We are very delighted that you have shown interest in
our enterprise. Data protection is of a particularly high
priority for the management of the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt). The use of the Internet pages of the
home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt) is possible without any
indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants
to use special enterprise services via our website, processing
of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of
personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for
such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data
subject.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address,
e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall
always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific data
protection regulations applicable to the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt). By means of this data protection
declaration, our enterprise would like to inform the general
public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data
we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are
informed, by means of this data protection declaration, of the
rights to which they are entitled.
As the controller, the home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt) has
implemented numerous technical and organizational 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, every data
subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative
means, e.g. by telephone.
The data protection declaration of the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt) 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.
In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the
following terms:
- a) Personal data
Personal
data means any information relating to an identified or
identifiable natural person (“data subject”). 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.
- b) Data subject
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural
person, whose personal data is processed by the controller
responsible for the processing.
- c) 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.
- d) Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing is
the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting
their processing in the future.
- e) Profiling
Profiling means 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.
- f) 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.
- g) Controller or controller responsible for the
processing
Controller or
controller responsible for the processing is the natural or
legal person, public authority, agency or other body which,
alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and
means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes
and means of such processing are determined by Union or
Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for
its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State
law.
- h) Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority,
agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf
of the controller.
- i) Recipient
Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority,
agency or another body, to which the personal data are
disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public
authorities which 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; the processing
of those data by those public authorities shall be in
compliance with the applicable data protection rules
according to the purposes of the processing.
- j) Third party
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.
- k) Consent
Consent of the data subject is 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.
2. Name and Address of the controller
Controller for the purposes of the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws
applicable in Member states of the European Union and other
provisions related to data protection is:
home-iX
UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Grünewaldstrasse 75
70469
Stuttgart, Germany
+(49)176
221 30 491
The Internet pages of the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt) use cookies. Cookies are text files that
are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.
Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies
contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique
identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string
through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the
specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This
allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the
individual browser of the dats subject from other Internet
browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet
browser can be recognized and identified using the unique
cookie ID.
Through the use of cookies, the home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly
services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.
By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website
can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies allow us, as
previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The
purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to
utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies, e.g.
does not have to enter access data each time the website is
accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the
cookie is thus stored on the user's computer system. Another
example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The
online store remembers the articles that a customer has placed
in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.
The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of
cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting
of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the
setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be
deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software
programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. If
the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the
Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be
entirely usable.
4. Collection of general data and information
The website of the home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
collects a series of general data and information when a data
subject or automated system calls up the website. This general
data and information are stored in the server log files.
Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2)
the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the
website from which an accessing system reaches our website
(so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and
time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol
address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the
accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and
information that may be used in the event of attacks on our
information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt) does not draw any conclusions about the
data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver
the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content
of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the
long-term viability of our information technology systems and
website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities
with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case
of a cyber-attack. Therefore, the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt) analyzes anonymously collected data and
information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data
protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure
an optimal level of protection for the personal data we
process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored
separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
5. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data
The data controller shall process and store the
personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary
to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted
by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or
regulations to which the controller is subject to.
If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage
period prescribed by the European legislator or another
competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely
blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.
6. Rights of the data subject
- a) Right of confirmation
Each data subject shall have
the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from
the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal
data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data
subject wishes to avail himself of this right of
confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any
employee of the controller.
- b) Right of access
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the
European legislator to obtain from the controller free
information about his or her personal data stored at any time
and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European
directives and regulations grant the data subject access to
the following information:
- - the purposes of the processing;
- - the categories of personal data concerned;
- - the recipients or categories of recipients to
whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in
particular recipients in third countries or international
organisations;
- - where possible, the envisaged period for
which the personal data will be stored, or, if not
possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
- - the existence of the right to request from
the controller rectification or erasure of personal data,
or restriction of processing of personal data concerning
the data subject, or to object to such processing;
- - the existence of the right to lodge a
complaint with a supervisory authority;
- - where the personal data are not collected
from the data subject, any available information as to
their source;
- - the existence of automated decision-making,
including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4)
of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful
information about the logic involved, as well as the
significance and envisaged consequences of such processing
for the data subject.
Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain
information as to whether personal data are transferred to a
third country or to an international organisation. Where this
is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be
informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the
transfer.
