Platform for online dispute resolution
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR):

http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr; You can find our email address at the beginning of the Legal Notice. We are not prepared or obligated to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer dispute resolution organisation.

Liability for contents
As a service provider, we are responsible for our own contents on these webpages in accordance with the general statutory provisions as set forth in Section 7(1) Telemedia Act. According to Sections 8 to 10 Telemedia Act, as a service provider, we are, however, not obligated to monitor information transmitted or stored by third parties or to search for circumstances suggesting unlawful activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information according to general statutory provisions will remain unaected.

Any liability in this respect may only arise, however, from the time that knowledge of a specic infringement has been obtained. Where we become aware of any such legal violations, we will remove such contents without undue delay.

Liability for links
Our offering contains links to external websites of third parties on whose contents we have no inuence. We are therefore unable to assume any liability for such third-party contents. The respective website provider or operator is always responsible for the contents of the linked pages. When the linked webpages were reviewed for possible legal violations at the time of linking, no unlawful contents were discovered. It is not reasonable to expect permanent monitoring of the contents of linked website without specific indications of an infringement. Where we become aware of any legal violations, we will remove such links without undue delay.

Copyright
The contents and works created by the website operators on these webpages are subject to German copyright law. Any copying, editing, distribution and any kind of exploitation beyond the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this website are only permitted for private, non-commercial use.
The copyrights of third parties are respected where the contents on this website were not created by the operator. Any third-party content is marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of any copyright infringement, please notify us accordingly. Where we become aware of any legal violations, we will remove such contents without undue delay.

 

Data protection declaration

Information about the processing of your data

In accordance with Art. 12 of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: GDPR) We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and this data protection declaration informs you about the details of the processing of your data and about your legal rights in this regard.

We reserve the right to adapt the data protection declaration with effect for the future, in particular in the event of further development of the website, the use of new technologies or changes to the legal basis or the corresponding jurisdiction.

We recommend that you read the data protection statement from time to time and take a printout or a copy of your documents.

definitions

„Website“or „Internet presence“ means below all pages of the responsible person on https://i2x.ai/de/

 

• „Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Identifiable is a person who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identification such as a name, to an identification number, to location data, to an online identification or to one or more special characteristics which express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychical, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person. Personal data is therefore, for example, a person’s name, e-mail address and telephone number, but may also include information about preferences, hobbies and memberships.
• „processing” means operations or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in connection with personal data, such as the collection, collection, organization, filing, storage, adaptation, modification, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison, linking, restriction, deletion or destruction.
• „Pseudonymisation” means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
• „Consent” means any voluntary declaration of intent in the form of a declaration or other clear affirmative act by which the data subject indicates that he/she agrees to the processing of his/her personal data in a particular case, in an informed and unambiguous manner.
• „Google” also means Google, LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; available in the European Union at: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001.

 

This data protection declaration applies to all pages of https://i2x.ai/de/. It does not extend to any linked websites or Internet presences of other providers.

Responsible provider

Responsible for the processing of personal data within the scope of this data protection declaration is:

i2x GmbH
Voltastrasse 5,
13355 Berlin
Tel:+49 (0)30 72621316
legal@i2x.ai

 

Questions regarding data protection
Dr. Felix Wittern
Fieldfisher (Germany) LLP
Am Sandtorkai 68
20457 Hamburg
E-mail: dataprivacy@i2x.ai

Safety

We have taken comprehensive technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, abuse, loss and other external interference. To this end, we regularly review our security measures and adjust

Your personal rights

you have the following rights regarding the personal data concerning you that you can assert against us:

• right of access (Art. 15 GDPR),
• right to correction (Art. 16 GDPR) or deletion (Art. 17 GDPR),
• the right to restrict processing (Article 18 GDPR),
• the right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR),
• Right to revoke your consent (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR),
• the right to receive the data in a structured, common, machine-readable format (“data transferability”) and the right to pass on the data to another person responsible if the prerequisite of Art. 20 para. 1 lit. a, b GDPR applies (Art. 20 GDPR)
• You can assert your rights by notifying the contact details mentioned in the section “Responsible provider or the data protection officer appointed by us.
• You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data (Art. 77 GDPR).

