Our Privacy Policy of your Data by waomakers

Introduction

With the following data protection declaration of our privacy policy, we would like to inform you which types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as “data”) we process, for what purposes and to what extent. The data protection declaration applies to all processing of personal data that we carry out, both in the context of the provision of our services and in particular on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, e.g. our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as “online offer”).

The terms used are not gender-specific.

Types Of Data Processed

• Inventory Data (E.g. Names, Addresses).
• Content Data (E.g. Text Input, Photographs, Videos).
• Contact Details (E.g. Email, Telephone Numbers).
• Meta / Communication Data (E.g. Device Information, IP Addresses).
• Usage Data (E.g. Visited Websites, Interest In Content, Access Times).
• Location Data (Data That Indicates The Location Of An End User’s Device).
• Contract Data (E.g. Object Of Contract, Term, Customer Category).
• Payment Data (E.g. Bank Details, Invoices, Payment History).

Categories Of Data Subjects

• Business And Contract Partner.
• Interested Persons.
• Communication Partner.
• Customers.
• Users (E.g. Website Visitors, Users Of Online Services).
• Contest And Contest Participants.

Purposes Of Processing

• Visit Action Evaluation.
• Office And Organizational Procedures.
• Cross-Device Tracking (Cross-Device Processing Of User Data For Marketing Purposes).
• Direct Marketing (E.g. By Email Or Post).
• Conducting Competitions And Competitions.
• Interest-Based And Behavioral Marketing.
• Contact Requests And Communication.
• Conversion Measurement (Measurement Of The Effectiveness Of Marketing Measures).
• Profiling (Creating User Profiles).
• Remarketing.
• Range Measurement (E.g. Access Statistics, Detection Of Returning Visitors).
• Safety Measures.
• Tracking (E.g. Interest / Behavioral Profiling, Use Of Cookies).
• Contractual Benefits And Service.
• Management And Answering Inquiries.
• Target Group Formation (Determination Of Target Groups Relevant For Marketing Purposes Or Other Output Of Content).

Relevant Legal Bases

In The Following, We Share The Legal Basis Of The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), On The Basis Of Which We Process Personal Data. Please Note That In Addition To The Provisions Of The GDPR, The National Data Protection Regulations In Your Or Our Country Of Residence And Domicile May Apply. If More Specific Legal Bases Are Also Relevant In Individual Cases, We Will Inform You Of This In The Data Protection Declaration.

Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 Lit. A GDPR) – The Data Subject Has Given Their Consent To The Processing Of Their Personal Data For A Specific Purpose Or Several Specific Purposes.

Fulfillment Of Contract And Pre-Contractual Inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 Lit. GDPR) – The Processing Is Necessary For The Fulfillment Of A Contract To Which The Data Subject Is A Party Or For The Implementation Of Pre-Contractual Measures At The Request Of The Data Subject Respectively.

Legal Obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 GDPR) – Processing Is Necessary To Fulfill A Legal Obligation To Which The Controller Is Subject.

Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 Lit. GDPR) – Processing Is Necessary To Safeguard The Legitimate Interests Of The Person Responsible Or A Third Party, Unless The Interests Or Fundamental Rights And Freedoms Of The Data Subject That Protect Personal Data Data Require, Outweigh.

National Data Protection Regulations In Austria: In Addition To The Data Protection Regulations Of The General Data Protection Regulation, National Regulations On Data Protection In Austria Apply. This Includes In Particular The Federal Act On The Protection Of Natural Persons In The Processing Of Personal Data (Data Protection Act – DSG). The Data Protection Act Contains In Particular Special Regulations On The Right To Information, The Right To Correction Or Deletion, The Processing Of Special Categories Of Personal Data, Processing For Other Purposes And For Transmission As Well As Automated Decision-Making In Individual Cases.

Safety Measures

We Take Appropriate Technical And Organizational Measures In Accordance With The Legal Requirements, Taking Into Account The State Of The Art, The Implementation Costs And The Type, Scope, Circumstances And Purposes Of The Processing, As Well As The Different Probability Of Occurrence And The Extent Of The Threat To The Rights And Freedoms Of Natural Persons To Ensure A Level Of Protection Appropriate To The Risk.

The Measures Include, In Particular, Ensuring The Confidentiality, Integrity And Availability Of Data By Controlling The Physical And Electronic Access To The Data As Well As The Access, Input, Transfer, Safeguarding Of Availability And Their Separation. Furthermore, We Have Set Up Procedures That Guarantee The Exercise Of Data Subject Rights, The Deletion Of Data And Reactions To The Risk To The Data. We Also Take The Protection Of Personal Data Into Account When Developing Or Selecting Hardware, Software And Processes In Accordance With The Principle Of Data Protection, Through Technology Design And Through Data Protection-Friendly Default Settings.

Use Of Cookies

Cookies Are Text Files That Contain Data From Visited Websites Or Domains And Are Saved By A Browser On The User’s Computer. The Primary Purpose Of A Cookie Is To Store Information About A User During Or After Their Visit Within An Online Offer. For Example, The Stored Information The Language Settings On A Website, The Login Status, A Shopping Cart Or The Place Where A Video Was Watched. The Term Cookies Also Includes Other Technologies That Perform The Same Functions As Cookies (E.g. If User Information Is Saved Using Pseudonymous Online Identifiers, Also Known As “User IDs”).

A Distinction Is Made Between The Following Types Of Cookies And Functions:

• Temporary Cookies (Also: Session Or Session Cookies): Temporary Cookies Are Deleted At The Latest After A User Leaves An Online Offer And Closes His Browser.

