Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy (English version)

An overview of data protection

General information

The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what willhappen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term “personal data”comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information aboutthe subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration, whichwe have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e., the“controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contactinformation is available under section “Information about the responsible party (referred toas the “controller” in the GDPR)” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instancebe information you enter into our contact form.

Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems automatically or after you consent to itsrecording during your website visit. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g.,web browser, operating system, or time the site was accessed). This information is recordedautomatically when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website.Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?

You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients, and purposes of yourarchived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You alsohave the right to demand that your data are rectified or eradicated. If you have consented todata processing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affectall future data processing. Moreover, you have the right to demand that the processing ofyour data be restricted under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to log acomplaint with the competent supervising agency.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have questions about this or any otherdata protection related issues.

Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties

There is a possibility that your browsing patterns will be statistically analyzed when your visitthis website. Such analyses are performed primarily with what we refer to as analysisprograms.

For detailed information about these analysis programs please consult our Data ProtectionDeclaration below.

Hosting

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). Personal data collected on thiswebsite are stored on the servers of the host. These may include, but are not limited to, IPaddresses, contact requests, metadata and communications, contract information, contactinformation, names, web page access, and other data generated through a web site.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existingcustomers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision ofour online services by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performanceobligations and to follow our instructions with respect to such data.

We are using the following host:

HOSTINGER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Umsatzsteuer ID: CY10301365E

LEI-Code: 301365

Unternehmenssitz: 61 Lordou Vironos Street Lumiel Building, 4th floor CYP-6023 Larnaca, Zypern

E-Mail Adresse: hostinger@hostinger.com

Telefonnummer: +12122522172

General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data veryseriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and incompliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data ProtectionDeclaration.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personaldata comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data ProtectionDeclaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. Italso explains how, and for which purpose the information is collected.

We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e., through e-mailcommunications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect dataagainst third-party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the“controller” in the GDPR)

The data processing controller on this website is:

Rainer Hahn

Correspondence address: 5 St. John’s Lane, London, EC1M 4BH

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with othersmakes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data(e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, yourpersonal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longerapplies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to dataprocessing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons forstoring your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case,the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

Designation of a data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Rainer Hahn

Correspondence address: 5 St. John’s Lane, London, EC1M 4BH

Information on data transfer to the USA and other non-EU countries

Among other things, we use tools of companies domiciled in the United States or other froma data protection perspective non-secure non-EU countries. If these tools are active, yourpersonal data may potentially be transferred to these non-EU countries and may beprocessed there. We must point out that in these countries, a data protection level that iscomparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed. For instance, U.S. enterprises areunder a mandate to release personal data to the security agencies and you as the datasubject do not have any litigation options to defend yourself in court. Hence, it cannot beruled out that U.S. agencies (e.g., the Secret Service) may process, analyze, andpermanently archive your personal data for surveillance purposes. We have no control overthese processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

A wide range of data processing transactions are possible only subject to your expressconsent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. This shallbe without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to yourrevocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right toobject to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F)GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OFYOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUESITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESEPROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OFDATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOULOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONALDATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTIONWORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGHYOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THEPROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGALENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECTADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOURAFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANYTIME. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATEDWITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILLSUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES(OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with asupervisory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain theirdomicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to loga complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings availableas legal recourses.

Right to data portability

You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically process on thebasis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party ina commonly used, machine readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of thedata to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such aspurchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website useseither an SSL or a TLS encryption program. You can recognize an encrypted connection bychecking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and alsoby the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by thirdparties.

Encrypted payment transactions on this website

If you are under an obligation to share your payment information (e.g. account number if yougive us the authority to debit your bank account) with us after you have entered into a fee-based contract with us, this information is required to process payments.

Payment transactions using common modes of paying (Visa/MasterCard, debit to your bankaccount) are processed exclusively via encrypted SSL or TLS connections. You canrecognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browserswitches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browserline.

If the communication with us is encrypted, third parties will not be able to read the paymentinformation you share with us.

Information about, rectification and eradication of data

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any timedemand information about your archived personal data, their source and recipients as wellas the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your datarectified or eradicated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any otherquestions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of yourpersonal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time. The right to demandrestriction of processing applies in the following cases:

In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we willusually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation isongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personaldata.

If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, youhave the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu ofdemanding the eradication of this data.

If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend orclaim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing ofyour personal data instead of its eradication.

If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your rights and our rightswill have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determinedwhose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing ofyour personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exceptionof their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities orfor important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of theEU.

Rejection of unsolicited e-mails

We herewith object to the use of contact information published in conjunction with themandatory information to be provided in our Site Notice to send us promotional andinformation material that we have not expressly requested. The operators of this websiteand its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicitedsending of promotional information, for instance via SPAM messages.