If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of
access, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of
the controller.
- c) Right to rectification
Each data subject shall have
the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from
the controller without undue delay the rectification of
inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into
account the purposes of the processing, the data subject
shall have the right to have incomplete personal data
completed, including by means of providing a supplementary
statement.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to
rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact any
employee of the controller.
- d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
Each data subject shall have
the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from
the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or
her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the
obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where
one of the following grounds applies, as long as the
processing is not necessary:
- - The personal data are no longer necessary in
relation to the purposes for which they were collected or
otherwise processed.
- - The data subject withdraws consent to which
the processing is based according to point (a) of Article
6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR,
and where there is no other legal ground for the
processing.
- - The data subject objects to the processing
pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no
overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the
data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article
21(2) of the GDPR.
- - The personal data have been unlawfully
processed.
- - The personal data must be erased for
compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State
law to which the controller is subject.
- -The personal data have been collected in
relation to the offer of information society services
referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.
If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and
a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data
stored by the home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt), he or she may,
at any time, contact any employee of the controller. An
employee of home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt) shall promptly
ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.
Where the controller has made personal data public and is
obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) to erase the personal data,
the controller, taking account of available technology and
the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps,
including technical measures, to inform other controllers
processing the personal data that the data subject has
requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or
copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as
processing is not required. An employees of the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt) will arrange the necessary measures in
individual cases.
- e) Right of restriction of processing
Each data subject shall have
the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from
the controller restriction of processing where one of the
following applies:
- - The accuracy of the personal data is
contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the
controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
- - The processing is unlawful and the data
subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and
requests instead the restriction of their use instead.
- - The controller no longer needs the personal
data for the purposes of the processing, but they are
required by the data subject for the establishment,
exercise or defence of legal claims.
- - The data subject has objected to processing
pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the
verification whether the legitimate grounds of the
controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data
subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing
of personal data stored by the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt), he or she may at any time contact any
employee of the controller. The employee of the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt) will arrange the restriction of the
processing.
- f) Right to data portability
Each data subject shall have
the right granted by the European legislator, to receive the
personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a
controller, in a structured, commonly used and
machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to
transmit those data to another controller without hindrance
from the controller to which the personal data have been
provided, as long as the processing is based on consent
pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point
(a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to
point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is
carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is
not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in
the public interest or in the exercise of official authority
vested in the controller.
Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data
portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data
subject shall have the right to have 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.
In order to assert the right to data portability, the data
subject may at any time contact any employee of the home-iX
UG (haftungsbeschränkt).
- g) Right to object
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the
European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or
her particular situation, at any time, to processing of
personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point
(e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to
profiling based on these provisions.
The home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt) shall no longer process
the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we
can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the
processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms
of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or
defence of legal claims.
If the home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt) processes personal
data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall
have the right to object at any time to processing of
personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This
applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such
direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the home-iX
UG (haftungsbeschränkt) to the processing for direct
marketing purposes, the home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt) will
no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds
relating to his or her particular situation, to object to
processing of personal data concerning him or her by the
home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt) for scientific or historical
research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to
Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary
for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of
public interest.
In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject
may contact any employee of the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt). In addition, the data subject is free
in the context of the use of information society services,
and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her
right to object by automated means using technical
specifications.
- h) Automated individual decision-making, including
profiling
Each data subject
shall have the right granted by the European legislator not
to be subject to a decision based solely on automated
processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects
concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him
or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for
entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the
data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised
by Union or Member State law to which the controller is
subject and which also lays down suitable measures to
safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and
legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data
subject's explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the
performance of, a contract between the data subject and a
data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's
explicit consent, the home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt) shall
implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's
rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the
right to obtain human intervention on the part of the
controller, to express his or her point of view and contest
the decision.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning
automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any
time, contact any employee of the home-iX UG
(haftungsbeschränkt).
- i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
Each data subject shall have
the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his
or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at
any time.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw
the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee
of the home-iX UG (haftungsbeschränkt).
7. Data protection provisions about the application and use of
Facebook
On this website, the controller has integrated
components of the enterprise Facebook. Facebook is a social
network.
