PRIVACY POLICY

1. Introduction

The following information is intended to provide you, as a ‘data subject’, with an overview of how we process your personal data and your rights under data protection laws. It is generally possible to use our website without entering personal data. However, if you wish to make use of special services provided by our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain your consent.

The processing of personal data, such as your name, address or email address, is always carried out in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to ‘Electronicon Kondensatoren GmbH’. The purpose of this data protection declaration is to inform you about the scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process.

As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone or post.

You can also take simple and easy-to-implement measures to protect yourself against unauthorised access to your data by third parties. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to provide you with some information on how to handle your data securely:

l Protect your account (login, user or customer account) and your IT system (computer, laptop, tablet or mobile device) with secure passwords.

Only you should have access to the passwords.
Make sure that you only use your passwords for one account (login, user or customer account).
Do not use the same password for different websites, applications or online services.
In particular, when using publicly accessible IT systems or IT systems shared with other people, always remember to log out after every time you log in to a website, application or online service.

Passwords should consist of at least 12 characters and be chosen so that they cannot be easily guessed. Therefore, they should not include common words, your own name or the names of relatives, but should contain upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters.

2. Controller

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR is:

Electronicon Kondensatoren GmbH
Keplerstraße 2, 07549 Gera, Germany
Phone: +49(0) 365 7346-100
E-mail: info@electronicon.com

Representative of the controller: Managing director

3. Data protection officer

You can contact the data protection officer as follows:

Sabine Strecker
Telephone: 0361 4410 159
Email: dsb@electronicon.com

You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions you may have regarding data protection.

4. Definitions

The data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the terminology used.

We use the following terms, among others, in this data protection declaration:

1. Personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

2. Data subject

A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller (our company).

3. Processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

4. Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its processing in the future.

5. Profiling

Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

6. Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

7. Processor

A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

8. Recipient

A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether or not it is a third party. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

9. Third party

A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.

10. Consent

Consent shall mean any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

5. Legal basis for processing

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DS-GVO (in conjunction with § 25 para. 1 TDDDG (formerly TTDSG)) serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose.

If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of enquiries about our products or services.

If our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfil tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR.

In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d) DS-GMO.

Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f) GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if you are a customer of our company (recital 47 sentence 2 DS-GVO).

Our offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 16 may not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children and young people, nor do we collect or forward such data to third parties.

6. Transmission of data to third parties

We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for any purposes other than those listed below.

We only transfer your personal data to third parties if:

1. you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR
2. the disclosure is permissible in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
3. in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. c) GDPR, as well as
4. this is legally permissible and required for the performance of a contract with you pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR.

In order to protect your data and, if necessary, to enable data transmission to third countries (outside the EU/EEA), we have concluded agreements for order processing based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to provide an adequate level of security, your consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1) (a) DS-GVO can serve as the legal basis for transmission to third countries. This does not apply to data transfers to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 DS-GVO.

Personal data may be transferred to the United States as part of the processing operations described in this privacy policy. Companies in the United States only have an adequate level of data protection if they have certified themselves under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus the EU Commission's adequacy decision under Art. 45 DS-GVO applies. We have explicitly stated this in the privacy policy of the service providers concerned. In order to protect your data in all other cases, we have concluded agreements for order processing based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1) a) GDPR can serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries. This does not apply to data transfers to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 DS-GVO.

7. Technology

7.1 TLS encryption

This site uses TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact requests that you send to us as the operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser shows ‘https://’ instead of ‘http://’ and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

We use this technology to protect the data you transmit.

7.2 Data collection when visiting the website

If you use our website for information purposes only, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information or give your consent to processing requiring consent, we only collect data that is technically necessary for providing the service. This is regularly data that your browser transmits to our server (‘in so-called server log files’). Our website collects a range of general data and information each time you or an automated system accesses a page. This general data and information is stored in the server's log files. The following can be recorded:

1. the browser types and versions used
2. the operating system used by the accessing system
3. the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrer),
4. the sub-pages that are accessed via an accessing system on our website,
5. the date and time of access to the website,
6. a shortened Internet Protocol address (anonymised IP address) and
7. the Internet service provider of the accessing system.

