Privacy Policy
1) Introduction and contact details of the person responsible
1.1) We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we will inform you about how your personal data is handled when you use our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2) The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is MIDAS Surfaces GmbH, Nordhäuser Str. 40, 37339 Leinefelde-Worbis, Germany, Tel.: 036074630812, Fax: 036074630822, Email: midas(at)midassurfaces .de. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
2) Data collection when you visit our website
We use the „Real Cookie Banner“ consent tool to manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents. Details on how „Real Cookie Banner“ works can be found at evowl.io/en/rcb/data-processing The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents. The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consent.
2.1) If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the site server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you: – Our visited website – Date and time at the time of access – Amount of data sent in bytes – Source/reference from which you came to the page – Browser used – Operating system used – IP address used (if necessary: in anonymized form) Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
2.2) For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser bar.
3) Cookies In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close the browser (so-called “session cookies”), while some of these cookies remain on your device for a longer period of time and enable you to save page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find out the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser. If personal data is also processed through individual cookies we use, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR either to implement the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
4) Contact us When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is processed – exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted if the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.
5) Comment function As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the commenter name you chose are saved and published on this website. Furthermore, your IP address is logged and stored. This storage of the IP address is done for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a comment made. We need your email address in order to contact you if a third party should complain that your published content is illegal. The legal basis for storing your data is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letters b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are criticized by third parties as being unlawful. You as a user can subscribe to the follow-up comments. You will receive a confirmation email to ensure that you are the owner of the email address provided (double opt-in procedure). The legal basis for data processing when subscribing to comments is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR. You can unsubscribe from ongoing comment subscriptions at any time with effect for the future; further information on how to unsubscribe can be found in the confirmation email.
6) Data processing when opening a customer account In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of the GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent necessary if you provide it to us when opening a customer account. You can find out which data is required to open an account in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website. Your customer account can be deleted at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts concluded regarding it have been completely processed, there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
7) Use of customer data for direct advertising
7.1) Registration for our email newsletter If you sign up for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. To send the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, which ensures that you only receive the newsletter once you have expressly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the email address provided By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data we collect when registering for the newsletter is used strictly for a specific purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
7.2) MailChimp Our email newsletters are sent via this provider: The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a MailChimp, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA Based on our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter to this provider in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR so that they can send the newsletter on our behalf. Subject to your express consent in accordance with Article 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the provider also carries out a statistical evaluation of the success of newsletter campaigns using web beacons or tracking pixels in the emails sent, the opening rates and specific interactions with the content of the newsletter can be measured. Device information (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system) is also collected and evaluated, but is not merged with other data sets. You can revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with future effect. We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which protects the data of our site visitors and prohibits passing it on to third parties. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US data protection framework (EU-US Data Privacy Framework), which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
8) Data processing for order processing
8.1) Transmission of image files for order processing by email On our website we offer customers the opportunity to order product personalization by sending image files via email. The submitted image motif is used as a template for personalizing the selected product. The customer can send one or more image files from the memory of the device used to us via the email address provided on the website. We then collect, store and use the files transmitted in this way exclusively to produce the personalized product in accordance with the respective service description on our website. If the transmitted image files are passed on to special service providers for the preparation and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following paragraphs. No further transfer will take place. If the transmitted files or the digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all of the processing operations just mentioned are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. After the order has been processed, the transmitted image files will be automatically and completely deleted.
8.2) To the extent necessary for contract processing for delivery and payment purposes, the personal data we collect will be passed on to the commissioned transport company and the commissioned credit institution in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we will process the contact details you provided when ordering (name, address, email address) in order to provide you with our legal information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Para 1 lit. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of communicating updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent that this is necessary for the respective information. To process your order, we also work with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the implementation of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
8.3) Transfer of personal data to shipping service providers – German postal service We use the following provider as a transport service provider: Deutsche Post AG, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße 20, 53113 Bonn, Germany We will pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit have given consent. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible. Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the provider. -DPD We use the following provider as a transport service provider: DPD Deutschland GmbH, Wailandtstraße 1, 63741 Aschaffenburg, Germany We will pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit have given consent. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible. Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the provider. -FedEx We use the following provider as a transport service provider: FedEx Express Germany GmbH, Langer Kornweg 34 k, 65451 Kelsterbach, Germany We will pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit have given consent. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible. Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the provider. – UPS We use the following provider as a transport service provider: United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, Görlitzer Straße 1, 41460 Neuss, Germany
We will pass on your e-mail address and/or telephone number to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit have given consent. Otherwise, for the purpose of delivery in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, we will only pass on the name of the recipient and the delivery address to the provider. The data will only be passed on to the extent that this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. In this case, prior coordination of the delivery date with the provider or delivery notification is not possible. Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect from the person responsible above or from the provider.
