Privacy Policy

Responsible Authority

We are happy about your visit to our website. We would like to introduce ourselves as the responsible authority within the meaning of data protection law:

Tobias Lindner Einzelunternehmen
Wasserweg 23
41352 Korschenbroich
Phone: +49 159 02139471
E-mail: tobias.lindner.georg@gmail.com

General Information

Pursuant to our statutory obligations, we would like to inform you about the collection and use of your personal data.

When you use our website, personal data about you will be collected. This may happen by you entering the data yourself, for example your e-mail address. But our system also collects your data automatically, for example whenever you visit our website. This happens irrespective of the device or the software that you use to visit our website.

All data that you enter in our app is provided voluntarily; there are no disadvantages to you if you do not provide data. But without certain data, we are unable to provide services or to conclude contracts. Whenever such information is necessary, we will point it out to you.

On this website, the user’s personal data is only collected within the framework of the existing data-protection law, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The legal terms used in the text are defined in Art. 4 of the GDPR.

The GDPR allows data processing in three cases in particular:

in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 (a) and 7 GDPR, when you have consented to us processing your data; in this Privacy Policy and in the cases of consent pursuant to Art. 4 no. 11 GDPR, we will inform you in detail and each time for what purposes and under what circumstances your data will be processed by us;
in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 (b) GDPR, when processing your personal data is necessary for negotiating, concluding or performing a contract;
in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, if the balancing of interests leads to the conclusion that the processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests; this means in particular our interests to analyse, optimise and secure the offers on our website – meaning primarily the analysis of user behaviour, setting up profiles for advertisement purposes and storage of access data as well as the use of third-party providers.

Inventory Data, Usage Data

Inventory Data

We collect inventory data (for example name, address and e-mail address, possibly services used) insofar as they are required for establishing, defining or amending a contract between us and the user.

Usage Data

We also collect usage data (for example visits to the website, interest in products) to allow the user to use the services on our website and to invoice them.

We will only combine usage data if and insofar as it is necessary for billing purposes. Otherwise, we will only put together usage data pseudonymously and only insofar as you have not objected. You may send this objection to the address indicated in the “About Us” section or the responsible authority indicated in this Privacy Policy at any time.

The legal basis for this data processing are our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR in analysing the website and your use, possibly also the statutory permission to store data as part of the negotiation of a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (b) GDPR.

Furthermore, our provider stores information, the so-called server log files, each time the website is used; this is information which is automatically transferred by your browser. In detail, this data consists of:

your IP address
type and version of your browser
host name
time of visit
the page from which you came to our page
name of the page opened
exact time of usage as well as
the amount of data transferred

This data will only be used for statistical purposes and do not allow us to identify you as a user.

Consent

Whenever we ask you for your consent for the processing of your data, we will inform you in clear language and in an easily accessible way about the cases for which you will be granting your consent. Any consent that we ask you for is voluntary. Any advantage that you wish to gain by granting consent is also available without consent; simply ask us.

Regarding any consent, you have the right to revoke any consent given to us for the processing of your personal data at any time. You just need to contact us without any particular formal requirement, for example through our contact form, an e-mail to the e-mail address indicated in the “About Us” section or a link to unsubscribe (if offered by us). Your withdrawal has no effect on the legality of the data processing carried out up to that point.

Storage Period

Your data will generally only remain stored for as long as the purpose of the relevant data processing requires it. Storage beyond that is mainly possible when it is still necessary for us to pursue our rights or for our other legitimate interests or if we are compelled by law to keep your data stored (for example based on tax-law requirements to maintain files, which is generally 6 years, but may last up to 10 years).

Cookies

Cookie Opt-In

Upon opening the website, we have asked you to consent to the storing of certain cookies. Based on your consent pursuant to Art 6 para. 1 (a) GDPR, our website thus uses cookies, so that our offer can be used in a better, more effective and more secure way. Cookies are text files which are stored on your computer and which save certain data about your user behaviour on our page, so that, for example, an offer can be made to you based on your previous usage. These can be so-called “session cookies”, which will be automatically deleted at the end of your visit to our website. But there are also cookies that will be stored on your computer permanently, unless you delete them. This allows us to recognise your browser when you access our website the next time and to present you with offers that correspond to your previous use of our website.