When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about you as a person. Rather, this information is needed to

1. to deliver the contents of our website correctly
2. to optimise the contents of our website and the advertising for it
3. to ensure the long-term functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website
4. to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack.

We therefore analyse the collected data and information both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security at our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimum level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data in the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

The legal basis for the data processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the data collection purposes listed above.

7.3 Hosting by Host Europe

We host our website at Host Europe GmbH, Hansestraße 111, 51149 Cologne (hereinafter referred to as Host Europe).

When you visit our website, your personal data (e.g. IP addresses in log files) are processed on Host Europe's servers.

Host Europe is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is presented and provided as reliably as possible, as well as secured.

We have concluded an order processing contract with Host Europe in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. This is a contract that is required under data protection law and ensures that Host Europe processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

You can find more information about Host Europe's data protection provisions at: https://www.hosteurope.de/AGB/Datenschutzerklaerung/

8. Cookies

8.1 General information about cookies

Cookies are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site.

Information is stored in the cookie that results from the context of the specific terminal device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity.

We use cookies to make our website easier for you to use. For example, we use session cookies to recognise whether you have already visited individual pages on our website. These are automatically deleted when you leave our site.

Furthermore, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness. These are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognise that you have visited us before and what inputs and settings you have made so that you do not have to re-enter them.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offer for the purpose of optimisation for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The respective storage period of the cookies can be found in the settings of the consent tool used.

8.2 Legal basis for the use of cookies

The data processed by the cookies, which are required for the proper functioning of the website, are therefore necessary to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) DS-GVO.

For all other cookies, you have given your consent via our opt-in cookie banner in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR.

9. Content of our website

9.1 Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing

In accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, personal data is collected and processed if you provide it to us for the purpose of executing a contract or opening a customer account. The data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. You can delete your customer account at any time, for example by sending a message to the above address of the controller. We store and use the data you provide for the purpose of processing the contract. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked, taking into account tax and commercial law retention periods, and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved by our site, about which we will inform you accordingly below.

9.2 Data processing for order processing

The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We will pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution as part of the payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data in this case is Article 6 (1) point (b) GDPR.

9.3 Data processing for identity verification

Where necessary, we will verify your identity on the legal basis of Article 6 (1) (b) and (f) GDPR, using information from service providers. The justification for this arises from the protection of your identity and the avoidance of fraud attempts at our expense. The fact and the result of our request will be stored in your customer account or your guest account for the duration of the contractual relationship.

9.4 Contracts with the online shop, dealers and goods dispatch

We transmit personally identifiable data to third parties only to the extent required to fulfil the terms of your contract with us, for example, to companies entrusted to deliver goods to your location or banks entrusted to process your payments. Your data will not be transmitted for any other purpose unless you have given your express permission to do so. Your data will not be disclosed to third parties for advertising purposes without your express consent.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

9.5 Contact / contact form

When you contact us (e.g. using the contact form or by email), personal data is collected. The data collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for establishing contact and for the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If the purpose of your contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and there are no legal obligations to retain data to prevent deletion.

9.6 Application management / job exchange

We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits the relevant application documents to us electronically, for example by email or via a web form on the website. If we conclude an employment or service contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If we do not conclude a contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests on our part conflict with such deletion. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty of proof in proceedings under the German General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b), 88 DS-GVO in conjunction with § 26 Para. 1 BDSG.

10. Newsletter distribution

10.1 Newsletter distribution to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for goods or services similar to those already purchased from our range by e-mail. According to § 7 Abs. 3 UWG, we do not have to obtain separate consent from you for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalised direct mail in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you an e-mail. You have the right to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by sending a message to the controller named at the beginning. You will only incur the transmission costs according to the basic rates for this. After we receive your objection, we will immediately stop using your email address for advertising purposes.

11. Our activities on social networks

We have our own pages on social networks so that we can communicate with you on these platforms and keep you informed about our services. When you visit one of our social media pages, we are jointly responsible for the processing operations triggered by this with the provider of the respective social media platform within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR.
We are not the original provider of these pages, but merely use them within the scope of the options offered to us by the respective providers.
We would therefore like to point out as a precaution that your data may also be processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. Use may therefore involve data protection risks for you, as it may be more difficult to protect your rights, e.g. to information, deletion, objection, etc., and the processing in the social networks often takes place directly for advertising purposes or for the analysis of user behaviour by the providers, without this being able to be influenced by us. If the provider creates user profiles, cookies are often used or the usage behaviour is assigned to the member profile you have created for yourself on the social networks.