• Permanent Cookies: Permanent Cookies Remain Saved Even After The Browser Is Closed. For Example, The Login Status Can Be Saved Or Preferred Content Can Be Displayed Directly When The User Visits A Website Again. The Interests Of Users Who Are Used For Range Measurement Or For Marketing Purposes Can Also Be Saved In Such A Cookie.

• First-Party Cookies: First-Party Cookies Are Set By Us.

• Third-Party Cookies (Also: Third-Party Cookies): Third-Party Cookies Are Mainly Used By Advertisers (So-Called Third Parties) To Process User Information.

• Necessary (Also: Essential Or Absolutely Necessary) Cookies: On The One Hand, Cookies May Be Absolutely Necessary For The Operation Of A Website (E.g. To Save Logins Or Other User Input Or For Security Reasons).

Statistics, Marketing And Personalization Cookies: Furthermore, Cookies Are Generally Also Used In The Scope Of Range Measurement And When The Interests Of A User Or His Behavior (E.g. Viewing Certain Content, Use Of Functions Etc.) On Individual Websites In A User Profile Get Saved. Such Profiles Serve To E.g. Display Content That Corresponds To Your Potential Interests. This Process Is Also Referred To As “Tracking”, I.e. Tracking The Potential Interests Of The Users. . If We Use Cookies Or “Tracking” Technologies, We Will Inform You Separately In Our Data Protection Declaration Or As Part Of Obtaining Consent.

Notes On Legal Bases: The Legal Basis On Which We Process Your Personal Data With The Help Of Cookies Depends On Whether We Ask You For Your Consent. If This Is The Case And You Consent To The Use Of Cookies, The Legal Basis For The Processing Of Your Data Is The Declared Consent. Otherwise, The Data Processed Using Cookies Will Be Processed Based On Our Legitimate Interests (E.g. In A Business Operation Of Our Online Offer And Its Improvement) Or, If The Use Of Cookies Is Necessary, To Fulfill Our Contractual Obligations.

General Information On Revocation And Objection (Opt-Out): Depending On Whether The Processing Is Based On Consent Or Legal Permission, You Have The Option At Any Time To Revoke Your Consent Or To Object To The Processing Of Your Data By Cookie Technologies ( Collectively Referred To As “Opt-Out”). You Can First Declare Your Objection Using The Settings In Your Browser, E.g. By Deactivating The Use Of Cookies (Which May Also Limit The Functionality Of Our Online Offering).

Processing Of Cookie Data Based On Consent: Before We Process Or Have Data Processed As Part Of The Use Of Cookies, We Ask Users For Consent That Can Be Revoked At Any Time. Before Consent Has Not Been Given, Cookies Are Used That Are Necessary For The Operation Of Our Online Offer. Their Use Is Based On Our Interest And The Interest Of The Users In The Expected Functionality Of Our Online Offer.

Processed Data Types: Usage Data (E.g. Visited Websites, Interest In Content, Access Times), Meta / Communication Data (E.g. Device Information, IP Addresses).

Affected Persons: Users (E.g. Website Visitors, Users Of Online Services).

Legal Basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 A) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Lit. GDPR).

Commercial And Business Services

We Process Data From Our Contractual And Business Partners, E.g. Customers And Interested Parties (Collectively Referred To As “Contractual Partners”) Within The Framework Of Contractual And Comparable Legal Relationships And Related Measures And Within The Framework Of Communication With The Contractual Partners (Or Pre-Contractual), E.g. To Answer Inquiries.

We Process This Data To Fulfill Our Contractual Obligations, To Secure Our Rights And For The Purposes Of The Administrative Tasks Associated With This Information As Well As The Entrepreneurial Organization. We Only Pass On The Data Of The Contractual Partners To Third Parties Within The Scope Of The Applicable Law Insofar As This Is Necessary For The Aforementioned Purposes Or To Fulfill Legal Obligations Or With The Consent Of The Contractual Partners (E.g. To Involved Telecommunications, Transport And Other Auxiliary Services And Subcontractors , Banks, Tax And Legal Advisers, Payment Service Providers Or Tax Authorities). About Other Forms Of Processing, E.g. For Marketing Purposes, The Contractual Partners Will Be Informed In The Context Of This Data Protection Declaration.

We Tell The Contracting Parties What Data Is Required For The Aforementioned Purposes Before Or As Part Of Data Collection, E.g. In Online Forms, Through Special Labeling (E.g. Colors) Or Symbols (E.g. Asterisks Or Similar), Or In Person.

We Delete The Data After The Expiry Of Statutory Warranty And Comparable Obligations, I.e. Generally After 4 Years, Unless The Data Is Stored In A Customer Account, E.g. As Long As It Must Be Kept For Archiving Reasons (E.g. For Tax Purposes Usually 10 Years). We Delete Data That Has Been Disclosed To Us By The Contractual Partner As Part Of An Order In Accordance With The Specifications Of The Order, Generally After The End Of The Order.

Insofar As We Use Third-Party Providers Or Platforms To Provide Our Services, The Terms And Conditions And Data Protection Notices Of The Respective Third-Party Providers Or Platforms Apply In The Relationship Between The Users And The Providers.

Economic Analysis And Market Research: For Business Reasons And To Be Able To Recognize Market Trends, Wishes Of The Contractual Partners And Users, We Analyze The Data Available To Us About Business Transactions, Contracts, Inquiries, Etc., Whereby In The Group Of Data Subjects Contractual Partners, Interested Parties, Customers, Visitors And Users Of Our Online Offer Can Fall.