 

Use of the website, access data

You can use our website for purely informational purposes without disclosing your identity. When you access the individual pages of the website in this sense, only access data is transmitted to our web space provider so that the website can be displayed to you. This is the following data:

• browser type/ browser version
• operating system used
• Language and version of the browser software
• host name of the accessing device
• IP address
• Website from which the request comes
• Content of the request (specific page)
• date and time of the server request
• Access status/HTTP status code
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
• Amount of data transferred
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

 

Temporary processing of the IP address by the system is necessary to technically enable the website to be delivered to your computer. Processing your IP address for the duration of the session is required. The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

The access data is not used to identify individual users and is not merged with other data sources. The access data are deleted when they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose of their processing. In the case of collecting the data to provide the website, this is the case when you end your visit to the website.

IP addresses are stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serves us to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context either. in general, the data will be deleted after seven days at the latest; further processing is possible in individual cases. In this case, the IP address is deleted or so alienated that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the processing of data in log files is necessary for the operation of the website. You may object to the processing. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either stop or adjust data processing or point out to you our compelling reasons worthy of protection, based on which we will continue processing.

cookies

In addition to the access data, so-called cookies are stored in the Internet browser of the terminal device you are using when using the website. These are small text files with a sequence of numbers that are stored locally in the cache of the browser used. Cookies do not become part of the PC system and cannot execute programs. They serve to make our website user-friendly. The use of cookies may be technically necessary or may be used for other purposes (e.g. analysis/evaluation of website use).

1. a) Technically necessary cookies

Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change. The following data is processed in the cookies:

• Language settings

 

The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not processed to create user profiles. We also use “session cookies”, which store a session ID that can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. Session cookies are necessary to use the website. In particular, it enables us to recognize the terminal device used when you return to the website. We use this cookie to recognize you on subsequent visits to the website if you have an account with us; otherwise you would have to log in again each time you visit. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We use session cookies to make the use of the website more attractive and effective. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you log out or close your browser.

Most browsers are pre-set to automatically accept cookies. You can object to the processing of your data by cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Already saved Coo-kies can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website in full.

1. b) Technically unnecessary cookies

We also use cookies on the website which enable an analysis of the user’s surfing behaviour. For example, the following data is stored and processed in the cookies:

• Entered search terms
• Frequency of page views
• Use of website functions

 

These cookies are used to make the use of the website more efficient and attractive. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. The technically unnecessary cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.

You can object to the processing of your data by cookies. If you do not wish to use cookies, you have the option of generally or selectively blocking the storage of cookies or removing cookies that have already been stored by changing your browser settings. You can also have the corresponding information displayed before setting a cookie. If you change the browser settings for the use of cookies or deactivate cookies, the functional scope of this website may be limited.

If we integrate third-party cookies into our website, we will point this out to you separately below.

1. c) Cookie Banner Notice

When you visit the website, an information banner informs you about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and refers you to this data protection declaration. In this context, there is also a note on how the storage of cookies can be prevented in the browser settings.

Contacting our company

When contacting our company, e.g. by e-mail or via the contact form on the website, the personal data provided by you will be processed by us to answer your enquiry.

For the processing of inquiries via the contact form on the website, a name or pseudonym as well as a valid e-mail address are necessary. At the time of sending the message to us, the following data will also be processed:

• IP address
• Date/time of registration
• Message and telephone number
• Company (optional)
• CRM system (optional)
• Telephone system (optional)

 

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR or Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR, if the establishment of contact is aimed at the end of a contract.

The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us only for the treatment of the establishment of contact. In the event of contact by e-mail, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in the processing of the data. The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data is processed exclusively for processing the conversation. We delete the data arising in this context after the processing is no longer necessary or limit the processing to compliance with the existing legally mandatory storage obligations.

You have the possibility to object to the processing of your personal data for contact inquiries at any time. This is the case if processing is not necessary to fulfil a contract with you, which is described by us in the previous description of the functions. In such a case, processing of the request may not be continued. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either stop or adjust data processing or point out to you our compelling reasons worthy of protection, based on which we will continue processing.

