We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is of particularly high importance to the management of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH. The use of the websites of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use particular services of our company via our website, processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data, such as name, address, email address or phone number of a data subject, is always conducted in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the applicable national data protection regulations for Uniiqo Minerals GmbH. With this privacy policy, our company aims to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, this privacy policy serves to inform data subjects of their rights.
Uniiqo Minerals GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures as the data controller to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed via this website. However, we point out that internet-based data transfers can generally have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example, by telephone.
1. Terms & Definitions
The privacy policy of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH is based on the terminology used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy aims to be both readable and understandable for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.
We use, among other things, the following terms in this privacy policy:
a) Personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more specific characteristics that express 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.
c) Processing
Processing is any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, deletion, 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 is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.
f) Pseudonymization
Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in 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 stored separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
g) Controller or Processor
Controller or processor is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that 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 law or the law of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for their designation may be provided for by Union law or the law of the Member States.
h) Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
i) Recipient
Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the course of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union law or the law of the Member States shall not be considered recipients; the processing of this data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations in line with the purposes of the processing.
j) Third party
Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or the processor, are authorized to process the personal data.
k) Consent
The consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which they signify agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them.
2. Name and address of the controller
Controller in the sense of the General Data Protection Regulation, other applicable data protection laws in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions with data protection character is:
Uniiqo Minerals GmbH
Lietzenburger Str. 65 A
10719 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: 03033941164
Email: info@uniiqo.com
Website: https://uniiqo.com/
3. Cookies
The websites of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an internet browser.
Numerous websites 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 string of characters that allows websites and servers to identify the specific internet browser in which the cookie is stored. This allows the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified again using the unique cookie ID.
By using cookies, Uniiqo Minerals GmbH can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without setting cookies.
With the help of a cookie, the information and offerings on our website can be optimized in the sense of the user. Cookies allow us, as already mentioned, to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. A user of a website that uses cookies does not, for example, have to re-enter their login data each time they visit the website, because this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in the online store. The online store remembers the items a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart through a cookie.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the web browser used and thereby permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies can be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common web browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the web browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.
4. Collection of general data and information
The website of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH collects a series of general data and information with each call of the website by a data subject or an automated system. These general data and information are stored in the log files of the server. The following data can be collected: (1) the types and versions of browsers used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites which are accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information which serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, Uniiqo Minerals GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. This information is rather needed to (1) deliver the contents of our website correctly, (2) optimize the contents of our website and the ads for these, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and (4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated by Uniiqo Minerals GmbH, on the one hand, statistically and further with the goal of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order to ultimately 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. Subscription to our newsletter
On the website of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to the newsletter of our company. The personal data transmitted to the processor when ordering the newsletter results from the input mask used for this.
Uniiqo Minerals GmbH informs its customers and business partners at regular intervals by way of a newsletter about offers from the company. The newsletter can generally only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter dispatch. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address registered by the data subject for the first time for the newsletter dispatch for legal reasons using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation email serves to verify that the owner of the email address as the data subject has authorized the receipt of the newsletter.
When subscribing to the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the computer system used by the data subject at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary to trace the (possible) misuse of the email address of a data subject at a later time and therefore serves to provide legal protection for the processor.
The personal data collected during the registration for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the dispatch of our newsletter. Furthermore, newsletter subscribers may be informed by email if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or for a related registration, as may be the case with changes to the newsletter offering or changes in the technical circumstances. There will be no disclosure of the personal data collected in the context of the newsletter service to third parties. The data subject may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data subject has granted us for the newsletter dispatch, can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revocation of consent, there is a corresponding link in every newsletter. Furthermore, there is the possibility to unsubscribe from the newsletter dispatch directly on the website of the processor at any time or to inform the processor in another way.
6. Newsletter tracking
The newsletters of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH contain so-called counting pixels. A counting pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in such emails sent in HTML format to enable the logging of file records and analysis of log files. This allows for a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. By means of the embedded counting pixels, Uniiqo Minerals GmbH can recognize whether and when an email has been opened by a data subject and which links in the email were called up by the data subject.
Such personal data collected through the counting pixels in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by the processor in order to optimize the newsletter dispatch and to better adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the data subject. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Data subjects are entitled at any time to revoke the separate consent declared in this regard via the double opt-in procedure. After a revocation, this personal data will be deleted by the processor.
7. Contact possibility via the website
The website of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH contains due to legal requirements information, which enables a quick electronic contact to our company as well as a direct communication with us, which generally includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted voluntarily by a data subject to the controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no disclosure of this personal data to third parties.
8. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this is provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations applicable to the controller.
If the storage purpose is eliminated or a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator has expired, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the legal regulations.