The Analyzes Are Carried Out For The Purpose Of Business Evaluations, Marketing And Market Research (E.g. To Determine Customer Groups With Different Characteristics). If Available, We Can Profile Registered Users And Their Details, E.g. Regarding Services Used. The Analyzes Serve Us Alone And Are Not Disclosed Externally Unless They Are Anonymous Analyzes With Summarized, I.e. Anonymized Values. We Also Take User Privacy Into Account And Process The Data For Analysis Purposes As Anonymously As Possible And, If Feasible, Anonymously (E.g. As Summarized Data).

Shop And E-Commerce: We Process Our Customers’ Data In Order To Enable Them To Select, Purchase Or Order The Selected Products, Goods And Related Services, As Well As Their Payment And Delivery Or Execution.

The Required Information Is Identified As Such In The Context Of The Order Or Comparable Purchase Process And Includes The Information Required For Delivery, Availability And Billing, As Well As Contact Information, In Order To Be Able To Consult.

Processed Data Types: Inventory Data (E.g. Names, Addresses), Payment Data (E.g. Bank Details, Invoices, Payment History), Contact Details (E.g. Email, Telephone Numbers), Contract Data (E.g. Contract Object, Duration, Customer Category), Usage Data (E.g. Websites Visited, Interest In Content , Access Times), Meta / Communication Data (E.g. Device Information, IP Addresses).

Data Subjects: Interested Parties, Business And Contractual Partners, Customers.

Purposes Of Processing: Contractual Services And Service, Contact Inquiries And Communication, Office And Organizational Procedures, Administration And Answering Of Inquiries, Visitor Action Evaluation, Interest-Based And Behavioral Marketing, Profiling (Creation Of User Profiles), Security Measures.

Legal Basis: Performance Of The Contract And Pre-Contractual Inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 Lit. GDPR), Legal Obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 P. 1 GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Par. 1 P. 1 Lit.f GDPR).

Provision Of The Online Offer And Web Hosting

In Order To Be Able To Provide Our Online Offer Securely And Efficiently, We Use The Services Of One Or More Web Hosting Providers, From Whose Servers (Or Servers Managed By Them) The Online Offer Can Be Accessed. For These Purposes, We Can Use Infrastructure And Platform Services, Computing Capacity, Storage Space And Database Services As Well As Security And Technical Maintenance Services.

The Data Processed In The Context Of The Provision Of The Hosting Offer Can Include All Information Relating To The Users Of Our Online Offer That Is Incurred In The Context Of Use And Communication. This Regularly Includes The IP Address That Is Necessary To Be Able To Deliver The Content Of Online Offers To Browsers And All Entries Made Within Our Online Offer Or On Websites.

Email Sending And Hosting: The Web Hosting Services We Use Also Include The Sending, Receiving And Storage Of Emails. For These Purposes, The Addresses Of The Recipients And Senders As Well As Further Information Regarding The Sending Of E-Mails (E.g. The Providers Involved) And The Content Of The Respective E-Mails Are Processed. The Aforementioned Data Can Also Be Processed For The Purpose Of Detecting SPAM. We Ask You To Note That E-Mails Are Generally Not Sent Encrypted On The Internet. As A Rule, E-Mails Are Encrypted During Transport, But (Unless An End-To-End Encryption Process Is Used) Not On The Servers From Which They Are Sent And Received. We Can Therefore Not Accept Any Responsibility For The Transmission Path Of The Emails Between The Sender And The Receipt On Our Server.

Collection Of Access Data And Log Files: We Ourselves (Or Our Web Hosting Provider) Collect Data On Every Access To The Server (So-Called Server Log Files). The Server Log Files Can Include The Address And Name Of The Websites And Files Accessed, The Date And Time Of Access, The Amount Of Data Transferred, Notification Of Successful Access, Browser Type And Version, The User’s Operating System, Referrer URL (The Previously Visited Page) And, As A Rule, IP Addresses And The Requesting Provider Belong.

The Server Log Files Can Be Used On The One Hand For Security Purposes, E.g. To Avoid Overloading The Server (In Particular In The Case Of Abusive Attacks, So-Called DDoS Attacks) And On The Other Hand To Ensure That The Server Is Fully Loaded And Stable.

Processed Data Types: Content Data (E.g. Text Input, Photographs, Videos), Usage Data (E.g. Visited Websites, Interest In Content, Access Times), Meta / Communication Data (E.g. Device Information, IP Addresses).

Affected Persons: Users (E.g. Website Visitors, Users Of Online Services).

Legal Basis: Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 Lit. GDPR).

Newsletter And Broad Communication
We Send Newsletters, E-Mails And Other Electronic Notifications (Hereinafter Referred To As “Newsletters”) Only With The Consent Of The Recipient Or With A Legal Permission. Insofar As The Content Of A Newsletter Is Specifically Described, It Is Decisive For The Consent Of The User. Our Newsletters Also Contain Information About Our Services And Us.

To Subscribe To Our Newsletters, It Is Generally Sufficient To Provide Your Email Address. However, We Can Ask You To Enter A Name For The Purpose Of Addressing Yourself Personally In The Newsletter, Or Other Information If This Is Necessary For The Purposes Of The Newsletter.