You may withdraw your consent at any time and without any formal requirement, for example through an e-mail to the e-mail address listed in the “About Us” section or via the contact form. Your browser also allows you to prevent the use of cookies in general or in a specific situation. Please refer to the user manual of your browser for further details. See some examples below:

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en.

Transfer of data

Transfer to Third Parties

We dislike spam as much as you do. We will therefore not transfer your data to third parties, unless permitted by law.

Transfer of customer data may either

be required for the performance of a contract and in that case be permitted according to Art. 6 para. 1 (b) GDPR, or
be permitted based on our legitimate interest in an effective service structure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, or
covered by your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (a) GDPR, or
become necessary if we will be legitimately asked by a government or an agency to hand over your data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (c) GDPR.

If your data are transferred to third parties, this is mentioned in this privacy policy.

Transfer to other countries, particularly USA

Our website uses external providers located outside of the EU for different features. In particular, the use of cookies, active Java scripts and other technology can lead to processing and storage of your data outside of the EU. But we will not transfer your data to a third country, unless the EU Commission has determined that there is a similar level of data protection as in the EU or unless you have provided us with your informed consent or we have agreed on the standard contractual clauses for the protection of your data with the provider. Regarding the USA, the Privacy Shield Agreement – see https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome – has re-established sufficient data protection under certain conditions.

You will find more information about your rights in the case of each of the data transfers to the USA mentioned subsequently at https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

Users‘ Rights

Information

You may request us anytime to provide information about the personal data stored about you free of charge. To avoid misuse, this will require personal identification.

Deletion, Correction, Limitation

You may at any time demand from us that we correct (or complete) incorrect data as well as a limitation of the processing of data or deletion of your data. This applies in particular if the reason for processing the data is no longer valid, if a required consent has been revoked and there is no other legal basis or if our data processing is unlawful. We will then correct, block or even delete your personal data without delay as far as permitted by law.

Objection

The right to object to advertisement is governed by our text regarding consent:

Data Transfer

You may request us to transfer the data stored about you in machine-readable form.

Complaint

If you feel that our data processing has violated any of your rights, you may file a complaint with the competent regulatory agency (here you find a list of the agencies).

Changes to the Privacy Policy

If and when factual or legal reasons will compel us to amend the Privacy Policy, we will update this page accordingly. This will not change the consent provided by the user.

Data Entry

Encryption of Data Entry

When you enter data on our website, whether in a contact form, during the registration process, when you log in or for payment purposes, the website, where you enter the data, is encrypted. Thus, third parties can not read what you enter. You will recognise the encryption by the lock symbol in your browser and by the URL beginning with “https“ instead of “http“.

Contact Forms

Type of forms

General contact form

When you fill out a contact form or when you send us an e-mail or another electronic message, your information will be stored for the processing of the request, for possible follow-up questions or for other related questions and will only be used to follow up with the request.

Your data will be transferred in an encrypted manner, preventing third parties from reading your data while it is being entered.

Basis for this storage is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (a) GDPR, which you grant us by filling in the contact form or by your other requests. You may revoke this consent at any time, you just need to contact us without any particular formal requirement (for example in the contact form or by e-mail). This withdrawal has no effect on the legality of the data processing that has occurred up to that point.

Your data remains stored for as long as the processing of the request requires, in particular as long as the storage is still necessary to perform the contract, to pursue our rights or for our other legitimate interests or we are compelled by law to keep your data stored (for example based on tax-law requirements to maintain files).

Blog / Comments

Comments

If you comment something on our page, we will save your IP address to make sure that only lawful comments will be published. After reviewing and allowing the comment by us, this data will be deleted. We will also save your comment as well as the information entered together with it (for example user name or e-mail address).

Basis for this storage is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (a) GDPR, which you provide to us by filling in the comment field. You may revoke this consent at any time, you just need to contact us without any particular formal requirement (for example by unsubscribing, contact form or e-mail). This withdrawal has no effect on the legality of the data processing that has occurred up to that point.

Your data remains stored for as long as the comment is saved, for as long as required for us to pursue our rights or for our other legitimate interests or for as long as we are required by law to keep your data.

Gravatar

With the standard settings, WordPress also uses Gravatar to attribute an avatar to you. In that process, your IP address is transmitted. For reasons of data protection, we have pseudonymised the Gravatar feature.

Mail Chimp

If you subscribe to the newsletter offered on our website, we will inform you in detail about the information you will receive, which of your data will be stored and what it will be used for. We will not pass on your data to third parties and we will only use it to mail the newsletter.