9. Rights of the data subject
a) Right to confirmation
Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to request from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data relating to them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, they can contact any employee of the controller at any time.
b) Right to access
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about the personal data concerning them and a copy of this information at any time. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject the right to be informed about the following information:
The purposes of processing
The categories of personal data being processed
The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or will be disclosed, in particular for recipients in third countries or international organizations
The planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
The existence of the right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to this processing
The existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority If the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
If the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR, and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the significance and the intended consequences of such processing for the data subject
Furthermore, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject has, in addition, the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, they can contact any employee of the controller at any time.
c) Right to rectification
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data – including by means of a supplementary statement – taking into account the purposes of the processing.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact any employee of the controller at any time.
d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning them without undue delay unless one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:
The personal data were collected or processed in any other way for purposes that are no longer necessary.
The data subject withdraws their consent on which the processing is based according to Art. 6(1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing according to Art. 21(1) GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing according to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
The personal data have been collected in relation to the offered services of the information society according to Art. 8(1) GDPR.
If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wants to request the erasure of personal data stored by Uniiqo Minerals GmbH, they can contact any employee of the controller at any time. The employee of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH will ensure that the deletion request is complied with immediately.
If the personal data have been made public by Uniiqo Minerals GmbH and our company is obligated to delete the personal data as controller according to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, Uniiqo Minerals GmbH will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, to inform other controllers responsible for processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data, unless the processing is necessary. The employee of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH will take the necessary measures in individual cases.
e) Right to restriction of processing
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the restriction of processing from the controller if one of the following conditions is met:
The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period that allows the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful, and the data subject opposes the deletion of personal data and demands instead the restriction of the use of personal data.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
The data subject has objected to the processing according to Art. 21(1) GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wants to request the restriction of personal data stored by Uniiqo Minerals GmbH, they can contact any employee of the controller at any time. The employee of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH will initiate the restriction of processing.
f) Right to data portability
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning them, which they have provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, provided that the processing is based on consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Furthermore, the data subject has the right, in exercising their right to data portability according to Article 20(1) GDPR, to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
To exercise the right to data portability, the data subject can contact any employee of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH at any time.
g) Right to object
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them, on grounds relating to their particular situation, which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This applies also to profiling based on these provisions.
Uniiqo Minerals GmbH will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is required for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
If Uniiqo Minerals GmbH processes personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them for such marketing purposes; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the processing for direct marketing purposes with Uniiqo Minerals GmbH, Uniiqo Minerals GmbH will not process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them which is carried out by Uniiqo Minerals GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact any employee of Uniiqo Minerals GmbH directly. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to exercise their right to object by automated means concerning the use of information society services, regardless of Directive 2002/58/EC.
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has 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 them or similarly significantly affects them, unless the decision (1) is necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that law provides for appropriate measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller or (2) is based on the explicit consent of the data subject, Uniiqo Minerals GmbH will implement appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, which shall at least include the right to obtain intervention from a person on the part of the controller, to express their point of view and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to assert rights regarding automated decisions, they can contact any employee of the controller at any time.
i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to assert their right to withdraw consent, they can contact any employee of the controller at any time.
10. Data protection provisions regarding the use and employment of Google Analytics (with anonymization feature)
The controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization feature) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects data, among other things, on the website from which a data subject has come to a website (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages of the website were accessed, or how often and for how long a sub-page was viewed. A web analysis is primarily used to optimize a website and the cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.
The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
The controller uses the Google Analytics web analysis with the addition "gat._anonymizeIp". By means of this addition, the IP address of the internet connection of the data subject is shortened and anonymized by Google if the access to our websites occurs from a Member State of the European Union or from another contracting state of 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 data and information obtained to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports on activities on our websites, and to provide further services related to the use of our website.
Google Analytics sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. As explained above, cookies are. The setting of the cookie allows Google an analysis of the use of our website. With each call of one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google Analytics component is integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data for the purpose of online analysis to Google. As part of this technical procedure, Google becomes aware of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which is used by Google, among other things, to trace the origin of the visitors and clicks and subsequently allow for commission settlements.
By means of the cookie, personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access was initiated, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject, is stored. With each visit to our websites, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may share these personal data gathered through the technical process with third parties.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as explained above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the web browser used and thereby permanently object to the setting of cookies. A such setting of the web browser would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies that have already been set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time through the web browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility to object to the collection of data generated by Google Analytics related to the use of this website and to the processing of this data by Google and to prevent such processing. The data subject must download and install a browser add-on at the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered a rejection by Google. If the information technology system of the data subject is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later time, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or disabled by the data subject or by another person attributed to the data subject’s sphere of control, there is the possibility of reinstalling or reactivating the browser add-on.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be retrieved under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is further explained at https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
11. Data protection provisions for the use of Google Remarketing
The controller has integrated services of Google Remarketing on this website. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords that allows a company to display advertisements to internet users who have previously visited the company’s website. The integration of Google Remarketing allows a company to create user-related advertisements and consequently display relevant advertisements to internet users.