Double Opt-In Procedure: The Registration For Our Newsletter Is Generally Carried Out In A So-Called Double Opt-In Procedure. This Means That After Registration You Will Receive An Email Asking You To Confirm Your Registration. This Confirmation Is Necessary So That No One Can Register With Someone Else’s Email Address. The Registrations For The Newsletter Are Logged In Order To Be Able To Demonstrate The Registration Process In Accordance With The Legal Requirements. This Includes The Storage Of The Registration And Confirmation Time As Well As The IP Address. Changes To Your Data Stored With The Shipping Service Provider Are Also Logged.

Deletion And Restriction Of Processing: We Can Save The E-Mail Addresses That Have Been Removed For Up To Three Years On The Basis Of Our Legitimate Interests Before We Delete Them In Order To Be Able To Prove A Previously Given Consent. The Processing Of This Data Is Limited To The Purpose Of A Possible Defense Against Claims. An Individual Request For Deletion Is Possible At Any Time, Provided That The Previous Consent Is Confirmed. In The Event Of Obligations To Permanently Observe Contradictions, We Reserve The Right To Save The Email Address For This Purpose In A Blacklist.

The Logging Of The Registration Process Takes Place On The Basis Of Our Legitimate Interests For The Purpose Of Demonstrating Its Proper Course. Insofar As We Commission A Service Provider To Send Emails, This Is Based On Our Legitimate Interests In An Efficient And Secure Shipping System.

Notes On Legal Bases: The Newsletter Is Sent On The Basis Of The Consent Of The Recipient Or, If Consent Is Not Required, On The Basis Of Our Legitimate Interests In Direct Marketing, If And Insofar As This Is Legal, E.g. In The Case Of Existing Customer Advertising, Is Allowed. Insofar As We Commission A Service Provider To Send Emails, This Is Based On Our Legitimate Interests. The Registration Process Is Recorded Based On Our Legitimate Interests To Demonstrate That It Was Conducted In Accordance With The Law.

Contents: Information About Us, Our Services, Promotions And Offers.

Success Measurement: The Newsletter Contains A So-Called “Web Beacon”, I.e. A Pixel-Sized File That Is Retrieved From Our Server When The Newsletter Is Opened Or, If We Use A Shipping Service Provider, From Its Server. As Part Of This Retrieval, Technical Information, Such As Information About The Browser And Your System, As Well As Your IP Address And The Time Of The Retrieval, Are Initially Collected.

This Information Is Used To Technically Improve Our Newsletter Based On The Technical Data Or The Target Groups And Their Reading Behavior Based On Their Access Locations (Which Can Be Determined Using The IP Address) Or Access Times. This Analysis Also Includes Determining Whether The Newsletters Are Opened, When They Are Opened And Which Links Are Clicked. For Technical Reasons, This Information Can Be Assigned To The Individual Newsletter Recipients. However, It Is Neither Our Aim Nor, If Used, That Of The Shipping Service Provider To Observe Individual Users. Rather, The Evaluations Serve Us To Recognize The Reading Habits Of Our Users And To Adapt Our Content To Them Or To Send Different Content According To The Interests Of Our Users.

The Evaluation Of The Newsletter And The Measurement Of Success Are Carried Out, Subject To The Express Consent Of The User, On The Basis Of Our Legitimate Interests For The Purpose Of Using A User-Friendly And Secure Newsletter System, Which Serves Both Our Business Interests And The Expectations Of The Users.

A Separate Revocation Of The Success Measurement Is Unfortunately Not Possible, In This Case The Entire Newsletter Subscription Must Be Canceled Or Contradicted.

Processed Data Types: Inventory Data (E.g. Names, Addresses), Contact Details (E.g. Email, Telephone Numbers), Meta / Communication Data (E.g. Device Information, IP Addresses), Usage Data (E.g. Visited Websites, Interest In Content, Access Times).

Affected Persons: Communication Partner.

Purposes Of Processing: Direct Marketing (E.g. By Email Or Post).

Legal Basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 A) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Lit. GDPR).

Opposition Option (Opt-Out): You Can Cancel The Receipt Of Our Newsletter At Any Time, I.e. Revoke Your Consent Or Object To Further Receipt. You Will Find A Link To Unsubscribe From The Newsletter Either At The End Of Each Newsletter Or You Can Use One Of The Contact Options Given Above, Preferably By E-Mail.

Services And Service Providers Used

Mailchimp: Email Marketing Platform; Service Provider: “Mailchimp” – Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE # 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA; Website: Https://Mailchimp.com; Data Protection Declaration: Https://Mailchimp.com/Legal/Privacy/; Privacy Shield (Guarantee Of Data Protection Level When Processing Data In The USA): Https://Www.privacyshield.gov/Participant?Id=A2zt0000000TO6hAAG&Status=Active.

Promotional Communication Via Email, Post, Fax Or Telephone
We Process Personal Data For The Purposes Of Advertising Communication, Which Are Transmitted Via Various Channels, E.g. E-Mail, Phone, Post Or Fax, Can Be Done According To Legal Requirements.

The Recipients Have The Right To Withdraw Their Consent At Any Time Or To Object To Advertising Communication At Any Time.

After Revocation Or Objection, We Can Save The Data Required To Prove Consent For Up To Three Years Based On Our Legitimate Interests Before We Delete It. The Processing Of This Data Is Limited To The Purpose Of A Possible Defense Against Claims. An Individual Request For Deletion Is Possible At Any Time, Provided That The Previous Consent Is Confirmed.