Recording of data on this website

Server log files

The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information inso-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. Theinformation comprises:

The type and version of browser used

The used operating system

Referrer URL

The hostname of the accessing computer

The time of the server inquiry

The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The operator of the website has alegitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’swebsite. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the information provided in the contactform as well as any contact information provided therein will be stored by us in order tohandle your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. We will not share thisinformation without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is related to theexecution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all othercases the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of therequests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your agreement (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) ifthis has been requested.

The information you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask usto eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for whichthe information is being archived no longer exists (e.g., after we have concluded ourresponse to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions,in particular retention periods.

Request by e-mail, telephone, or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personaldata (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing yourrequest. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to thefulfillment of a contract or is required for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In allother cases, the data are processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in the effectivehandling of inquiries submitted to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art.6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been obtained.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us todelete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g.after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutoryretention periods – remain unaffected.

Registration on this website

You have the option to register on this website to be able to use additional website functions.We shall use the data you enter only for the purpose of using the respective offer or serviceyou have registered for. The required information we request at the time of registration mustbe entered in full. Otherwise, we shall reject the registration.

To notify you of any important changes to the scope of our portfolio or in the event oftechnical modifications, we shall use the e-mail address provided during the registrationprocess.

We shall process the data entered during the registration process on the basis of yourconsent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

The data recorded during the registration process shall be stored by us as long as you areregistered on this website. Subsequently, such data shall be deleted. This shall be withoutprejudice to mandatory statutory retention obligations.

Social media

Facebook plug-ins (Like & Share button)

We have integrated plug-ins of the social network Facebook on this website. The provider ofthis service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. Accordingto Facebook’s statement the collected data will be transferred to the USA and other third-party countries too.

You will be able to recognize Facebook plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” buttonon this website. An overview of the Facebook plug-ins is available under the followinglink: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

Whenever you visit this website and its pages, the plug-in will establish a direct connectionbetween your browser and the Facebook server. As a result, Facebook will receive theinformation that you have visited this website with your plug-in. However, if you click theFacebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link thecontent of this website and its pages with your Facebook profile. As a result, Facebook willbe able to allocate the visit to this website and its pages to your Facebook user account. Wehave to point out, that we as the provider of the website do not have any knowledge of thetransferred data and its use by Facebook. For more detailed information, please consult theData Privacy Declaration of Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to allocate your visit to this website and its pages toyour Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account while you are on thiswebsite.

The use of the Facebook plug-in is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The operator of the websitehas a legitimate interest in being as visible as possible on social media. If a respectivedeclaration of consent has been obtained, the data shall be processed exclusively on thebasis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. This declaration of consent may be revoked at any time.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described hereand forwarded to Facebook, we and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square,Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art.26 DSGVO). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and itsforwarding to Facebook. The processing by Facebook that takes place after the onwardtransfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly havebeen set out in a joint processing agreement. The wording of the agreement can be foundunder: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement,we are responsible for providing the privacy information when using the Facebook tool andfor the privacy-secure implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible forthe data security of Facebook products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g., requests forinformation) regarding data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you assert thedata subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of theEuropean Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Twitter plug-in

We have integrated functions of the social media platform Twitter into this website. Thesefunctions are provided by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, FenianStreet, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland. While you use Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function,websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and disclosed to other users. During thisprocess, data are transferred to Twitter as well. We must point out, that we, the providers ofthe website and its pages do not know anything about the content of the data transferredand the use of this information by Twitter. For more details, please consult Twitter’s DataPrivacy Declaration at: https://twitter.com/en/privacy.

The use of Twitter plug-ins is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The operator of the website has alegitimate interest in being as visible as possible on social media. If a respective declarationof consent has been obtained, the data shall be processed exclusively on the basis of Art.6(1)(a) GDPR. This declaration of consent may be revoked at any time.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of theEuropean Commission. Details can be found here: https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.

You have the option to reset your data protection settings on Twitter under the accountsettings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Instagram plug-in

We have integrated functions of the public media platform Instagram into this website.These functions are being offered by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, GrandCanal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you may click the Instagram button to linkcontents from this website to your Instagram profile. This enables Instagram to allocate yourvisit to this website to your user account. We have to point out that we as the provider of thewebsite and its pages do not have any knowledge of the content of the data transferred andits use by Instagram.

