DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION (PRIVACY POLICE)
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1. Data protection at a glance
General information
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The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to the data protection declaration listed below this text.
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Data collection on this website
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Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
​The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.
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How is your data collected?
​For a start, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter into a contact form, for example.
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Other data is collected automatically by our host on visiting this website. What data is collected, as well as information on the handling of your data, can be found in Wix’s privacy policy here: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy
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What is your data used for?
Your data is primarily used to answer contact inquiries and for communication.
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Wix also collects data in order to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.
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What rights do you have regarding your data?
​At any time, you have the right to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority.
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Analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done by cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You will find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration.
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​2. General and mandatory information
​Data protection
​The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.
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When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data is collected and what it is used for. It also explains how this is done and for what purpose.
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We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
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Note on the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is the operator named under "Information according to § 5 TMG"..
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The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar).
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Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke a previously given consent at any time. For this purpose an informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
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Right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the data protection law, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of the data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
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Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that are processed automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only take place to the extent that it is technically feasible.
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SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
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If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
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Information, blocking, deleting
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correct, block or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.
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Objection to advertising mails
The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint for the transmission of not expressly requested advertising and information material is hereby expressly contradicted. The operator of the website expressly reserves the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example by spam e-mails
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3. Data collection on this website
Cookies
​The websites partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and safe. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
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Most of the cookies used are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser on your next visit.
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You can set your browser to informing you about the placing of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.
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Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions requested by you will be stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of his services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this data protection declaration.
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Hosting
The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services as well as technical maintenance services which we use for the purpose of operating this online offer.
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For this purpose, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of contract processing agreement.
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Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
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The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
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The data entered by you in the contact form will remain until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent for storage or the purpose for which the data was stored ceases to apply (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
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Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, your details from the sign-upform, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
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The processing of the data entered in the sign-up form is therefore exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
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The data entered by you in the sign-up form will remain stored until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent for storage or the purpose for which the data was stored ceases to apply. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
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Comment function on this website
For the comment function on this page, information on when the comment was created, your e-mail address and, if you are not anonymous, the user name you have chosen are stored in addition to the comment itself.
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Storage of IP address
The comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since comments on the site are not checked before they are activated, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.
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Subscribe to comments
As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after logging in. You will receive a confirmation email to check if you are the owner of the email address you entered. You can unsubscribe at any time via a link in the info mails. In this case, the data entered when subscribing to comments will be deleted; however, if you have submitted this data for other purposes and elsewhere (e.g. newsletter ordering), it will remain.
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Storage period of comments
The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on the website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. insulting comments).
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Legal basis
Storage of the comments is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. For this purpose, an informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
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Processing of data
We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent that they are necessary for the establishment, content or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process, and use personal data on the use of our Internet pages (usage data) only to the extent necessary to enable the user to use the service or to invoice the user.
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The collected customer data is deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.
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Data transmission upon conclusion of contract for services and digital contents
Personal data will only be transferred to third parties if this is necessary for the processing of the contract (e.g. to a credit institution commissioned with the processing of payments).
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A further transmission of the data is not carried out or only if you have expressly agreed to the transmission in writing. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.
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The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
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4. Social media
We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to be able to communicate with customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our services. When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply.
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Unless otherwise stated in our data protection declaration, we process the data of users if they communicate with us within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write articles on our online presences or send us messages.
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5. Analysis tools and advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
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Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. 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.
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The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both his website and his advertising.
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IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA. 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 to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
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Browser Plugin
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 plugin available under the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
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Objection to data collection
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your information on future visits to this site: Google Analytics deaktivieren.
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You can find more information about how Google Analytics handles user data in the Google Privacy Policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
6. Plugins and tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the Google operated YouTube page. The site is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
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When you visit one of our sites equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the servers of YouTube is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.
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If you are logged in to your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your surfing habits directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
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YouTube is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
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Further information on the handling of user data can be found in the YouTube privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
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Last update of data protection declaration: 07.12.2020