Processed Data Types: Inventory Data (E.g. Names, Addresses), Contact Details (E.g. Email, Telephone Numbers).

Affected Persons: Communication Partner.

Purposes Of Processing: Direct Marketing (E.g. By Email Or Post).

Legal Basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 A) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Lit. GDPR).

Competitions And Challenges

We Process Personal Data Of The Participants Of Competitions And Competitions Only In Compliance With The Relevant Data Protection Regulations, Insofar As The Processing For The Provision, Implementation And Handling Of The Competition Is Contractually Necessary, The Participants Have Consented To The Processing Or The Processing Serves Our Legitimate Interests (E.g. In The Security Of The Competition Or The Protection Of Our Interests Against Misuse By Possible Recording Of IP Addresses When Submitting Competition Entries).

If Entries By The Participants Are Published As Part Of The Competitions (E.g. In The Context Of A Vote Or Presentation Of The Competition Entries Or The Winners Or Reporting On The Competition), We Would Like To Point Out That The Names Of The Participants Can Also Be Published In This Context. Participants Can Object To This At Any Time.

If The Competition Takes Place Within An Online Platform Or A Social Network (E.g. Facebook Or Instagram, Hereinafter Referred To As “Online Platform”), The Usage And Data Protection Provisions Of The Respective Platforms Also Apply. In These Cases, We Would Like To Point Out That We Are Responsible For The Information Provided By The Participants In The Context Of The Competition And That Inquiries Regarding The Competition Should Be Directed To Us.

The Data Of The Participants Will Be Deleted As Soon As The Competition Or The Competition Has Ended And The Data Is No Longer Required To Inform The Winners Or Because Questions About The Competition Can Be Expected. In Principle, The Data Of The Participants Will Be Deleted No Later Than 6 Months After The End Of The Competition. Winners’ Data Can Be Retained Longer, E.g. To Answer Questions About The Winnings Or Be Able To Fulfill The Winnings; In This Case The Retention Period Depends On The Type Of Prize And Is E.g. For Goods Or Services Up To Three Years, E.g. To Process Warranty Cases. Furthermore, The Data Of The Participants Can Be Stored Longer, E.g. In The Form Of Reporting On The Competition In Online And Offline Media.

If Data Was Also Collected For Other Purposes As Part Of The Competition, Its Processing And Retention Period Are Based On The Data Protection Information For This Use (E.g. In The Case Of A Newsletter Subscription As Part Of A Competition).

Processed Data Types: Inventory Data (E.g. Names, Addresses), Content Data (E.g. Text Input, Photographs, Videos).

Data Subjects: Contestants And Contestants.

Purposes Of Processing: Conducting Competitions And Competitions.

Legal Basis: Performance Of The Contract And Pre-Contractual Inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 Lit. GDPR).

Online Marketing

We Process Personal Data For The Purposes Of Online Marketing, Which In Particular May Include The Marketing Of Advertising Space Or The Display Of Advertising And Other Content (Collectively Referred To As “Content”) Based On Potential Interests Of The Users And The Measurement Of Their Effectiveness.

For These Purposes, So-Called User Profiles Are Created And Saved In A File (So-Called “Cookie”) Or Similar Processes Are Used By Means Of Which The Information Relevant To The Presentation Of The Aforementioned Content About The User Is Saved. For This Information, E.g. Content Viewed, Websites Visited, Online Networks Used, But Also Communication Partners And Technical Information Such As The Browser Used, The Computer System Used And Information On Times Of Use. If Users Have Consented To The Collection Of Their Location Data, This Can Also Be Processed.

The IP Addresses Of The Users Are Also Saved. However, We Use Available IP Masking Procedures (I.e. Pseudonymization By Shortening The IP Address) To Protect Users. In General, No Clear User Data (Such As E-Mail Addresses Or Names) Is Saved As Part Of The Online Marketing Process, But Pseudonyms. This Means That We, As Well As The Providers Of The Online Marketing Process, Do Not Know The Actual Identity Of The User, But Only The Information Stored In Their Profiles.

The Information In The Profiles Is Usually Saved In The Cookies Or By Means Of Similar Processes. These Cookies Can Generally Be Later Read On Other Websites That Use The Same Online Marketing Process, Analyzed And Analyzed For The Purpose Of Displaying Content, And Supplemented With Further Data And Stored On The Server Of The Online Marketing Process Provider.

In Exceptional Cases, Clear Data Can Be Assigned To The Profiles. This Is The Case If The Users E.g. Are Members Of A Social Network Whose Online Marketing Process We Use And The Network Connects The Profiles Of The Users With The Aforementioned Information. We Ask You To Note That Users Have Additional Agreements With The Providers, E.g. By Consent In The Context Of Registration.

We Generally Only Have Access To Summarized Information About The Success Of Our Advertisements. However, As Part Of So-Called Conversion Measurements, We Can Check Which Of Our Online Marketing Processes Have Led To A So-Called Conversion, I.e. E.g., To Conclude A Contract With Us. The Conversion Measurement Is Only Used To Analyze The Success Of Our Marketing Measures.

Unless Otherwise Stated, We Ask You To Assume That The Cookies Used Will Be Stored For A Period Of Two Years.

Notes On Legal Bases: If We Ask The Users For Their Consent To The Use Of Third-Party Providers, The Legal Basis For The Processing Of Data Is The Consent. Otherwise, The Data Of The Users Are Processed On The Basis Of Our Legitimate Interests (I.e. Interest In Efficient, Economical And Recipient-Friendly Services). In This Context, We Would Also Like To Draw Your Attention To The Information On The Use Of Cookies In This Data Protection Declaration.