Processing and forwarding of personal data for contractual purposes

We process your personal data, if and as far as this is necessary for the initiation, justification, execution and/or termination of a legal transaction with our company. The legal basis for this results from Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR.

After the purpose has been achieved (e.g. contract processing), the personal data will be blocked or deleted for further processing, unless we are entitled to further storage and processing necessary in the respective context on the basis of a consent given by you (e.g. consent to the processing of the e-mail address for sending electronic advertising mail), a contractual agreement, a statutory authorisation (e.g. authorisation to send direct advertising) or on the basis of justified interests (e.g. storage for the enforcement of claims).

Your personal data will be passed on if

• it is necessary for the establishment, execution or termination of legal transactions with our company (e.g. when passing on data to a payment service provider / a shipping company to process a contract with you), (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR), or
• a subcontractor or vicarious agent whom we use exclusively in the context of the provision of the offers or services requested by you, needs this data (such vicarious agents are only entitled to process the data insofar as this is necessary for the provision of the offer or service, unless you are expressly informed otherwise) or
• an enforceable official order (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR) has been issued or
• there is an enforceable court order (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR) or
• we are legally obliged to do so (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR) or
• the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d) GDPR) or
• we are authorised or even obliged to pursue overriding legitimate interests to pass on (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR).

Your personal data will not be passed on to other persons, companies or bodies unless you have effectively consented to such a transfer. The legal basis for processing is then Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR.

commenting function

You can leave a comment on the website.

When making the entry, we process the following personal data:

• e-mail address,
• Name communicated

 

Furthermore, at the time the entry is made, the following data is also processed:

• IP address
• Date/time of the entry

When your entry is published, the e-mail address you provided will not be published, only the name you provided. Your entry will not be checked by us before publication. We reserve the right to remove entries at any time if they are found to be unlawful.

We process your e-mail address and your name/pseudonym  to be able to determine if the entry is a real experience report if necessary. Furthermore, we would like to be able to contact you if your entry on the website is objected to us as unlawful and can defend us against complaints or claims that may be brought against us because of your entry.

For this purpose, we also process your IP address. We delete the IP address after 1 week. We will process your e-mail address if the entry on the website continues or we are involved with the entry in the context of a legal dispute.

If you or we delete your entry, we process the e-mail address, the names provided and other voluntary information up to the expiry of the statutory limitation periods for the aforementioned reasons of prevention and defence but limit the processing of this data after 6 months.

We do not pass on the data to third parties, unless we are obliged to do so by law or on the basis of an official or judicial order or the passing on is necessary for the enforcement of our legitimate interests. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

You can object to the processing of your given data. You can delete your entry yourself at any time. You are free to take measures in accordance with the “Your Rights” section, and if you have any complaints, please contact our company as a first step.

Subscribe to our RSS feed

With our RSS Feeds we inform you about current comments, which are available on our website. An RSS feed is a more modern form of the classic newsletter, which you can read either with your browser or with a special program (RSS reader).  for you to see the updates of our information, it is necessary to process your IP address.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We use RSS feeds to meet the information interests of our customers and website visitors, as well as for customer care and to increase our services. We delete your data when you terminate your RSS feed subscription, but no later than two years after termination of the contract.

We would like to point out that you can object to receiving news from the RSS feed at any time. To do this, you must deactivate our RSS feed in your browser or RSS reader or send us your objection to the contact data stated in the section “Responsible provider/representative of the provider in the European Union”.

application process

We are pleased that you are interested in us and have applied or applied for a position in our company. In the following we would like to provide you with information on the processing of your personal data in connection with your application. We process the data necessary for the online application process (e.g. name, e-mail address and location) as well as data that you have sent us in connection with your application  to check your suitability for the position (or any other open positions in our company) and to carry out the application process.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in this application procedure is primarily § 26 BDSG in the version valid from 25.05.2018. Accordingly, the processing of data required in connection with the decision to establish an employment relationship is permissible. Should the data be required for legal prosecution after completion of the application procedure, data may be processed on the basis of the requirements of Art. 6 GDPR, in particular to safeguard legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. We are then interested in asserting or defending claims.

Candidate data will be deleted after 6 months in the event of rejection. In the event that you have agreed to further storage of your personal data, we will add your data to our applicant pool. There the data will be deleted after two years. If you have won a job during the application process, the data from the applicant data system will be transferred to our personnel information system.