We will only mail you the newsletter if you have given us your prior permission. To that purpose, you will receive an e-mail from us with a link and further instructions and our request for your consent. By clicking on this link, you declare your consent to receiving the newsletter and our advertising.

The basis for the storage is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (a) GDPR, which you grant to us by registering for the newsletter. You may revoke this consent at any time, you just need to contact us without any particular formal requirement (for example through the contact form or an e-mail or the unsubscribe button in each e-mail). This withdrawal has no effect on the legality of the data processing that has occurred until that point.

Because we are legally obligated to record your permission as part of the so-called double opt-in, your order of the newsletter, the mailing of our e-mail of consent and your consent by clicking on the link will be recorded and saved with location and time as well as with your IP address.

For mailing the newsletter, we use (based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect processing of our customer information and analysis) the provider MailChimp (Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA) from the USA.

Thus, your data is forwarded to the USA, but MailChimp is registered with Privacy Shield and obligated to respect the EU data protection rules. You will find further information about your rights thereunder at

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

In our newsletter, we will also explicitly ask you to provide your consent to transferring data to MailChimp and to the USA. You will declare that consent by clicking on the link, but you may revoke it at any time. For the handling of your data at MailChimp, we refer you to the Privacy Policy of MailChimp at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.
MailChimp will only use your data for mailing the newsletter and for evaluating that mailing on our behalf. In addition to that, MailChimp will only use your data to improve their own service. But MailChimp will not use the data to contact you directly or to pass on your data to third parties.

The data used by MailChimp contains a “web beacon“, which will inform MailChimp about the opening of the newsletter and/or the clicking on a link contained therein by you. As part of that process, information regarding your browser, your location and your IP address will be transmitted to MailChimp. This information will be used to optimise our communication with you.

Our newsletter provider will also use this data, but only in a pseudonymous form (meaning that they cannot identify you) to analyse and optimise their own services. Your data will never be used by the newsletter provider in order to contact you.

Your data will remain stored for as long as you are stored in our mailing list, the storage is required to enforce our rights or it is necessary for our legitimate interest or we are required by law to keep your data.

Social Media

Social Media Plugins

General information

Social media plugins normally lead to the IP address of each visitor to a page being collected by theses services immediately and the users having their subsequent browsing history recorded. This may even happen if you do not click on the button.

To prevent this, we use the Shariff method. Thus, our social media buttons only establish the direct contact between the social network and you only once you click on the respective share button. If you are already registered with a social network, Facebook and Google+ do not require a new window for this. Twitter will show a pop-up window, in which you can still edit the text of the tweet.

Thus, you can publish our content in social networks without them being able to put together complete browsing profiles. The Shariff method is already being used by many websites in order to protect their users.

But, at the latest, when you follow the link to the social media site, your data will be broadcasted to that site. The social media site will normally store a cookie in your browser and to your account information there, especially, if you are logged into your social media account on the site. The social media site can analyse your use of the platform and your browsing habits and will use these for targeting advertisements based on your interests. That can lead to ads being shown to you when browsing in- and outside of the social media site. Please inform yourself about the use of your data on these sites and use them only, when you agree to that use of your data, that happens on that social media site, in particular, when you are not using that social media site for the first time. We have added links to all the privacy policies of the social media site for your information.

Facebook

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use plugins of the social network of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Due to the Shariff method, Facebook will only learn your IP address and your visit to our website, once you will have clicked on the button. If you confirm the plugin while being logged in at Facebook, Facebook may attribute your use to your user account.

That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, Facebook is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

The collection and use of your data which is then possibly carried out by Facebook is beyond our knowledge or control. You will find further information in Facebook’s privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

Regarding the general approach to cookies and their deactivation, we refer you to our general information in this Privacy Policy.

Instagram

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use plugins of the social network Instagram, provided by Instagram LLC, now
Facebook Ireland Ltd.
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour

With the Shariff method, Instagram/Facebook will only learn of your IP address and your visit to our website once you have clicked on the button. If you confirm the plugin while being logged into Instagram, Instagram/Facebook may attribute your use to your user account.

Thus, your data will be forwarded to the USA, but Instagram is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have neither knowledge of, nor any influence on the possible collection and processing of your data by Instagram. Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy at https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388.