Facebook Pixel: With The Help Of The Facebook Pixel, It Is Possible On The One Hand For Facebook To Determine The Visitors Of Our Online Offer As A Target Group For The Display Of Advertisements (So-Called “Facebook Ads”). Accordingly, We Use The Facebook Pixel To Only Display The Facebook Ads We Place On Facebook And Within The Services Of The Partners Who Cooperate With Facebook (So-Called “Audience Network” www.facebook.com/Audiencenetwork/ ) That Have Shown An Interest In Our Online Offer Or That Have Certain Features (E.g. Interest In Certain Topics Or Products That Can Be Seen From The Websites Visited) That We Transmit To Facebook (So-Called “Custom Audiences”). With The Help Of The Facebook Pixel, We Would Also Like To Ensure That Our Facebook Ads Correspond To The Potential Interest Of The Users And Do Not Have A Nuisance. With The Help Of The Facebook Pixel, We Can Also Understand The Effectiveness Of Facebook Ads For Statistical And Market Research Purposes By Seeing Whether Users Were Redirected To Our Website After Clicking On A Facebook Ad (So-Called “Conversion Measurement”).

Processed Data Types: Usage Data (E.g. Visited Websites, Interest In Content, Access Times), Meta / Communication Data (E.g. Device Information, IP Addresses), Location Data (Data Indicating The Location Of The End Device Of An End User).

Affected Persons: Users (E.g. Website Visitors, Users Of Online Services), Interested Parties.

Purposes Of Processing: Tracking (E.g. Interest / Behavior-Related Profiling, Use Of Cookies), Remarketing, Visitor Action Evaluation, Interest-Based And Behavior-Related Marketing, Profiling (Creating User Profiles), Conversion Measurement (Measuring The Effectiveness Of Marketing Measures), Range Measurement (E.g. Access Statistics, Recognition Of Recurring Events) Visitors), Target Group Formation (Determination Of Target Groups Relevant For Marketing Purposes Or Other Output Of Content), Cross-Device Tracking (Cross-Device Processing Of User Data For Marketing Purposes).

Security Measures: IP Masking (Pseudonymization Of The IP Address).

Legal Basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 A) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Lit. GDPR).

Opposition Option (Opt-Out): We Refer To The Data Protection Information Of The Respective Provider And The Objection Options Given To The Providers (So-Called \ “Opt-Out \”). If No Explicit Opt-Out Option Has Been Specified, There Is The Possibility That You Can Deactivate Cookies In The Settings Of Your Browser. However, This May Restrict The Functions Of Our Online Offer. We Therefore Also Recommend The Following Opt-Out Options, Which Are Offered In Summary For Each Area:

A) Europe: Https://Www.youronlinechoices.eu.

B) Canada: Https://Www.youradchoices.ca/Choices.

C) USA: Https://Www.aboutads.info/Choices.

D) Cross-Territory: Https://Optout.aboutads.info.

Services And Service Providers Used

Google Analytics: Online Marketing And Web Analysis; Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: Https://Marketingplatform.google.com/Intl/De/About/Analytics/; Data Protection Declaration: Https://Policies.google.com/Privacy; Privacy Shield (Guarantee Of Data Protection Level When Processing Data In The USA): Https://Www.privacyshield.gov/Participant?Id=A2zt000000001L5AAI&Status=Active; Opposition Option (Opt-Out): Opt-Out Plugin: Https://Tools.google.com/Dlpage/Gaoptout?Hl=De, Settings For The Display Of Advertisements: Https://Adssettings.google.com/Authenticated.

Facebook Pixel: Facebook Pixel; Service Provider: Https://Www.facebook.com, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland, Parent Company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Website: Https://Www.facebook.com; Data Protection Declaration: Https://Www.facebook.com/About/Privacy; Privacy Shield (Guarantee Of Data Protection Level When Processing Data In The USA): Https://Www.privacyshield.gov/Participant?Id=A2zt0000000GnywAAC&Status=Active; Opposition Option (Opt-Out): Https://Www.facebook.com/Settings?Tab=Ads.

Presence In Social Networks

We Maintain Online Presences Within Social Networks And Process User Data In This Context In Order To Communicate With The Users Active There Or To Offer Information About Us.

We Would Like To Point Out That The Data Of Users Can Be Processed Outside The European Union. This Can Result In Risks For The User, Because E.g. Enforcing Users’ Rights Could Be Difficult. With Regard To US Providers Who Are Certified Under The Privacy Shield Or Offer Comparable Guarantees Of A Secure Level Of Data Protection, We Would Like To Point Out That They Are Committed To Complying With EU Data Protection Standards.

Furthermore, The Data Of Users Within Social Networks Are Usually Processed For Market Research And Advertising Purposes. For Example, User Profiles Are Created Based On User Behavior And The Resulting Interests Of Users. The Usage Profiles Can In Turn Be Used To E.g. Place Advertisements Inside And Outside The Networks That Are Believed To Correspond To The Interests Of The Users. For These Purposes, Cookies Are Usually Stored On The Users’ Computers, In Which The Usage Behavior And The Interests Of The Users Are Stored. Furthermore, Data Can Be Stored In The Usage Profiles Regardless Of The Devices Used By The Users (Especially If The Users Are Members Of The Respective Platforms And Are Logged In To Them).