We use a specialized software provider for the application process. He will act as a service provider for us and may also gain knowledge of your personal data in connection with the maintenance and care of the systems. We have concluded a so-called order processing contract with this provider, which ensures that data processing is carried out in a permissible manner.

Your application data will be reviewed by the personnel department after receipt of your application. Suitable applications are then forwarded internally to the department heads for the respective open position. Then the further procedure is coordinated. In the company, only those persons have access to your data who need it for the proper course of our application procedure.

You have the possibility to object to the processing of your data at any time. This is the case if processing is not necessary in particular to fulfil a contract with you, which is described by us in the previous description of the functions. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either stop or adjust data processing or point out to you our compelling reasons worthy of protection, on the basis of which we will continue processing.

email marketing

existing customer acquisition

We reserve the right to process the e-mail address provided by you within the scope of registration in accordance with the statutory provisions  to send you the following content by e-mail during or after the execution of the contract, unless you have already objected to this processing of your e-mail address:

• further interesting offers from our portfolio,
• to events of our company,
• technical information,
• Send us our catalogue.

 

Legal basis for processing Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We carry out the above-mentioned processing for customer care and to increase our services. We delete your data when you cancel your newsletter subscription, but no later than two years after termination of the contract.

We would like to point out that you can object to receiving direct advertising at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. Click on the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or send us your objection to the contact data given in the section “Responsible provider”.

newsletter

You have the possibility to subscribe to our e-mail newsletter on the website, with which we inform you regularly about the following contents:

• Offers from our portfolio,
• events of our company,
• offers (including events) of third parties if you have given your consent.
• New products/services.

 

To receive the newsletter, the following personal data is required.

• Recipient (name or pseudonym)
• valid e-mail address

 

To subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, please use the double opt-in procedure. After entering the data marked as mandatory, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided, asking you to explicitly confirm your subscription to the newsletter (by clicking on a confirm link). This is how we ensure that you really want to receive our e-mail newsletter. If the confirmation does not take place within 24 hours, we block the information transmitted to us and delete it automatically after one month at the latest.

Furthermore, the following data is processed at the time of the subscription:

• IP address
• Date/time of registration for the newsletter,
• the time of your confirmation link confirmation,

 

We process your IP address, the time of registration for the newsletter and the time of your confirmation to document your newsletter registration and to prevent misuse of your personal data. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We process these data for a period of two years after termination of the contract. If the newsletter registration takes place outside a contract conclusion, we process these data up to the expiration of two years after termination of the use procedure. We delete this data when the newsletter subscription ends.

After your confirmation we will process the e-mail address and name/pseudonym of the recipient concerned for the purpose of sending you our e-mail newsletter. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. We delete this data when you cancel your newsletter subscription.

A revocation of your consent to the processing of the e-mail address for the receipt of the newsletter is possible at any time, either by sending us a message (cf. the contact data in the section “Responsible offerer/representative of the provider in the European Union”) or by clicking directly on the unsubscribe link contained in the newsletter.

We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behaviour when sending the newsletter. For this analysis, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which represent single-pixel image files that are integrated on our website. For evaluation purposes, we link the data mentioned in the “Access Data” section and the web beacons with your e-mail address and an individual ID. Links received in the newsletter also contain this ID.

With the collected data we create a user profile to tailor the newsletter to your individual interests. We record when you read our newsletters, which links you click on in them and draw conclusions about your personal interests. We link this data to actions taken by you on our website. The information is processed as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter. After a cancellation we process the data purely statistically and anonymously.

The purpose of this is to evaluate the use and optimisation of the e-mail advertising we send you. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

You can object to this tracking at any time by clicking on the separate unsubscribe link provided in each newsletter or by informing us of the contact data specified in the “Responsible provider” section.