9) Web analytics services
9.1) Google (Universal) Analytics This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland („Google“), which enables an analysis of your use of our website. Google (Universal) Analytics is used on this website exclusively without the use of cookies, which means that the service never sets cookies on your device. Instead, your browser’s local storage is used to store an individual ID assigned by Google (Universal) Analytics, which enables your use of the website to be analyzed. For this purpose, certain user information is processed via the ID. The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which, however, is shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude any direct personal reference. The information is transferred to Google servers and further processed there. Transfers to Google LLC based in the USA are also possible. Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
The data collected as part of the use of Google (Universal) Analytics is stored for a period of two months and then deleted. All processing described above, including the storage of information on the device used in the form of the ID, will only take place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google (Universal) Analytics will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your revocation, you can download and install the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, you can revoke your consent by clicking on the following link to set an opt-out cookie, which will prevent future collection by Google Analytics within this website (this opt-out -Out-Cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): <a onclick=“alert(‚Google Analytics has been disabled‘);“ href=“javascript:gaOptout() „>Deactivate Google Analytics</a> We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google that ensures the protection of our site visitors‘ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. Further legal information about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Demographic characteristics Google (Universal) Analytics uses the special “demographic characteristics” function and can use it to create statistics that make statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third parties. This allows target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the data collected cannot be assigned to a specific person and will be deleted after being stored for a period of two months. Google Signals As an extension of Google (Universal) Analytics, Google Signals can be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have activated personalized ads and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google can, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR, analyze your usage behavior across devices and use database models, including cross-device data Conversions, create. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the „Personalized advertising“ function in your Google account settings. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de Further information about Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics /answer/7532985?hl=en UserIDs As an extension to Google (Universal) Analytics, the “UserIDs” function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google (Universal) Analytics in accordance with Article 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, have set up an account on this website and log in with this account on various devices, your activities, including conversions, be analyzed across devices. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
9.2) Google Analytics 4 This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland („Google“), which enables an analysis of your use of our website. By default, when you visit the website, Google Analytics sets 4 cookies, which are stored as small text modules on your device and collect certain information. The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which, however, is shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude any direct personal reference. The information is transferred to Google servers and further processed there. Transfers to Google LLC based in the USA are also possible. Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted. All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, will only take place if you have given us your express consent for this in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please deactivate this service using the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google that ensures the protection of our site visitors‘ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. Further legal information about Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Demographic characteristics
Google Analytics 4 uses the special “demographic characteristics” function and can use it to create statistics that make statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third parties. This allows target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the data collected cannot be assigned to a specific person and will be deleted after being stored for a period of two months. Google Signals As an extension of Google Analytics 4, Google Signals can be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have activated personalized ads and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google can, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR, analyze your usage behavior across devices and use database models, including cross-device data Conversions, create. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the „Personalized advertising“ function in your Google account settings. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de Further information about Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics /answer/7532985?hl=en UserIDs As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the “UserIDs” function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Article 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, have set up an account on this website and log in with this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analyzed across devices become. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
10) Retargeting/remarketing and conversion tracking Meta Pixel with advanced data matching Within our online offering, we use the “Meta Pixel” service from the following provider in the extended data comparison mode: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Meta”) If a user clicks on an ad we place on Facebook or Instagram, the URL of our linked page is expanded by a parameter using “Meta Pixel”. After redirection, this URL parameter is then entered into the user’s browser by a cookie that our linked page sets itself. In addition, this cookie records specific customer data such as the email address, which we collect on our website linked to the Facebook or Instagram ad during processes such as purchasing, account logins or registrations (extended data matching). The cookie is then read and enables the data, including specific customer data, to be transmitted to Meta. We use “meta pixels” with advanced data comparison to make our advertisements (so-called “ads”) on Facebook and/or Instagram more effective and to ensure that they correspond to the interests of users or have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or Products that are determined based on the websites visited) that we transmit to Meta (so-called “Custom Audiences”). We also analyze the effectiveness of our advertisements by tracking whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on an advertisement (conversion). Compared to the standard version of „Meta Pixel“, the advanced data matching feature helps us better measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns by recording more attributed conversions. All transmitted data is stored and processed by Meta so that it can be assigned to the respective user profile and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Meta’s data usage guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data may enable Meta and its partners to place ads on and off Facebook. All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies to read information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to this in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors‘ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. The information generated by Meta is usually transferred to a Meta server and stored there; In this context, there may also be a transfer to Meta Platforms Inc. servers in the USA. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US data protection framework (EU-US Data Privacy Framework), which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
11) Page functionalities
11.1) Integration of the Instagram feed via SnapWidget On our website we use the services of SnapWidget, a widget from SnapWidget (Pty) Ltd. based in Johannesburg, South Africa (www.snapwidget.com) to display preview images of our Instagram profile. Cookies are used, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your Internet browser. The widget establishes a connection to servers of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland (“Instagram”) when visitors visit our website. This provides Instagram with certain browser information, including your IP address. In individual cases, a transfer to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. based in the USA is also possible. All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies to read information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to this in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses from the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with European data protection levels.