Data are stored and analyzed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has alegitimate interest in the highest possible visibility on social media. If a respective declarationof consent has been obtained, the data will be processed exclusively on the basis of Art.6(1)(a) GDPR. Any such consent may be revoked at any time.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described hereand forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand CanalSquare, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 DSGVO). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection ofthe data and its forwarding to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook orInstagram that takes place after the onward transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. Theobligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in a joint processing agreement. Thewording of the agreement can be foundunder: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement,we are responsible for providing the privacy information when using the Facebook orInstagram tool and for the privacy-secure implementation of the tool on our website.Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook or Instagram products. You canassert data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed byFacebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you assert the data subject rights with us,we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of theEuropean Commission. Details can be foundhere: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For more information on this subject, please consult Instagram’s Data Privacy Declarationat: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

LinkedIn plug-in

This website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn IrelandUnlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Any time you access a page of this website that contains functions of LinkedIn, a connectionto LinkedIn’s servers is established. LinkedIn is notified that you have visited this websitewith your IP address. If you click on LinkedIn’s “Recommend” button and are logged intoyour LinkedIn account at the time, LinkedIn will be in a position to allocate your visit to thiswebsite to your user account. We have to point out that we as the provider of the websitesdo not have any knowledge of the content of the transferred data and its use by LinkedIn.

The use of the LinkedIn plug-in is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The operator of the websitehas a legitimate interest in being as visible as possible on social media. If a respectivedeclaration of consent has been obtained, the data shall be processed exclusively on thebasis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. This declaration of consent may be revoked at any time.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of theEuropean Commission. Details can be foundhere: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=en.

For further information on this subject, please consult LinkedIn’s Data Privacy Declarationat: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mailaddress from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of thee-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is notcollected or only on a voluntary basis. For the handling of the newsletter, we use newsletterservice providers, which are described below.

Quentn

This website uses Quentn to send newsletters. The provider is Quentn.com GmbH,Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 51, 14469 Potsdam (hereinafter Quentn).

Quentn is a service for organizing and analyzing the dispatch of newsletters, among otherthings. The data entered by you for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will bestored on the Quentn servers.

If you do not wish to receive an analysis from Quentn, you must unsubscribe from thenewsletter. For this purpose, we provide a link in every newsletter message.

Data analysis by Quentn

Quentn enables us to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whethera newsletter message was opened, and which links were clicked on, if any. In this way wecan determine which links were clicked on particularly often.

We can also see whether certain previously defined actions were carried out afteropening/clicking (conversion rate). For example, we can see whether you have made apurchase after clicking on the newsletter.

Quentn also allows us to divide the newsletter recipients into different categories(“clustering”). The newsletter recipients can be subdivided according to age, gender, orplace of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to therespective target groups.

Detailed information on the functions of Quentn can be found in the following link: https://quentn.com/software-features.

Quentn’s privacy policy can be found at: https://quentn.com/datenschutz.

Legal basis

Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consentat any time for the future.

Storage period

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be storedby us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will bedeleted from the newsletter distribution list or deleted after the purpose has been fulfilled.We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution listat our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. This does not affect data stored by us for other purposes.

After you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address maybe stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist, if such action is necessary toprevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and willnot be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in compliancewith the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest in the sense of Art.6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to thestorage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider.This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personaldata of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Plug-ins and Tools

YouTube with expanded data protection integration

Our website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website operator is Google IrelandLimited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the expanded data protection mode. According to YouTube, this modeensures that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website beforethey watch the video. Nevertheless, this does not necessarily mean that the sharing of datawith YouTube partners can be ruled out as a result of the expanded data protection mode.For instance, regardless of whether you are watching a video, YouTube will always establisha connection with the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start to play a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube’sservers will be established. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified, which of ourpages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site,you enable YouTube to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. Youhave the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after you have started to play a video, YouTube will be able to place variouscookies on your device or comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. devicefingerprinting). In this way YouTube will be able to obtain information about this website’svisitors. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics with the aim of improving the user friendliness of the site and to prevent attempts to commitfraud.

Under certain circumstances, additional data processing transactions may be triggered afteryou have started to play a YouTube video, which are beyond our control.

The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealingmanner. Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this is a legitimate interest. If a correspondingagreement has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art.6(1)(a) GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube DataPrivacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Vimeo Without Tracking (Do-Not-Track)

This website uses plugins of the Vimeo video portal. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

Whenever you visit one of our pages featuring Vimeo videos, a connection with the serversof Vimeo is established. In conjunction with this, the Vimeo server receives informationabout which of our sites you have visited. Vimeo also receives your IP address. However,we have set up Vimeo in such a way that Vimeo cannot track your user activities and doesnot place any cookies.