You can also prevent tracking by disabling the display of images in your e-mail program by default. In this case the newsletter will not be displayed completely and you may not be able to use all functions. If you display the images manually, the above tracking takes place.

e-mail marketing service „HubSpot

We use the e-mail marketing service “HubSpot” of HubSpot Inc. with registered office in 1801, 25 First St, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02141 Web: https://www.hubspot.com (hereinafter referred to as “HubSpot”). HubSpot is a service with which the newsletter dispatch can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for newsletter subscription (e.g. e-mail address) will be processed on HubSpot’s servers in the USA. HubSpot has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Our newsletters sent out with HubSpot enable us to analyse the behaviour of newsletter recipients. Among other things, it is possible to analyze how many recipients have opened the newsletter message and how often which link was clicked in the newsletter. With the help of the so-called conversion tracking it can also be analyzed whether a pre-defined action (e.g. purchase of a product on our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter.

The evaluation of the information mentioned serves to recognize the reading habits of the recipients  to be able to adapt and scatter our newsletter contents accordingly better. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We process this data until two years after termination of the contract. If the newsletter registration takes place outside a contract conclusion, we process these data up to the expiration of two years after termination of the use procedure. We delete this data when the newsletter subscription ends. We have no knowledge of the storage time at HubSpot and have no influence on it. Further information on data protection and the protection of your privacy can be found at: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy?_ga=2.20881147.2130845781.1527015808-1451404429.1527015808.

You can object to the processing of data for HubSpot at any time by activating the unsubscribe link at the end of the e-mails from HubSpot or by informing us about the contact data mentioned in the section “Responsible provider”. At the same time the processing for receiving the newsletter and for statistical analysis ends. A separate contradiction of the dispatch via HubSpot or the statistical evaluation is not possible.

hosting

We use external hosting services to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage resources and database services, security and technical maintenance services. All data necessary for the operation and use of our website will be processed.

We use external hosting services for the operation of this website. By using external hosting services, we aim to make our website available efficiently and securely. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

The collection of data for the provision and use of the website and the processing of data via external web hosts is absolutely essential for the operation of the website. You may object to the processing. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either stop or adjust data processing or point out to you our compelling reasons worthy of protection, on the basis of which we will continue processing.

Integration of third-party content

The website includes third-party content such as videos, maps, RSS feeds or graphics from other websites. This integration always requires that the providers of this content (“third party providers”) perceive the IP addresses of the users. Because without the IP address they cannot send the content to the browser of the respective user. The IP address is therefore required for the display of this content.

We make every effort to use only content from third parties who process the IP address solely for the purpose of delivering the content. However, we have no influence on this if the third-party providers process the IP addresses, e.g. for statistical purposes. As far as we know, we will explain them below.

Some of these third parties may process data outside the European Union.

You can object by installing a JavaScript blocker such as the browser plugin’NoScript’ (www.noscript.net ) or deactivating JavaScript in your browser.

However, this can lead to functional restrictions on the website.

calendly

You can register on our website for a personal appointment. We use the online calendar “Calendly” to request and select an appointment. Calendly is an offer of Calendly, LLC, 3423 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305-1754, United States. We have entered so-called “standard contractual clauses” with Calendly  to oblige Calendly to maintain an adequate level of data protection.

If you press the button “Book Demo”, you will be automatically connected to our Calendly appointment account. After choosing your appointment, confirming and entering your contact details and concerns, Calendly will send you an e-mail confirming your appointment. For more information about Calendly and Calendly’s privacy practices, please visit: https://calendly.com/pages/privacy.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR or Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR, if the establishment of contact is aimed at the end of a contract.

The processing of personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the appointment agreement. The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

The data are processed exclusively for the processing of the appointment agreement. We delete the data arising in this context after processing is no longer necessary, or limit processing to compliance with the existing legally mandatory retention obligations.

You have the possibility to object to the processing of your personal data for appointments at any time. This is the case if processing is not necessary to fulfil a contract with you, which is described by us in the previous description of the functions. In such a case, processing of the request may not be continued. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or point out to you our compelling reasons for protection, based on which we will continue the processing.

Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager on our website. Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage website tags through a single interface. The Tool Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) is a cookieless domain and does not collect any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, it will remain in effect for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

Google Web Fonts

We use so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required Web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

To do this, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We have no knowledge of the storage time at Google and have no influence on it.

For more information about the purpose and scope of processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy. There you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. For more information on the Google Maps Terms of Use, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/de_en/help/terms_maps.html.