For A Detailed Description Of The Respective Forms Of Processing And The Possibilities Of Objection (Opt-Out), We Refer To The Data Protection Declarations And Information From The Operators Of The Respective Networks.

In The Case Of Requests For Information And The Assertion Of Data Subject Rights, We Would Like To Point Out That These Can Be Most Effectively Asserted By The Providers. Only The Providers Have Access To User Data And Can Take Appropriate Measures And Provide Information Directly. If You Still Need Help, You Can Contact Us.

Processed Data Types: Inventory Data (E.g. Names, Addresses), Contact Details (E.g. Email, Telephone Numbers), Content Data (E.g. Text Input, Photographs, Videos), Usage Data (E.g. Visited Websites, Interest In Content, Access Times), Meta / Communication Data (E.g. Device Information, IP Addresses).

Affected Persons: Users (E.g. Website Visitors, Users Of Online Services).

Purposes Of Processing: Contact Inquiries And Communication, Tracking (E.g. Interest / Behavior-Related Profiling, Use Of Cookies), Remarketing, Range Measurement (E.g. Access Statistics, Recognition Of Returning Visitors).

Legal Basis: Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 Lit. GDPR).

Services And Service Providers Used

Instagram: Social Network; Service Provider: Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA; Website: Https://Www.instagram.com; Data Protection Declaration: Https://Instagram.com/About/Legal/Privacy.

Facebook: Social Network; Service Provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland, Parent Company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Website: Https://Www.facebook.com; Data Protection Declaration: Https://Www.facebook.com/About/Privacy; Privacy Shield (Guarantee Of Data Protection Level When Processing Data In The USA): Https://Www.privacyshield.gov/Participant?Id=A2zt0000000GnywAAC&Status=Active; Opposition Option (Opt-Out): Settings For Advertisements: Https://Www.facebook.com/Settings?Tab=Ads; Additional Information On Data Protection: Agreement On Joint Processing Of Personal Data On Facebook Pages: Https://Www.facebook.com/Legal/Terms/Page_controller_addendum, Data Protection Information For Facebook Pages: Https://Www.facebook.com/Legal/ Terms / Information_about_page_insights_data.

Change And Update Of The Data Protection Declaration

We Ask You To Inform Yourself Regularly About The Content Of Our Data Protection Declaration. We Adapt The Data Protection Declaration As Soon As The Changes In The Data Processing We Carry Out Make This Necessary. We Will Inform You As Soon As The Changes Make It Necessary To Act On Your Part (E.g. Consent) Or Other Individual Notification.

If We Provide Addresses And Contact Information Of Companies And Organizations In This Data Protection Declaration, Please Note That The Addresses Can Change Over Time And Ask You To Check The Information Before Contacting Us.

Rights Of The Data Subjects

As The Person Concerned, You Have Various Rights Under The GDPR, Which Arise In Particular From Articles 15 To 18 And 21 GDPR:

• Right Of Objection: You Have The Right, For Reasons That Arise From Your Particular Situation, At Any Time Against The Processing Of Your Personal Data, Which Is Based On Art. 6 Para. 1 Lit. E Or F GDPR, To File An Objection; This Also Applies To Profiling Based On These Provisions. If The Personal Data Concerning You Are Processed For Direct Marketing Purposes, You Have The Right To Object At Any Time To The Processing Of Your Personal Data For The Purpose Of Such Advertising; This Also Applies To Profiling Insofar As It Is Connected To Such Direct Advertising.
• Right To Withdraw Consent: You Have The Right To Withdraw Consent At Any Time.
• Right To Information: You Have The Right To Request Confirmation As To Whether The Data In Question Is Being Processed And To Request Information About This Data, As Well As Further Information And A Copy Of The Data In Accordance With The Legal Requirements.
• Right To Correction: In Accordance With The Legal Requirements, You Have The Right To Request The Completion Of The Data Concerning You Or The Correction Of The Incorrect Data Concerning You.
• Right To Deletion And Restriction Of Processing: In Accordance With The Legal Requirements, You Have The Right To Request That The Data Relating To You Be Deleted Immediately Or, Alternatively, To Request That The Processing Of The Data Be Restricted In Accordance With The Legal Requirements.
• Right To Data Portability: You Have The Right To Receive The Data Relating To You That You Have Provided To Us In A Structured, Common And Machine-Readable Format In Accordance With The Legal Requirements Or To Request Their Transfer To Another Person Responsible.
• Complaint To The Supervisory Authority: In Accordance With The Legal Requirements, You Also Have The Right To Lodge A Complaint With A Supervisory Authority, In Particular In The Member State Of Your Habitual Residence, Your Place Of Work Or The Place Of The Alleged Infringement, If You Believe That The Processing Of Your Data Affects You Personal Data Violates The GDPR.

Definitions Of Terms

This Section Gives You An Overview Of The Terms Used In This Data Protection Declaration of Privacy. Many Of The Terms Are Taken From The Law And Are Mainly Defined In Art. 4 GDPR. The Legal Definitions Are Binding. The Following Explanations, On The Other Hand, Are Intended Primarily For Understanding. The Terms Are not Sorted Alphabetically.

Visit Campaign Evaluation: “Visit Campaign Evaluation” (“Conversion Tracking”) Describes A Procedure With Which The Effectiveness Of Marketing Measures Can Be Determined. For This Purpose, A Cookie Is Usually Stored On The Users’ Devices Within The Websites On Which The Marketing Measures Are Carried Out And Then Called Up Again On The Target Website. For Example, We Can Use This To Understand Whether The Ads We Placed On Other Websites Were Successful).