The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
The purpose of Google Remarketing is to display interest-based advertising. Google Remarketing allows us to display advertisements through the Google advertising network or on other websites that are tailored to the individual needs and interests of internet users.
Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. As explained above, cookies are. With the setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to recognize the visitor to our website again when they subsequently call up websites that are also members of the Google advertising network. With each call of a website on which the Google Remarketing service is integrated, the internet browser of the data subject automatically identifies itself to Google. In connection with this technical procedure, Google becomes aware of personal data, such as the IP address or the surfing behavior of the user, which Google uses, among other things, to display interest-relevant advertising.
With the help of the cookie, personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject, is stored. Thus, with each visit to our websites, personal data, including the IP address of the data subject’s internet connection, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may share these personal data gathered through the technical process with third parties.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as explained above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the web browser used and thereby permanently object to the setting of cookies. A such setting of the web browser would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies that have already been set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time through the web browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility to object to interest-based advertising by Google. To do this, the data subject has to call the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each of the internet browsers used by them and make the desired settings there.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be retrieved under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
12. Data protection provisions for the use of Google AdWords
The controller has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an advertising service that allows advertisers to place ads in Google search results as well as in the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to set keywords in advance, which will trigger an ad to be displayed in Google search results only when the user retrieves a keyword-relevant search result with the search engine. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed using an automated algorithm and in accordance with the previously defined keywords on topic-relevant websites.
The operating company of the Google AdWords services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
The purpose of Google AdWords is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant advertisements on the websites of third parties and in the search results of the Google search engine, and to display foreign advertisements on our website.
If a data subject comes to our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is stored on the information technology system of the data subject by Google. As explained above, cookies are. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the data subject. Through the conversion cookie, it is tracked whether specific sub-pages, such as the shopping cart of an online shop system, have been called up on our website, provided the cookie has not yet expired.
The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are then used to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via AdWords ads, i.e., to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad, and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future. Neither our company nor other advertisers of Google AdWords obtain information from Google, by which the data subject could be identified.
By means of the conversion cookie, personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject, is stored. Thus, with each visit to our websites, personal data, including the IP address of the data subject’s internet connection, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may share these personal data gathered through the technical process with third parties.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as explained above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the web browser used and thereby permanently object to the setting of cookies. A such setting of the web browser would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie previously set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time through the web browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility to object to interest-based advertising by Google. To do this, the data subject has to call the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each of the internet browsers used by them and make the desired settings there.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be retrieved under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
13. Data protection provisions on the use and employment of Facebook
The controller has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is an online meeting point operated on the Internet that generally allows users to communicate with each other and interact in the virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or allows the members of the online community to provide personal or company-related information. Facebook allows users of the social network, among other things, to create private profiles, upload photos, and connect through friend requests.
The operator of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. For the processing of personal data, the controller is, if a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each time a data subject accesses one of the individual pages of this website that is operated by the controller and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) is integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a representation of the respective Facebook component from Facebook. A comprehensive overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be retrieved under https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. As part of this technical process, Facebook becomes aware of which specific subpage of our website is being visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the time of access to our website, Facebook recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website which specific subpage of our website the data subject is visiting. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject presses one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, for example, the "Like" button, or comments, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores this personal data.
Facebook is informed about the visit of the data subject to our website every time through the Facebook component, regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If the data subject does not want such transfer of this information to Facebook, they can prevent the transfer by logging out of their Facebook account before accessing our website.
The data policy published by Facebook, which can be retrieved under https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains what options Facebook offers to protect the data subject’s privacy. In addition, various applications are available that enable the data subject to suppress the data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.
14. Data protection provisions regarding the use and employment of Instagram
The controller has integrated components of the Instagram service on this website. Instagram is a service that can be classified as an audiovisual platform and enables users to share photos and videos and to spread such data in other social networks.
The operating company of the Instagram services is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland.
Each time a data subject accesses one of the individual pages of this website that is operated by the controller and on which an Instagram component (Insta button) is integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Instagram component to download a representation of the respective component from Instagram. As part of this technical process, Instagram becomes aware of which specific subpage of our website is being visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the same time, Instagram recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and throughout the duration of the respective stay on our website which specific subpage the data subject is visiting. This information is collected by the Instagram component and assigned by Instagram to the respective Instagram account of the data subject. If the data subject presses one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted with it will be assigned to the personal Instagram user account of the data subject and stored and processed by Instagram.