The processing operations on personal data described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest and the legitimate interest of the respective provider in order to be able to communicate with you in a timely manner and to inform you about our services. If you have to give your consent to data processing as a user to the respective providers, the legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7 GDPR.

Since we do not have access to the providers' databases, we would like to point out that you can best exercise your rights (e.g. to information, correction, deletion, etc.) directly with the respective provider. We have provided further information on the processing of your data in the social networks below for each of the social network providers we use:

11.1 Facebook

Data controller for Europe:
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

11.2 Instagram

(Jointly) responsible for data processing in Germany:
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

11.3 LinkedIn

Data controller (or jointly controller) for Europe:
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland

11.4 XING (New Work SE)

(Jointly) responsible for data processing in Germany:
New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

XING member requests for information: www.xing.com/settings/privacy/data/disclosure

12. Web analysis

12.1 Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

On our websites, we use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (‘Google’).

In this context, pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (see ‘Cookies’) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website may include, but is not limited to:

a short-term recording of the IP address without permanent storage
location data
browser type/version
operating system used
referrer URL (previously visited page)
time of server request

The pseudonymised data may be transmitted by Google to a server in the United States and stored there.

The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and customising the design of these web pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of the third party.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the express consent of the data subject in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DS-GVO.

The default storage period for data set by Google is 14 months. In all other respects, personal data will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose of the processing. The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were collected.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 DS-GVO, so that a transfer of personal data may take place without further guarantees or additional measures.

Further information on data protection when using GA4 can be found at: support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362.

12.2 Google Analytics 4 (GA4) - Additional information on consent mode, easy implementation

Under the Digital Markets Act, Google is required to obtain the consent of users before Google processes user data for personalised advertising. Google meets this requirement with the ‘Consent Mode’. Users are obliged to implement this mode and thus prove that they have obtained the consent of website visitors.

Google offers two implementation modes: simple and advanced implementation.

We use the simple implementation method of the Google Consent Mode. Only if you give your consent to the use of Google Analytics (see above) will a connection to Google be established, a Google code executed and the processing described above carried out. If you refuse consent, Google will only receive information that consent has not been given. The Google code will not be executed and no Google Analytics cookies will be set.

12.3 Google Analytics Universal

On our websites, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (‘Google’). In this context, pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (see ‘Cookies’ above) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as

1. the browser type/version,
2. the operating system used,
3. the referrer URL (the previously visited page),
4. the host name of the accessing computer (IP address) and
5. the time of the server request,

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and demand-oriented design of these internet pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymised so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website can be used to their full extent.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the granting of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DS-GVO.

You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 DS-GVO, so that a transfer of personal data may take place without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view the Google Analytics data protection provisions at: support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

13. Plugins and other services

13.1 Font Awesome

Our website uses so-called web fonts, provided by Fonticons Inc, 307 S Main St Ste 202 Bentonville, AR, USA, for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

To do this, the browser you use must connect to the Fonticons, Inc. servers. This enables Fonticons, Inc. to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Font Awesome is used only if express consent has been granted in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

If your browser does not support Font Awesome, a default font will be used by your device.

For more information about the privacy practices of Fonticons Inc., please visit: fontawesome.com/privacy.

13.2 Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager service on this website. The operating company of Google Tag Manager is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This tool allows website tags (i.e. keywords that are integrated into HTML elements) to be implemented and managed via an interface. By using Google Tag Manager, we can automatically track which button, link or personalised image you have actively clicked on and can then determine which contents of our website are of particular interest to you.