You have the right to object to the processing and you must contact Google to exercise this right. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it is possible that not all functions of the website can be used in full.

Integration of Google Maps

This website also uses the “Google Maps” service from Google to display maps and map sections and thus enables you to conveniently use the map function on the website.

By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data specified in the “Access data” section will be transmitted to Google. This is regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button.

Google stores your data as usage profiles and processes them for purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation takes place in particular (even for unlogged-in users) to provide demand-oriented advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. The processing serves to make our website more attractive and to offer you additional services. We have no knowledge of the storage time at Google and have no influence on it.

For more information about the purpose and scope of processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy. There you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. For more information on the Google Maps Terms of Use, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/de_en/help/terms_maps.html.

You have the right to object to the processing and you must contact Google to exercise this right. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it is possible that not all functions of the website can be used in full.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter: “reCAPTCHA”) on our website. Provider of the service is Google.

With reCAPTCHA it should be checked whether the data entry on the website (e.g. in a contact form) is done by a person or by an automated program. For this reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the visitor of the website on the basis different characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the user accesses the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time the website visitor stays on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. You are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in protecting our web offers from abusive automated spying and unsolicited e-mail advertising (SPAM). We have no knowledge of the storage time at reCAPTCHA and have no influence on it.

You have the possibility to object to the processing of your data at any time. This is the case if processing is not necessary in particular to fulfil a contract with you, which is described by us in the previous description of the functions. In such a case, the processing of the request may not be continued. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either stop or adapt the data processing or point out to you our compelling reasons worthy of protection, on the basis of which we will continue the processing.

Services for statistical, analytical and marketing purposes

We use third-party services for statistical, analytical and marketing purposes. This enables us to provide you with a user-friendly, optimized use of the website. The third-party providers use cookies to control their services (see the “Cookies” section before). Personal data will not be processed, unless otherwise explained below.

Some of the third-party providers offer the possibility to directly object to the use of the respective service, e.g. by setting an opt-out cookie.

If you activate a corresponding opt-out cookie, the external provider will no longer process any data about your usage behavior. A mere selective objection to an individual selection of external services is also possible. If you change the browser or the terminal device used or delete all cookies, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Furthermore, you can also opt-out of the use of cookies via the opt-out platform of the Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft e.V. (German Digital Industry Association). (BVDW) at http://www.meine-cookies.org/cookies_verwalten/preeferenzmanager.html or via the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ directly. Further information on usage-based advertising and opt-out options can also be found at the following link: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/.

In the following we inform you about the services of external providers currently used on our website as well as about the purpose and scope of the respective processing in individual cases and about your existing possibilities of objection.

Hotjar

We also use the Hotjar analysis service to make our website better and more user-friendly. Provider of the analysis service is Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe, +1 (855) 464-6788, david@hotjar.com)

This tool records movements on the observed web pages in so-called heat maps.  All data will be collected without us being able to assign them to specific users. We can only understand how the mouse moves, where it was clicked and how far it was scrolled. This allows us to make our website better and more customer-friendly. Furthermore, the screen size of the device, the device type, information about the browser, the country from which it was accessed, and the preferred language are recorded. If personal data is displayed on a web page, it is automatically hidden by Hotjar. They are therefore incomprehensible to us.

To analyse your usage behaviour, so-called “cookies” (see the “Cookies” section before) are used, which are stored on your computer and make it possible to analyse your use of the website. The information generated by the “tracking code” and “cookie” about your visit to our website is transmitted to and stored on the Hotjar servers. The tracking code collects the following information about your device such as IP address, device type and browser information, geographic location (country only), the preferred language to display our website, pages visited, date and time when the website was accessed. Hotjar shortens your IP address before it is processed. As far as the data collected about you is personal, it will be excluded immediately and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

Hotjar will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, generate usage reports and other services relating to website usage and Internet analysis of the website. Hotjar also uses third-party services, such as Google Analytics and Optimizely. These third parties may store information that your browser sends when you visit the site, such as cookies or IP requests. For more information on how Google Analytics and Optimizely store and use data, please refer to their respective data protection declarations.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. The cookies that Hotjar uses have a different storage period. Some stay up to 365 days, some remain valid only during the current visit. An overview of the storage time can be found at: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/cookie-information. Further information about hotjar Ltd. and about the tool hotjar can be found at: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy.