Instagram is informed about the visit of the data subject to our website every time through the Instagram component if the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the time of accessing our website; this happens independently of whether the data subject clicks on the Instagram component or not. If the data subject does not want such transfer of this information to Instagram, they can prevent the transfer by logging out of their Instagram account before accessing our website.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Instagram can be retrieved under https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
15. Data protection provisions for the use of LinkedIn
The controller has integrated components of LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is an internet-based social network that allows connecting users with existing business contacts and establishing new business contacts. More than 400 million registered people use LinkedIn in over 200 countries, making it 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, USA. For data protection issues outside the USA, LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland is responsible.
Whenever a data subject accesses one of the individual pages of this website equipped with a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in), this component causes the internet browser used by the data subject to download a corresponding representation of the LinkedIn component from LinkedIn. Further information on LinkedIn plug-ins can be retrieved at https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. As part of this technical procedure, LinkedIn becomes aware of which specific subpage of our website is being visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, LinkedIn recognizes with each visit of our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website which specific subpage of our website the data subject is visiting. This information is collected by the LinkedIn component and assigned by LinkedIn to the respective LinkedIn account of the data subject. If the data subject presses one of the LinkedIn buttons integrated into our website, LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the data subject and stores and processes this personal data.
LinkedIn is informed about the visit of the data subject to our website every time through the LinkedIn component if the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the time of accessing our website; this happens independently of whether the data subject clicks on the LinkedIn component or not. If the data subject does not want such transfer of this information to LinkedIn, they can prevent the transfer by logging out of their LinkedIn account before accessing our website.
LinkedIn offers the possibility to unsubscribe from email messages, SMS messages, and targeted ads and to manage ad settings under https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame, which may set cookies. Such cookies can be rejected at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The applicable data protection provisions of LinkedIn can be retrieved at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. The cookie policy of LinkedIn can be accessed at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
16. Data protection provisions for the use of Twitter
The controller has integrated components of Twitter on this website. Twitter is a multilingual publicly available microblogging service on which users can publish and disseminate short messages, known as tweets, which are limited to 280 characters. These short messages are accessible to everyone, including persons not registered with Twitter. Tweets are also displayed to the followers of the respective user. Furthermore, Twitter enables a broad audience to be reached through hashtags, links, or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.
Whenever a data subject accesses one of the individual pages of this website operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) is integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component to download a representation of the respective Twitter component from Twitter. Further information on the Twitter buttons can be retrieved at https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons. Within the framework of this technical procedure, Twitter becomes aware of which specific subpage of our website the data subject is visiting. The purpose of integrating the Twitter component is to enable our users to disseminate the content of this website, to promote this website in the digital world, and to increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is logged in to Twitter at the same time, Twitter recognizes with each visit of our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific subpage of our website the data subject is visiting. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned to the respective Twitter account of the data subject by Twitter. If the data subject presses one of the Twitter buttons integrated into our website, the data and information transmitted with it will be assigned to the personal Twitter user account of the data subject and stored and processed by Twitter.
Twitter is informed about the visit of the data subject to our website every time through the Twitter component if the data subject is logged in to Twitter at the time of accessing our website; this happens independently of whether the data subject clicks on the Twitter component or not. If the data subject does not want such transfer of this information to Twitter, they can prevent the transfer by logging out of their Twitter account before accessing our website.
The applicable data protection provisions of Twitter can be retrieved at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de.
17. Legal basis of processing
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations in 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, such as processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of another service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures, for example, in cases of inquiries regarding our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, processing of personal data may be necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case if a visitor were to be injured in our company and subsequently his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be disclosed to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. In this case, the processing would be based on Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Processing operations that are not based on any of the aforementioned legal bases are permitted only if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests. Such processing operations are particularly permitted because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator, who took the view that a legitimate interest could be presumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR). 18. Legitimate interests in processing pursued by the controller or a third party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is to conduct our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our stakeholders.
19. Duration for which personal data is stored
The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data will routinely be deleted if they are no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or for the initiation of a contract.
20. Legal or contractual obligation to provide the personal data; Necessity for the conclusion of the contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision
We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also arise from contractual arrangements (e.g. information on the contracting party). In some cases, it may be necessary to provide personal data to us for the conclusion of a contract which must then be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company concludes a contract with them. A failure to provide personal data would have the consequence that the contract could not be entered into with the data subject. Before a data subject's provision of personal data, the data subject must contact our data protection officer. Our data protection officer will clarify on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences the non-provision of personal data would have.
21. Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we refrain from automatic decision-making or profiling.
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