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INSIRE Consulting GmbH
Am Handelshof 1
45127 Essen, Deutschland
Rainer Wollmann, Markus Pannicke, Managing Directors
Tel.: +49 (0) 201 – 830 17 807
E-Mail: info@insire-consulting.com
Website: https://insire-consulting.com/
Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a Glance
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Information about the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected because you provide it to us. This may include data you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter the website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding these rights or any other questions about data protection.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This primarily occurs using so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
a. IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact information, names, website accesses, and other data generated through a website.
The use of the host takes place for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Our host will only process your data to the extent that this is necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.
We use the following host:
1&1 Ionos
To ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a data processing agreement with our host.
3. General Information and Mandatory Notices
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this takes place. Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication via email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Information about the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
INSIRE Consulting GmbH
Am Handelshof 1
45127 Essen
Germany
E-mail: info@insire-consulting.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, or similar).
Unless a more specific storage period is mentioned in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we do not have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to apply.
Note on Data Transfer to the USA and Other Third Countries
Our website integrates tools from companies based in the USA or other countries that do not have adequate data protection. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. Please note that in these countries, a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed.
For example, US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. It cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence services) will process, evaluate, and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke a consent already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, AS FAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the location of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, and to have it transmitted to yourself or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transmission of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out to the extent technically feasible.
Access, Deletion, and Rectification
You have the right, within the framework of applicable legal provisions, to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as, if applicable, the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and for any other questions concerning personal data.
Right to Restrict Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restrict processing applies in the following cases:
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may only be processed – apart from storage – with your consent, for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims, to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for important reasons of public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
Cookies
Our website uses so-called "cookies." Cookies are small text files and do not cause any harm to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our site (third-party cookies). These allow us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or to display advertising.
Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies), for providing certain functions requested by you (functional cookies, e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies to measure website traffic) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is indicated. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to store cookies has been requested, the storage of the relevant cookies takes place exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.
To the extent that cookies from third parties or for analysis purposes are used, we will inform you separately within the framework of this privacy policy and, if necessary, request your consent.
Contact Forms and Registration Forms
If you send us inquiries via contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if requested.
The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose of data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
insire.de is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We use your personal data only to manage your account and provide the products and services you have requested. From time to time, we may want to inform you about our products and services, as well as other content that may be of interest to you. If you agree that we may contact you for this purpose, please indicate below how you would like to be contacted by us: info@insire-consulting.com
Inquiries by E-Mail, Telephone, or Fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if requested.
HubSpot
The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
We use the services of the software provider HubSpot. HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch in Ireland (HubSpot European Headquarters, Ground Floor, Two Dockland Central, Guild Street, Dublin 1, Ireland).
HubSpot is a service platform. The service used is an integrated software solution that allows us to manage customer data and cover various aspects of our online marketing. This includes, among other things, the analysis of landing pages and reporting. So-called "web beacons" are used, and cookies are stored on the device you use.
The following personal data may be collected, for example:
The collected information as well as the contents of our website are stored on servers of our software partner HubSpot in Ireland. We use HubSpot to analyze the use of our website. This allows us to continuously optimize our website and make it more user-friendly. In addition, we use the information to determine which services of our company are of interest to customers and newsletter subscribers and to contact them for advertising purposes. Furthermore, we optimize our web offerings for you based on this evaluation.
We use your IP address only in a shortened version. This means that the IP address of users is shortened by HubSpot within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a HubSpot server in the USA and shortened there.
The cookies have a usual lifespan of 13 months. In addition, we delete the personal data collected via HubSpot as soon as the purpose for which it was collected has been achieved, unless statutory retention periods prevent deletion.
The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online service by users may also generally be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Data processing is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, provided you have given your consent via our banner. You can revoke your consent at any time. The transfer to a third country is based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR.
Further information about how HubSpot works can be found in the privacy policy of HubSpot Inc.
2. Analysis Tools and Advertising
IONOS WebAnalytics
This website uses the analysis services of IONOS WebAnalytics (hereinafter: IONOS). The provider is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, D – 56410 Montabaur. Within the framework of analyses with IONOS, among other things, visitor numbers and behavior (e.g., number of page views, duration of a website visit, bounce rates), visitor sources (i.e., from which page the visitor comes), visitor locations, as well as technical data (browser and operating system versions) can be analyzed. For this purpose, IONOS particularly stores the following data:
According to IONOS, data collection is fully anonymized so that it cannot be traced back to individual persons. Cookies are not stored by IONOS WebAnalytics.