11.2) LinkedIn plugins Our website uses social network plugins from the following provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network. In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the site using a so-called “2-click” or “Shariff” solution. This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection is established to the provider’s servers. Only when you activate the plugins and thus give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR will your browser establish a direct connection to the provider’s servers. Regardless of whether you log in to an existing user profile, a certain amount of information about the device you use (including your IP address), your browser and your page history is transmitted to the provider and, if necessary, further processed there. If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider’s social network, information about interactions carried out via the plugins will also be published there and displayed to your contacts. You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking on it again. However, the revocation has no influence on the data that has already been transferred to the provider. Data can also be transferred to: LinkedIn Inc., USA We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors‘ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses from the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with European data protection levels.
11.3) Pinterest plugins Our website uses social network plugins from the following provider: Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network. In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the site using a so-called “2-click” or “Shariff” solution. This integration ensures that when you access a page on our website that contains such plugins, no connection is established to the provider’s servers. Only when you activate the plugins and thus give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR will your browser establish a direct connection to the provider’s servers. Regardless of whether you log in to an existing user profile, a certain amount of information about the device you use (including your IP address), your browser and your page history is transmitted to the provider and, if necessary, further processed there. If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider’s social network, information about interactions carried out via the plugins will also be published there and displayed to your contacts. You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking on it again. However, the revocation has no influence on the data that has already been transferred to the provider. Data can also be transferred to: Pinterest Inc., USA We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors‘ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses from the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with European data protection levels.
11.4) Xing plugins The “XING Share button” from the following provider is used on this website: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg When you access this website, your browser will briefly establish a connection to the provider’s servers, which are used to provide the „XING Share Button“ functions (in particular the calculation/display of the meter value). The provider does not store any personal data, especially IP addresses. There is also no evaluation of your usage behavior via the use of cookies in connection with the “XING Share button”.
11.6) Vimeo This website uses plugins to display and play videos from the following provider: Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser will establish a direct connection.
11.7) Youtube This website uses plugins to display and play videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland Data can also be transmitted to: Google LLC., USA If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers in order to load the plugin. Certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider. If the playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your site visit, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want it to be associated with your account, you must log out before clicking the play button. All of the aforementioned processing, in particular the setting of cookies to read information on the device used, will only take place if you have given us your express consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service using the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
11.8) Google Web Fonts This site uses so-called web fonts from the following provider for the uniform display of fonts: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider. Data can also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA The processing of personal data in the course of contacting the font provider will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service using the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission. 11.10 Google reCAPTCHA On this website we use the CAPTCHA service of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland Data can also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA. For the visual design of the Captcha window, the provider uses “Google Fonts”, i.e. fonts downloaded from the Internet by Google. Further information is processed than that mentioned above, which is already transmitted to Google via the ReCaptcha functionality it is not here. The service checks whether an entry is made by a natural person or improperly through machine and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks and similar automated malicious access. In order to ensure that an action is carried out by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the device used, identification data for the type of browser and operating system used, as well as the date and duration of the visit and sends these to for evaluation Provider server. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in determining individual personal responsibility on the Internet and avoiding misuse and spam in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors‘ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection levels on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
12) Tools and miscellaneous Cookie consent tool This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The “cookie consent tool” is displayed to users when they access the page in the form of an interactive user interface on which consent can be given for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking a box. By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives their consent by checking the box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user’s device if consent has been given. The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed here. If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in doing so legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and therefore a legally compliant design of our website. Another legal basis for processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR. As those responsible, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of cookies that are not technically necessary dependent on the respective user consent. If necessary, we have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors‘ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. Further information about the operator and the setting options for the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
13) Rights of the person concerned
13.1) The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) towards the person responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis listed for the respective exercise requirements: – Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR; – Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR; – Right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR; – Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR; – Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR; – Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR; – Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR; – Right to complain in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.
13.2) RIGHT TO OBJECT IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF A BALANCE OF INTERESTS BASED ON OUR OVERWHELMING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. IF YOU USE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPLEX REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE PROTECTED, WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS. IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR OPT-OUT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. IF YOU USE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.
14) Duration of storage of personal data The duration of storage of personal data is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally based on the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods). When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent. If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of legal or transaction-like obligations on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage. When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 Para demonstrate that the processing outweighs your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 2 of the GDPR. Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration about specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.