Cross-Device Tracking: Cross-Device Tracking Is A Form Of Tracking In Which Behavior And Interest Information Of Users Is Recorded Across Devices In So-Called Profiles By Assigning Users An Online Identifier. As A Result, The User Information Can Usually Be Analyzed For Marketing Purposes Regardless Of The Browsers Or Devices Used (E.g. Mobile Phones Or Desktop Computers). With Most Providers, The Online Identifier Is Not Linked To Clear Data, Such As Names, Postal Addresses Or Email Addresses.

IP Masking: “IP Masking” Is A Method In Which The Last Octet, I.e. The Last Two Digits Of An IP Address, Is Deleted So That The IP Address Can No Longer Be Used To Uniquely Identify A Person. IP Masking Is Therefore A Means Of Pseudonymizing Processing Methods, Especially In Online Marketing.

Interest-Based And Behavior-Related Marketing: One Speaks Of Interest-Based And / Or Behavior-Related Marketing If Potential Interests Of Users In Advertisements And Other Content Are Predetermined As Precisely As Possible. This Is Done Based On Information About Their Previous Behavior (E.g. Visiting Certain Websites And Lingering On Them, Buying Behavior Or Interacting With Other Users), Which Is Stored In A So-Called Profile. Cookies Are Generally Used For These Purposes.

Conversion Measurement: Conversion Measurement Is A Procedure With Which The Effectiveness Of Marketing Measures Can Be Determined. For This Purpose, A Cookie Is Usually Stored On The Users’ Devices Within The Websites On Which The Marketing Measures Are Carried Out And Then Called Up Again On The Target Website. For Example, We Can Use This To Track Whether The Ads We Placed On Other Websites Were Successful.

Personal Data: “Personal Data” Is All Information Relating To An Identified Or Identifiable Natural Person (Hereinafter “Data Subject”); A Natural Person Is Considered To Be Identifiable If He Or She Can Be Identified Directly Or Indirectly, In Particular By Assigning An Identifier Such As A Name, An Identification Number, Location Data, An Online Identifier (Eg Cookie) Or One Or More Special Features, Expressing The Physical, Physiological, Genetic, Psychological, Economic, Cultural Or Social Identity Of This Natural Person.

Profiling: “Profiling” Is Any Type Of Automated Processing Of Personal Data That Consists Of The Fact That This Personal Data Is Used To Identify Certain Personal Aspects That Relate To A Natural Person (Depending On The Type Of Profiling, This Includes Information Regarding The Analyze, Evaluate, Or To Predict Age, Gender, Location Data And Movement Data, Interaction With Websites And Their Content, Shopping Behavior, Social Interactions With Other People (E.g. Interests In Certain Content Or Products, Click Behavior On A Website Or The Whereabouts). Cookies And Web Beacons Are Often Used For Profiling Purposes.

Reach Measurement: The Reach Measurement (Also Known As Web Analytics) Is Used To Evaluate The Flow Of Visitors To An Online Offer And Can Change The Behavior Or Interests Of Visitors To Certain Information, Such As Website Content. With The Help Of The Reach Analysis, Website Owners Can E.g. Recognize At What Time Visitors Visit Their Website And What Content They Are Interested In. In This Way You Can E.g. Adapt The Content Of The Website Better To The Needs Of Its Visitors. For The Purposes Of Range Analysis, Pseudonymous Cookies And Web Beacons Are Often Used To Recognize Returning Visitors And Thus To Obtain More Precise Analyzes Of The Use Of An Online Offer.

Remarketing: One Speaks Of “Remarketing” Or “Retargeting” If E.g. For Advertising Purposes, It Is Noted Which Products A User Was Interested In On One Website, In Order To Inform The User About These Products On Other Websites, E.g. In Advertisements To Remember.

Tracking: One Speaks Of “Tracking” When The Behavior Of Users Can Be Traced Across Several Online Offers. As A Rule, Behavioral And Interest Information Is Stored In Cookies Or On Servers Of The Providers Of Tracking Technologies With Regard To The Online Offers Used (So-Called Profiling). This Information Can Then E.g. Are Used To Show Users Advertisements That Are Likely To Correspond To Their Interests.

Responsible: The “Responsible” Is The Natural Or Legal Person, Authority, Institution Or Other Body That Alone Or Together With Others Decides On The Purposes And Means Of Processing Personal Data.

Processing: “Processing” Is Any Process Carried Out With Or Without The Help Of Automated Processes Or Any Such Series Of Processes In Connection With Personal Data. The Term Goes Far And Encompasses Practically Every Handling Of Data, Be It Collecting, Evaluating, Storing, Transmitting Or Deleting.

Target Group Formation: One Speaks Of Target Group Formation (Or “Custom Audiences”) If Target Groups For Advertising Purposes, E.g. Display Of Advertisements, Can Be Determined. For Example, Based On A User’s Interest In Certain Products Or Topics On The Internet, It Can Be Concluded That This User Is Interested In Advertisements For Similar Products Or The Online Shop In Which He Viewed The Products. “Lookalike Audiences” (Or Similar Target Groups) Is Referred To When The Content Deemed Suitable Is Displayed To Users Whose Profiles Or Interests Presumably Correspond To The Users For Whom The Profiles Were Created. Cookies And Web Beacons are generally used for Creating Custom Audiences And Lookalike Audiences.

Terms: Personal Data, Responsible, Processing, Privacy Policy.