Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:

• Information about your data stored by us and their processing (Article 15 GDPR),
• Correction of incorrect personal data (Article 16 GDPR),
• Deletion of your data stored by us (Article 17 GDPR),
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Article 18 GDPR),
• Objection to the processing of your data by us (Article 21 GDPR) and
• Data transferability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Article 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. B. to the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your place of residence or to the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.

You can find a list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with their addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html .

Third country transfer:

The data collected may to the following third countries: If you accept marketing cookies and load YouTube or Google Maps content.

cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or how their storage can be blocked in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Duration of storage and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

Technically necessary cookies

Type and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

We need cookies for the following applications:

Acceptance of language settings

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer:

The data collected may to the following third countries: If you accept marketing cookies and load YouTube or Google Maps content.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. Without this data, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

contradiction

Read the information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

Technically unnecessary cookies

Furthermore, we use cookies in order to better tailor the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations.

You can find out which providers set cookies from the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For other recipients, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Third country transfer:

For information on this, please refer to the lists of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers.

Provision prescribed or required:

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Withdrawal of consent).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can withdraw your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.

Profiling:

To what extent we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymised user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Use of Matomo

If you have given your consent, Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open-source software for statistical analysis of visitor access, is used on this website. The Matomo software is provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.

Matomo sets a cookie (a text file) on your end device with which your browser can be recognized. If sub-pages of our website are accessed, the following information is stored:

• the IP address of the user, shortened by the last two bytes (anonymized)
• the accessed subpage and time of access
• the page from which the user came to our website (referrer)
• which browser with which plug-ins, which operating system and which screen resolution is used
• the length of stay on the website
• the pages that are accessed from the accessed subpage

Matomo is used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. This tells us how the website is used and allows us to continuously optimize our offer.

By anonymizing the IP address by six digits, we take account of the website visitor’s interest in the protection of personal data. The data is not used to personally identify the user of the website and is not merged with other data. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be passed on to third parties.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage and evaluation of your data by Matomo at any time using the link below. A so-called opt-out cookie is then stored on your device, which is valid for two years. As a result, Matomo does not collect any session data. Please note, however, that the opt-out cookie will be deleted if you delete all cookies.

Opt-out complete; your visits to this website will not be recorded by the Web Analytics tool. Note that if you clear your cookies, delete the opt-out cookie, or if you change computers or Web browsers, you will need to perform the opt-out procedure again.

You may choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take here. Doing so will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.

The tracking opt-out feature requires cookies to be enabled.

You can find more information about the privacy settings of the Matomo software under the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/ .

You can also prevent the use of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; we would like to point out to you however that in this case you will if applicable not be able to use all functions of this website in full.

Use of Google Maps

On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.
For more information about data processing by Google, please see the Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy . There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection center.

Detailed instructions for managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here: https://www.dataliberation.org

By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account.

If you do not wish to be assigned to your profile on Google, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its websites. 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, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider currently offers no option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may be able to not or only partially used.

Embedded YouTube videos

We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter “YouTube”). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the provider’s data protection declaration. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy ( https://policies.google.com/privacy ). .

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider currently offers no option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may be able to not or only partially used.

Social Plugins

Social plugins from the providers listed below are used on our website. You can recognize the plugins by the fact that they are marked with the corresponding logo.

Information, which may also include personal data, may be sent to the service provider via these plugins and may be used by them. We prevent the unconscious and unwanted collection and transmission of data to the service provider with a 2-click solution. In order to activate a desired social plugin, it must first be activated by clicking on the corresponding button. The collection of information and its transmission to the service provider is only triggered by this activation of the plugin. We do not collect any personal data ourselves using the social plugins or their use.

We have no influence on which data an activated plugin collects and how this is used by the provider. It must currently be assumed that a direct connection to the provider’s services will be established and at least the IP address and device-related information will be recorded and used. There is also the possibility that the service provider will try to save cookies on the computer used. Which specific data is collected and how it is used can be found in the data protection notices of the respective service provider. Note: If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook can identify you as a visitor to a specific page.

We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

www.linkedin.com

www.xing.de

SSL encryption

In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

Individual right of objection

You have the right, for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time against the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests) to file an objection; this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you file an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an objection