The tool also triggers other tags that may collect data under certain circumstances. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If you have disabled tracking at the domain or cookie level, it will remain disabled for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively if express consent is granted pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Article 45 of the GDPR, so that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

Further information about Google Tag Manager and Google's privacy policy can be found at: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

13.3 Google WebFonts

Our website uses so-called web fonts for the uniform display of fonts. Google WebFonts are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the granting of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR, so that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

Further information about Google WebFonts and Google's privacy policy can be found at: developers.google.com/fonts/faq ; www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

13.4 YouTube (videos)

We have integrated components from YouTube into this website. The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

YouTube is an online video portal that allows video publishers to upload video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on these video clips, also free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and TV programmes, music videos, trailers or videos made by users themselves can be accessed via the online portal. Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by us and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, is accessed, the Internet browser on your IT system is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. YouTube can also be used to download the Google WebFonts, Google Video and Google Photo services. Further information about YouTube can be found at www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google receive information about which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.

If you are simultaneously logged into YouTube, YouTube recognises which specific subpage of our website you are visiting when you access a subpage containing a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and associated with your YouTube account.

YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube component that you have visited our website, if you at the time of the call to our website are logged in on YouTube; this occurs regardless of whether you click on a YouTube video or not. If such a transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desirable for you, the delivery may be prevented if you log off from your own YouTube account before a call-up to our website is made.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively if you give your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR.

You can view YouTube's privacy policy at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

13.5 YouTube videos in enhanced data protection mode (Youtube-NoCookies)

Some sub-pages of our website contain links or connections to YouTube. In general, we are not responsible for the content of linked websites. However, if you follow a link on YouTube, we would like to point out that YouTube stores its users' data (e.g. personal information, IP address) in accordance with its own data usage guidelines and uses it for business purposes.

YouTube is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

We also embed videos stored on YouTube on some sub-pages of our website. When videos are embedded in this way, content from the YouTube website is displayed in a sub-window of the browser window. When you access a page or sub-page of our website that has embedded YouTube videos, a connection is established to the YouTube servers and the content is displayed on the website via a message to your browser.

YouTube content is only embedded in ‘extended data protection mode’. This is provided by YouTube itself and ensures that YouTube does not initially store any cookies on your device. However, when you access the relevant pages, your IP address and possibly other data will be transmitted and, in particular, information about which of our websites you have visited. However, this information cannot be assigned to you unless you have logged in to YouTube or another Google service before accessing the page or are permanently logged in. As soon as you start playing an embedded video by clicking on it, YouTube's enhanced privacy mode only stores cookies on your device that do not contain any personally identifiable information unless you are currently logged in to a Google service. These cookies can be prevented by appropriate browser settings and extensions.

By requesting the video, you also consent to the placement of the corresponding cookie (Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a) GDPR).

This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 of the GDPR, so that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view YouTube's privacy policy at: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

14. Your rights as a data subject

14.1 Right to confirmation

You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.

14.2 Right of access Art. 15 GDPR

You have the right to obtain from us, free of charge and at any time, information about the personal data stored about you, as well as a copy of this data in accordance with the statutory provisions.

14.3 Right to rectification Art. 16 GDPR

You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you also have the right to have incomplete personal data completed.

14.4 Erasure Art. 17 GDPR

You have the right to demand that we erase personal data concerning you without undue delay where one of the grounds provided by law applies and where the processing or storage is not required.

14.5 Restriction of processing Art. 18 GDPR

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing if one of the legal requirements is met.

14.6 Data portability Art. 20 GDPR

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us to whom the personal data have been provided, where the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.

Furthermore, when exercising your right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 (1) of the GDPR, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

14.7 Objection Art. 21 GDPR

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(e) (data processing in the public interest) or (f) (data processing based on a balancing of interests) of the GDPR.

This also applies to profiling based on these provisions within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is for the purpose of enforcing, pursuing or defending legal claims.

In individual cases, we process personal data for direct marketing purposes. You can object to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising at any time. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) of the DS-GVO, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

You are free to exercise your right of objection in relation to the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures involving technical specifications.

14.8 Revocation of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.

14.9 Complaint to a supervisory authority

You have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of personal data.

15. Routine storage, deletion and blocking of personal data

We process and store your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or as far as this is granted by the laws and regulations to which our company is subject.

If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

16. Duration of personal data storage

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the deadline has passed, the corresponding data is routinely deleted if it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of the contract.

17. Updating and amending the privacy policy

This data protection declaration is currently valid and was last updated in September 2024.

It may be necessary to amend this data protection declaration as a result of the further development of our website and offers or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at ‘[LINK]’.

This data protection declaration was created with the support of the data protection software: audatis MANAGER.