A social network is a place for social meetings on the
Internet, an online community, which usually allows users to
communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. A
social network may serve as a platform for the exchange of
opinions and experiences, or enable the Internet community to
provide personal or business-related information. Facebook
allows social network users to include the creation of private
profiles, upload photos, and network through friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker
Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. If a person lives
outside of the United States or Canada, the controller is the
Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal
Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this
Internet website, which is operated by the controller and into
which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-ins) was integrated,
the web browser on the information technology system of the
data subject is automatically prompted to download display of
the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through the
Facebook component. An overview of all the Facebook Plug-ins
may be accessed under
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
During the course of this technical procedure, Facebook is made
aware of what specific sub-site of our website was visited by
the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook,
Facebook detects with every call-up to our website by the data
subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our
Internet site—which specific sub-site of our Internet page was
visited by the data subject. This information is collected
through the Facebook component and associated with the
respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data
subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into
our website, e.g. the "Like" button, or if the data subject
submits a comment, then Facebook matches this information with
the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and
stores the personal data.
Facebook always receives, through the Facebook component,
information about a visit to our website by the data subject,
whenever the data subject is logged in at the same time on
Facebook during the time of the call-up to our website. This
occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the
Facebook component or not. If such a transmission of
information to Facebook is not desirable for the data subject,
then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their
Facebook account before a call-up to our website is made.
The data protection guideline published by Facebook, which is
available at
https://facebook.com/about/privacy/
provides information about the collection, processing and use
of personal data by Facebook. In addition, it is explained
there what setting options Facebook offers to protect the
privacy of the data subject. In addition, different
configuration options are made available to allow the
elimination of data transmission to Facebook. These
applications may be used by the data subject to eliminate a
data transmission to Facebook.
8. Data protection provisions about the application and use of
Google Analytics (with anonymization function)
On this website, the controller has integrated the
component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function).
Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is
the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the
behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service
collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a
person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were
visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was
viewed. Web analytics are mainly used for the optimization of a
website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of
Internet advertising.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United
States.
For the web analytics through Google Analytics the controller
uses the application "_gat. _anonymizeIp". By means of this
application the IP address of the Internet connection of the
data subject is abridged by Google and anonymised when
accessing our websites from a Member State of the European
Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the
European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the
traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and
information, inter alia, to evaluate the use of our website and
to provide online reports, which show the activities on our
websites, and to provide other services concerning the use of
our Internet site for us.
Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology
system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is
explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google is
enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to
one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is
operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics
component was integrated, the Internet browser on the
information technology system of the data subject will
automatically submit data through the Google Analytics
component for the purpose of online advertising and the
settlement of commissions to Google. During the course of this
technical procedure, the enterprise Google gains knowledge of
personal information, such as the IP address of the data
subject, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the
origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create
commission settlements.
The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the
access time, the location from which the access was made, and
the frequency of visits of our website by the data subject.
With each visit to our Internet site, such personal data,
including the IP address of the Internet access used by the
data subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United
States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in
the United States of America. Google may pass these personal
data collected through the technical procedure to third
parties.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of
cookies through our website at any time by means of a
corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus
permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to
the Internet browser used would also prevent Google Analytics
from setting a cookie on the information technology system of
the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google
Analytics may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other
software programs.
In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting
to a collection of data that are generated by Google Analytics,
which is related to the use of this website, as well as the
processing of this data by Google and the chance to preclude
any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download a
browser add-on under the link
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics
through a JavaScript, that any data and information about the
visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google
Analytics. The installation of the browser add-ons is
considered an objection by Google. If the information
technology system of the data subject is later deleted,
formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must
reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. If
the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any
other person who is attributable to their sphere of competence,
or is disabled, it is possible to execute the reinstallation or
reactivation of the browser add-ons.
Further information and the applicable data protection
provisions of Google may be retrieved under
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
and under
http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html
Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link
https://www.google.com/analytics/
As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on
mobile devices, the data subject
clicks this link to prevent
Google Analytics collection within this site in the future. An
opt-out cookie is stored on your device. If you delete your
cookies, you must click this link again.
Google Analytics tracking has been successfully disabled for
home-iX.com website
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9. Data protection provisions about the application and use of
LinkedIn
The controller has integrated components of the
LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is a web-based
social network that enables users with existing business
contacts to connect and to make new business contacts. Over 400
million registered people in more than 200 countries use
LinkedIn. Thus, LinkedIn is currently the largest platform for
business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the
world.