The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior to optimize both its web offering and its advertising. If appropriate consent has been obtained, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information on data collection and processing by IONOS WebAnalytics can be found in the IONOS privacy policy at the following link: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/datenschutzerklaerung/
We have concluded a processing agreement with IONOS. This agreement is intended to ensure the data protection-compliant handling of your personal data by IONOS.
WordPress Statistics
This website uses "WordPress Statistics" to statistically evaluate visitor access. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.
WordPress Statistics uses technologies that allow the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). WordPress Statistics collects, among other things, log files (referrer, IP address, browser, etc.), the origin of website visitors (country, city), and the actions they performed on the site (e.g., clicks, views, downloads). The information collected about the use of this website is stored on servers in the USA.
Your IP address is anonymized after processing and before storage.
The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising. If appropriate consent has been requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
Hotjar
We use Hotjar to better understand the needs of our users and to optimize this service and user experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us understand user behavior (e.g., how much time they spend on which pages, which links they click, what users like and dislike, etc.) and enables us to build and maintain our service based on user feedback.
Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data about user behavior and their devices. This includes the IP address of a device (processed during your session and stored in anonymized form), the device’s screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographical location (country only), and the preferred language in which our website is displayed. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually prohibited from selling the data collected on our behalf.
Further details can be found in the "About Hotjar" section on Hotjar’s support page.
Use of SalesViewer® Technology
On this website, data for marketing, market research, and optimization purposes is collected and stored using SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH based on the legitimate interests of the website operator (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
A JavaScript-based code is used for the collection of company-related data and its use. The data collected with this technology is encrypted using a non-reversible one-way function (hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymized and not used to personally identify the visitor to this website.
The data stored in the context of SalesViewer is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and no statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.
You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time for the future by clicking this link https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out to prevent future collection by SalesViewer® on this website. An opt-out cookie will be set on your device for this website. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.
3. Plugins and Tools
YouTube with Enhanced Privacy Mode
This website embeds YouTube videos. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store information about visitors to this website before they play a video. However, data transfer to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the enhanced privacy mode. YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you play a video.
As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection is made to the YouTube servers. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly assign your browsing behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting) when you start a video. In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to compile video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud.
Additional data processing may be triggered after starting a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If appropriate consent has been obtained, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information about privacy on YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps mapping service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The operator of this site has no influence over this data transfer. When Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Web Fonts to ensure uniform display of fonts.
When Google Maps is called, your browser loads the necessary web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places we indicate on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If appropriate consent has been obtained, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here:
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.
More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
The legal bases for the processing of personal data generally arise from:
We generally collect and use personal data of the users of our website only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website, our content, and services.
As a rule, the collection and use of personal data of our users takes place only with their consent. An exception to this principle applies in cases where processing of the data is permitted by statutory provisions or obtaining prior consent is not practically possible.
Data Deletion and Storage Duration
Personal data of users is deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. Further storage may occur if required by European or national legislation in EU regulations, laws, or other provisions applicable to the controller. Blocking or deletion also occurs if the retention period prescribed by the above regulations expires, unless further storage is necessary for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.
Use of Our Website, General Information
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the user’s computer system. The following information is collected:
The data described – with the exception of the IP address or other data that allows the data to be associated with a user – is stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.
2. Purpose and Legal Basis for Data Processing
Temporary storage of the IP address by our system is necessary to deliver the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored during the session.
The legal basis for temporary storage of the data is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
The collection of personal data to provide our website is strictly necessary for its operation. Therefore, users have no option to object.
3. Duration of Storage
Your data is deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. If your data is collected to ensure website provision, the data will be deleted when the session ends.
General Information on the Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files stored by the web browser on the user’s computer system. When you visit a website, a cookie can be stored on your operating system. It contains a characteristic string that allows a unique identification of the browser on subsequent visits to the website.
Cookies are used by us to make our website more user-friendly.
These strictly necessary cookies ensure functions without which you cannot use our website as intended. They cannot be deactivated individually. These so-called first-party cookies are created directly by us, the website operator, and store data such as login information or language preferences. Once you leave our website, first-party cookies are no longer functional and do not collect further data.
The legal basis for processing personal data using cookies is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The purpose of technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of our website.
We point out that certain functions of our website can only be offered using cookies. These include the following applications:
User data collected through technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles.
Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted by the user to our site. As a user, you therefore have control over the use of cookies. You can restrict or deactivate the transmission of cookies by changing your browser settings. Stored cookies can also be deleted there. Please note that you may not be able to use all functions of our website if cookies are disabled.