You can object to the processing in various ways:

• by activating the Do-Not-Track function in your browser software, which is supported by Hotjar. Instructions for activating the Do-Not-Track function are available at: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out
• by adjusting your browser software accordingly, in particular the suppression of third party cookies means that you will not receive any ads from third parties or
• by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the “About Ads” self-regulation campaign via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, this setting being deleted if you delete your cookies.

 

Optimizely

This website uses Optimizely, a web analytics service provided by Optimizely, Inc. (631 Howard Street, Suite 100 San Francisco, CA 94105; www.optimizely.com, hereinafter: “Optimizely”). Optimizely uses so-called “Coo-kies”, which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The generated information about your use is transferred to an Optimizely server in the USA and stored there. Optimizely complies with the data protection regulations of the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement and is certified for the “Privacy Shield”, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the processing of Google Analytics is Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 lit. f) GDPR. We use Optimizely to evaluate and regularly improve the use of the website. We can use the statistics to improve our offer for you and make it more interesting. The Optimizely cookies are deleted after 3300 days at the latest; an assignment to your end device is only possible for 180 days. Further information from Optimizely can be found at: https://www.optimizely.com/privacy.

You have the right to object to the processing. You can prevent the evaluation using Optimizely by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in your browser. In this case you may not be able to use the website in full.

If you wish to prevent further recording of your usage behaviour, you can exercise your right to object by clicking on the opt-out button under the following link: ht https://www.optimizely.com/legal/opt-out/.

Google Analytics

To tailor our website optimally to your interests, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” (see the “Cookies” section before), which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and processed there.

If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports for us on website activities and to provide us with further services relating to website and Internet use.

The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIP()”. As a result, IP addresses are further processed in abbreviated form, so that a personal relationship can be ruled out. As far as the data collected about you is personal, it will be excluded immediately and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics help us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the processing of Google Analytics is Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The Analytics cookies are deleted after fourteen months at the latest.

You have the right to object. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For more information from Google, a third-party provider, please visit.

http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html,

http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html,

http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

 

Usage-based online advertising

Facebook Custom Audiences

The website also uses the “Website Custom Audiences” function via the so-called “Facebook Pixel” of Facebook Inc. (provider is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, e-mail: impressum-support@support.facebook.com , data protection information at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation ; hereinafter: “Facebook”).

This enables users of the website to display interest-related advertisements (“Facebook ads”) when visiting the Social Network Facebook or other websites that also use the procedure. We are interested in showing you advertisements that are of interest to you to make our website more interesting for you.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Facebook server. We have no influence on the extent and further processing of the data collected by Facebook through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our level of knowledge: By integrating Facebook Custom Audiences, Facebook receives the information that you have called up the corresponding website of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Facebook service, Facebook can associate your visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider may obtain and store your IP address and other identifying information.

The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. In this case, we do not store any personal data about you. We have no knowledge of and no influence over the storage time on Facebook.

Logged-in users can deactivate the “Facebook Custom Audiences” function at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads# to exercise their right of objection.

You can prevent the “Facebook Custom Audiences” function in various ways and thus make use of your right of objection:

By setting your browser software accordingly, in particular the suppression of third party cookies means that you will not receive any ads from third party providers;

by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the “About Ads” self-regulation campaign via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices , this setting being deleted if you delete your cookies.

For more information about Facebook processing, please visit https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Facebook Analytics

For the use of Facebook Analytics we use the so-called “tracking pixel” of Facebook Inc. (provider is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, e-mail: impressum-support@support.facebook.com , data protection information at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation ; hereinafter: “Facebook”) to track your user behaviour. The information obtained through the tracking pixel cookie serves us solely for statistical purposes, is transmitted to us anonymously by Facebook and does not provide any information about the user’s person. However, Facebook will connect you to your Facebook account in accordance with its privacy policy, store and use you for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Facebook’s data use policy, and may also transfer your data to Facebook’s partners. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider may obtain and store your IP address and other identifying information.