The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029
Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, UNITED STATES. For
privacy matters outside of the UNITED STATES LinkedIn Ireland,
Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2,
Ireland, is responsible.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this
Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which
a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in) was integrated, the
Internet browser on the information technology system of the
data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a
display of the corresponding LinkedIn component of LinkedIn.
Further information about the LinkedIn plug-in may be accessed
under
https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins
During the course of this technical procedure, LinkedIn gains
knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited
by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on LinkedIn,
LinkedIn detects with every call-up to our website by the data
subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our
Internet site—which specific sub-page of our Internet page was
visited by the data subject. This information is collected
through the LinkedIn component and associated with the
respective LinkedIn account of the data subject. If the data
subject clicks on one of the LinkedIn buttons integrated on our
website, then LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal
LinkedIn user account of the data subject and stores the
personal data.
LinkedIn receives information via the LinkedIn component that
the data subject has visited our website, provided that the
data subject is logged in at LinkedIn at the time of the
call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the
person clicks on the LinkedIn button or not. If such a
transmission of information to LinkedIn is not desirable for
the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging
off from their LinkedIn account before a call-up to our website
is made.
LinkedIn provides under
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls
the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS
messages and targeted ads, as well as the ability to manage ad
settings. LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google
Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and
Lotame. The setting of such cookies may be denied under
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
The applicable privacy policy for LinkedIn is available under
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
The LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available under
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
10. Data protection provisions about the application and use of
Twitter
On this website, the controller has integrated
components of Twitter. Twitter is a multilingual,
publicly-accessible microblogging service on which users may
publish and spread so-called ‘tweets,’ e.g. short messages,
which are limited to 280 characters. These short messages are
available for everyone, including those who are not logged on
to Twitter. The tweets are also displayed to so-called
followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter
users who follow a user's tweets. Furthermore, Twitter allows
you to address a wide audience via hashtags, links or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market
Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, UNITED STATES.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this
Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which
a Twitter component (Twitter button) was integrated, the
Internet browser on the information technology system of the
data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of
the corresponding Twitter component of Twitter. Further
information about the Twitter buttons is available under
https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons
During the course of this technical procedure, Twitter gains
knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited
by the data subject. The purpose of the integration of the
Twitter component is a retransmission of the contents of this
website to allow our users to introduce this web page to the
digital world and increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Twitter,
Twitter detects with every call-up to our website by the data
subject and for the entire duration of their stay on our
Internet site which specific sub-page of our Internet page was
visited by the data subject. This information is collected
through the Twitter component and associated with the
respective Twitter account of the data subject. If the data
subject clicks on one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our
website, then Twitter assigns this information to the personal
Twitter user account of the data subject and stores the
personal data.
Twitter receives information via the Twitter component that the
data subject has visited our website, provided that the data
subject is logged in on Twitter at the time of the call-up to
our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person
clicks on the Twitter component or not. If such a transmission
of information to Twitter is not desirable for the data
subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from
their Twitter account before a call-up to our website is made.
The applicable data protection provisions of Twitter may be
accessed under
https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en
11. legal basis for the processing
Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves 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 the
data subject is 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 such processing
operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual
measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our
products or services. Is our company subject to a legal
obligation by which processing of personal data is required,
such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing
is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the
processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the
vital interests of the data subject or of 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(1) lit. d GDPR. 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. He
considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the
data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence
2 GDPR).
12. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a
third party
Where the processing of personal data is based on
Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry
out our business in favor of the well-being of all our
employees and the shareholders.
13. Period for which the personal data will be stored
The criteria used to determine the period of storage
of personal data is the respective statutory retention period.
After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is
routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the
fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.
14. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual
requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract;
Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data;
possible consequences of failure to provide such data
We clarify that the provision of personal data is
partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also
result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the
contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude
a contract that the data subject provides us with personal
data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data
subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal
data when our company signs a contract with him or her. The
non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence
that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded.
Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data
subject must contact any employee. The employee clarifies to
the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is
required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion
of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the
personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the
personal data.
15. existence of automated decision making
As a responsible company, we do not use automatic
decision-making or profiling on this website.
This Privacy Policy has been generated by the Privacy Policy
Generator of the
DGD - Your External DPO
that was developed in cooperation with
German Lawyers from WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE,
Cologne.
Last amended on 21 May 2018