Your Rights / Rights of the Data Subject
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you as a data subject have the following rights:
1. Right of Access
You have the right to obtain information from us as the controller whether we process personal data concerning you.
In addition, you may request information on the following:
Finally, you also have the right to request information on whether your personal data is transferred to a third country or an international organization. In such cases, you may request information on the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.
You can assert your right of access at: info@insire-consulting.com
2. Right to Rectification
If the personal data we process about you is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to request rectification and/or completion. Rectification will be carried out without delay.
3. Right to Restriction
The right to restrict processing of personal data concerning you can be asserted in the following cases:
If processing of your personal data has been restricted, these data – aside from storage – may only be processed with your consent, or for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims, protecting the rights of another natural or legal person, or for important public interest reasons of the Union or a Member State.
If a restriction of processing exists under these principles, we will inform you before lifting the restriction.
4. Right to Erasure
You may request that personal data concerning you be deleted immediately if any of the following reasons apply. The controller is obliged to delete this data immediately. The reasons are:
If we have made your personal data public and are obliged to delete it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, we will take reasonable measures considering available technology and implementation costs, including technical measures, to inform controllers processing the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the deletion of all links to such personal data or copies or replications of such data.
We point out that the right to erasure does not exist insofar as processing is necessary.
5. Right to Notification
If you have exercised your right to rectification, deletion, or restriction of processing, we are obliged to inform all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You also have the right to be informed about these recipients.
6. Right to Data Portability
This applies if processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, and processing is carried out using automated means.
As part of exercising the right to data portability, you have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as technically feasible, without impairing the freedoms and rights of others.
The right to data portability does not apply to processing necessary for performing a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
7. Right to Withdraw Consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time. We point out that the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal remains unaffected.
8. Right to Object
You also have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you that is based on Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
The controller will no longer process your personal data unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing for such purposes, including profiling related to direct marketing. Upon objection, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
You also have the option to exercise your objection rights in relation to the use of information society services (regardless of Directive 2002/58/EC) using automated means employing technical specifications.
9. Automated Decision-Making, Including Profiling
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. Exceptions exist if the decision is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the controller, is authorized by EU or Member State law, and appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and interests are in place, or if it is based on your explicit consent.
If processing occurs in the cases described in (1) and (3), the controller will take appropriate measures to protect your rights and interests. This includes at least the right to request human intervention, to present your point of view, and to contest the decision.
Decisions under (1)–(3) must not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR unless Art. 9 (2) (a) or (g) applies, and appropriate safeguards are in place.
10. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority
Social Media
We maintain fan pages within various social networks and platforms with the aim of communicating with customers, prospects, and users active there and informing them about our services.
Please note that in this context your personal data may be processed outside the European Union, which may involve risks for you (e.g., in enforcing your rights under European/German law). Please note that some U.S. providers are certified under the Privacy Shield and are therefore committed to complying with EU data protection standards.
User data is generally processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created from users’ usage behavior and resulting interests. These usage profiles can, in turn, be used to display advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably match the users’ interests. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the users’ computers, which store the usage behavior and interests of the users. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the usage profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and logged in).
The processing of users’ personal data is based on our legitimate interests in effectively informing and communicating with users in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If users are asked by the respective providers for consent to data processing (i.e., they give their consent, for example, by ticking a checkbox or confirming a button), the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR.
Further information on the processing of your personal data and your options to object can be found via the links of the respective providers listed below. Exercising rights to access and other rights of data subjects can also be done with the providers, as they have direct access to the user data and the relevant information. Of course, we are available for any questions and will support you if you need assistance.
Provider: Facebook
Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads and http://www.youronlinechoices.com
Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active
Instagram
Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
Privacy Policy/Opt-Out: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
Twitter
Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy
Opt-Out: https://twitter.com/personalization
Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active
Google / YouTube
Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
LinkedIn
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out
Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0&status=Active
Xing
XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
Privacy Policy/Opt-Out: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
On this website, we use the Google Maps service. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function.
By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data referred to in Section IV of this statement is transmitted to Google. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged into Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment to your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses it for advertising, market research, and/or the tailored design of its website. Such evaluation occurs particularly (even for users not logged in) to provide targeted advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have a right to object to the creation of these user profiles, which you must exercise with Google.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plugin provider can be found in the provider’s privacy policies. There you can also find further information about your related rights and privacy settings: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
Integration of Google Fonts
On the basis of our legitimate interests under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, we integrate the fonts (“Google Fonts”) of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The aim is to optimize and economically operate our website. The provider’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, and opt-out can be set at: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