Your data will be processed in accordance with Art. 6 Par. 1 letter f) DS-GMO. With the use of Facebook Analytics, we are pursuing the interest of being able to better evaluate our website and improve our service offering. In this case, we do not store any personal data about you. We have no knowledge of and no influence over the duration of storage on Facebook.

Logged-in users can deactivate the “Facebook Analytics” function at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_ to exercise their right of objection.

You can prevent the “Facebook Analytics” function in various ways and thus make use of your right of objection.

By setting your browser software accordingly, the suppression of third party cookies means that you will not receive any ads from third party providers;

by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the “About Ads” self-regulation campaign via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, this setting being deleted if you delete your cookies.

For more information about Facebook’s privacy policy, please see our privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Google DoubleClick

We continue to use Google’s online marketing tool “DoubleClick” on the website. DoubleClick uses cookies to serve ads relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once. Google uses a cookie ID – a pseudonymous identification number assigned to your browser – to track which ads are displayed in which browser and to prevent them from being displayed more than once. This pseudonym is assigned information about user activities on the website. This allows Google and its partner sites to serve ads based on previous visits to Websites. In addition, DoubleClick can use the cookie ID to collect conversions related to display requests. For example, if a user sees a double-click ad and later visits the advertiser’s website with the same browser and buys something there.

The information generated by DoubleClick cookies is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google complies with the data protection provisions of the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement and is certified for the “Privacy Shield”, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework . The data will only be transferred to third parties within the framework of legal regulations or order processing. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the extent and the further processing of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our level of knowledge: By integrating DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our Internet presence or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google may associate your visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider may obtain and store your IP address.

The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. DoubleClick cookies are deleted at the latest after six months. With the use of DoubleClick, we pursue the interest to offer you advertising

Plug-ins for social networks

Our website includes plugins from social networks. These are provided by the following providers:

• Facebook (provider is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, e-mail: impressum-support@support.facebook.com , privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation ; http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other#applications and http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info#everyoneinfo . Facebook has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework ; hereinafter: “Facebook”)
• Google (see the definitions, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/?hl=en . Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework )
• LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View CA 94043 (http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy . LinkedIn has disregarded the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework );
• Twitter Inc. 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (https://twitter.com/privacy . Twitter has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework );

 

The plugins are indicated on our website by the above-mentioned lettering or by small stylized symbols.

We offer you the possibility to communicate directly with the provider of the plug-in via the button. Only if you click on the marked field and thereby activate it, the plug-in provider will be informed that you have accessed the corresponding website of our online offer. In addition, the data specified in the “Access data” section are transmitted.

In the case of Facebook and Xing, the IP address is anonymized immediately after collection, according to the respective provider in Germany. By activating the plug-in, personal data is transferred from you to the respective plug-in provider and processed there (for US providers in the USA). Since the plug-in provider collects data mainly via cookies, we recommend that you delete all cookies before clicking on the grayed-out box using your browser’s security settings.

We have no influence on the data collected and processing procedures, nor are we aware of the full scope of data processing, the purposes of processing, the storage periods. We also have no information on the deletion of the data collected by the plug-in provider.

The plug-in provider stores the data collected about you as user profiles and processes these for purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation takes place in particular (also for not logged in users) for the representation of demand-oriented advertisement and  to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website.

The legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. Through the plug-ins we offer you the possibility to interact with social networks and other users, so that we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user.

You have a right of objection to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact the respective plug-in provider to exercise this right. They can also prevent the creation of user profiles in various ways and thus make use of their right of objection:

• By setting your browser software accordingly, the suppression of third party cookies means that you will not receive any ads from third party providers;
• by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the “About Ads” self-regulation campaign via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices , this setting being deleted if you delete your cookies.

 

The data is transferred regardless of whether you have an account with the plug-in provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in with the plug-in provider, your data collected with us will be directly assigned to your existing account with the plug-in provider. If you click the activated button and, for example, link the page, the plug-in provider also stores this information in your user account and shares it publicly with your contacts.

We recommend that you log out regularly after using a social network, especially before activating the button, as this allows you to avoid being assigned to your profile with the plug-in provider.