We use Vimeo to make our online presentation attractive for you. This is a legitimate intereston our part pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If a respective declaration of consent wasrequested (e.g. concerning the storage of cookies), processing shall occur exclusively on thebasis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; the given consent may be revoked at any time.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of theEuropean Commission and, according to Vimeo, on “legitimate business interests”. Detailscan be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

For more information on the handling of user data, please consult Vimeo’s data privacypolicy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Online marketing and partner programs

Affiliate Programs on this website

The website operator participates in affiliate partner programs. If you click on a promotionalad on our website that participates in the partner program and subsequently engage in atransaction (e.g., a purchase), we will receive a commission from our affiliated partners.Hence, it is necessary that our affiliate partners can identify you and trace the fact that youwere referred to the respective product through the promotional ad placed with us and that you have executed the predefined transaction. For this purpose, our affiliate partners usecookies or comparable recognition technology (e.g., device fingerprinting).

Data is stored and analyzed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has alegitimate interest in the correct computation of its affiliate compensation. If respectiveconsent has been requested (e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), processing shall occurexclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; the consent may be revoked at any time.

We participate in the following affiliate programs:

Digistore

eCommerce and payment service providers

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary for theestablishment, content organization or change of the legal relationship (data inventory).These actions are taken on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing ofdata for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual actions. We collect, process, and usepersonal data concerning the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent that this isnecessary to make it possible for users to utilize the services and to bill for them.

The collected customer data shall be eradicated upon completion of the order or thetermination of the business relationship. This shall be without prejudice to any statutoryretention mandates.

Data transfer upon closing of contracts for services and digitalcontent

We share personal data with third parties only if this is necessary in conjunction with thehandling of the contract; for instance, with the financial institution tasked with the processingof payments.

Any further transfer of data shall not occur or shall only occur if you have expresslyconsented to the transfer. Any sharing of your data with third parties in the absence of yourexpress consent, for instance for advertising purposes, shall not occur.

The basis for the processing of data is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing ofdata for the fulfilment of a contract or for pre-contractual actions.

Payment services

We integrate payment services of third-party companies on our website. When you make apurchase from us, your payment data (e.g. name, payment amount, bank account details,credit card number) are processed by the payment service provider for the purpose ofpayment processing. For these transactions, the respective contractual and data protection provisions of the respective providers apply. The use of the payment service providers isbased on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract processing) and in the interest of a smooth,convenient, and secure payment transaction (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Insofar as your consent isrequested for certain actions, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR is the legal basis for data processing;consent may be revoked at any time for the future.

Digistore24

Some of our products, services and content are being offered by Digistore24 as a reseller.The provider and contracting party is the Digistore24 GmbH, St.-Godehard-Straße 32 in31139 Hildesheim, Germany. As the data controller, Digistore24 explains in its own DataProtection Declaration, which data are stored and processed by Digistore24 when youaccess this website. For more information about this, please consult Digistore24’s DataProtection Declaration at Digistore24: https://www.digistore24.com/dataschutz.

Digistore24 WordPress plug-in

The WordPress plugin offers the possibility to integrate various services of Digistore24 onone’s own website, e.g., the Social Proof Bubble, the affiliate advertising material generator,or other tools.

With every integration, non-personal data is downloaded from the Digistore24 server (e.g., aJavascript file).

During this reload, your web browser retrieves a web page from the Digistore24 server. Ourserver does not control the extent to which your web browser transmits data to theDigistore24 server. Our server itself does not transmit data to the Digistore24 servers in thiscontext.

Digistore24 GmbH, as data controller, specifies which data Digistore24 stores andprocesses in this website retrieval in its own privacy policy. The Digistore24 privacy policycan be found here: https://www.digistore24.com/dataschutz.

Conversion tools/shopping cart

Digistore24 offers the option of using HTML and Javascript codes to integrate variousservices on its own website, e.g., the Social Proof Bubble or the Digistore24 shopping cart.

With every integration, non-personal data is downloaded from the Digistore24 server (e.g., aJavascript file).

Promotional links/content links

On this website we use various links to offers from Digistore24. The purpose of the links is tomake you aware of products that are of interest to you.

Some of these links are links to the domain digistore24.com of the company Digistore24GmbH.

If you click on one of the links, you are opening a website on the server of Digistore24.

Our server does not send any data to Digistore24, but the data – as with any web page call -is transmitted from your web browser to Digistore24. We have no control over the extent towhich your web browser transmits data to Digistore24.

Please read more about the scope of Digistore24 with data from Web site visits in theDigistore24 Privacy Policy: https://www.digistore24.com/dataschutz.

Affiliate advertising resource generator

The affiliate advertising material generator enables the automatic creation of advertisingmaterial. It provides an input field into which you can enter your Digistore24 ID. This will giveyou advertising material that will allow you to promote products and services quickly andeasily.

In addition to the above, depending on your input, it will be checked whether there is anaffiliate partnership. For details, please refer to the Digistore24 privacypolicy: https://www.digistore24.com/dataschutz.

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