers linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.

LinkedIn is an offer of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland ("LinkedIn"). The information LinkedIn automatically collects about your use of our online presence on LinkedIn is usually sent to a server of LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA, and stored there.

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: USA.

There is a decision of the European Commission on an adequate level of data protection for the USA as a basis for a third-country transfer, provided that the respective service provider is certified. Until certification by our service providers, the data transfer continues to be based on this basis: Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission.

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7. Contact Options and Your Rights

7.1 Your Rights As a data subject, you have the following rights:

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

according to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored by us;

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

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;

according to Art. 18 GDPR, the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, as far as

the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;

the processing is unlawful, but you refuse their deletion;

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

you have objected to the processing according to Art. 21 GDPR;

according to Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common, and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another person responsible;

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

Right to object

As far as we process personal data as explained above in order to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in the context of a balance 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. As far as the processing is carried out for other purposes, you have the right to object only for reasons arising from your particular situation.

After exercising your right to object, we will not process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. Then we will not process your personal data for this purpose.

7.2 Contact Options For questions about the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, for information, correction, restriction, or deletion of data as well as revocation of granted consents or objection to a specific data use, please contact us directly via the contact details in our imprint.