For the general approach to cookies and their deactivation as well as regarding the passing of data to third parties, particularly to the USA, we refer you to our general information in this Privacy Policy.

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use plugins of the social network Pinterest, provided by Pinterest, Inc., 808 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. With the Shariff method, Pinterest will only learn of your IP address and your visit to our website once you have clicked on the button. If you confirm the plugin while being logged into Pinterest, Pinterest may attribute your use to your user account.

Thus, your data will be forwarded to the USA, but Pinterest is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have neither knowledge of, nor any influence on the possible collection and processing of your data by Pinterest. Further information can be found in the privacy policy of Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/about/privacy/ . For the general approach to cookies and their deactivation as well as regarding the passing of data to third parties, particularly to the USA, we refer you to our general information in this Privacy Policy.

Twitter

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use plugins by the social network of Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Due to the Shariff method, Twitter will only learn your IP address and your visit to our website once you will have reconfirmed the retweet button.

That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, Twitter is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

The collection and use of your data which is then possibly carried out by Twitter is beyond our knowledge or control. You may find more information in Twitter’s privacy policy at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.

Regarding the general approach to cookies and their deactivation, we refer you to our general information in this Privacy Policy.

Social Media Links

General Information

We refer with links to our social media presences. When you follow any such link to the social media site, your data will be broadcasted to that site. The social media site will normally store a cookie in your browser and to your account information there, especially, if you are logged into your social media account on the site. The social media site can analyse your use of the platform and your browsing habits and will use these for targeting advertisements based on your interests. That can lead to ads being shown to you when browsing in- and outside of the social media site. Please inform yourself about the use of your data on these sites and use them only, when you agree to that use of your data, that happens on that social media site, in particular, when you are not using that social media site for the first time. We have added links to all the privacy policies of the social media site for your information.

Facebook

Our website uses links to our presence in the social network of Facebook by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. It is just a normal link. Thus, when you open our site, Facebook will not learn of your visit to our website. But once you click on the link, you will be led to Facebook, allowing Facebook to learn that you have visited out site.

That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, but Facebook is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

The collection and use of your data which is possibly carried out by Facebook after clicking on the link is beyond our knowledge or control. You may find further information in Facebook’s privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

Instagram

Our website uses links to our presence in the social network of Instagram by Instagram LLC, now
Facebook Ireland Ltd.
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour.

It is just a normal link. Thus, when you open our site, Instagram will not learn of your visit to our website. But once you click on the link, you will be led to Instagram, allowing Instagram / Facebook to learn that you have visited out site.
That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, but Instagram is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

The collection and use of your data which is possibly carried out by Instagram/Facebook after clicking on the link is beyond our knowledge or control. You may find further information in Instagram’s privacy policy at
https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388.

Our page uses links to our presence on the social network Pinterest, provided by Pinterest, Inc., 808 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

It is just a normal link, which means that upon opening our page, Pinterest won’t learn anything of your visit to our website. But when you click on the link, you will be taken to Pinterest, and then Pinterest will also learn that you visited our page.

We have neither knowledge of, nor any influence on the possible collection and processing of your data by Pinterest. Further information can be found in Pinterest’ privacy policy at http://pinterest.com/about/privacy/.

Twitter

Our page uses links to our presence on the social network Twitter, provided by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
It is just a normal link, which means that upon opening our page, Twitter won’t learn anything of your visit to our website. But when you click on the link, you will be taken to Twitter, and then Twitter will also learn that you visited our page.

Thus, your data will be forwarded to the USA, but Twitter is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have neither knowledge of, nor any influence on the possible collection and processing of your data by Twitter. Further information can be found in the privacy policy of Twitter at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.

YouTube

Our website uses links to our presence in the social network of YouTube by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. It is just a normal link. Thus, when you open our site, YouTube will not learn of your visit to our website. But once you click on the link, you will be led to YouTube, allowing YouTube to learn that you have visited out site.
That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, but YouTube/Google is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

The collection and use of your data which is possibly carried out by YouTube after clicking on the link is beyond our knowledge or control. You may find further information in YouTube’s privacy policy at
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Social Media Videos

Youtube (Two Click)

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR we use YouTube, a service provided by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland in order to embed videos.
To protect your data, we have installed a two-click solution. That way, Google won’t learn about your visit once you access our website, but only once you actually click the button. If you confirm the plugin while being logged in at YouTube, Google may attribute your use to your user account.

That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, but YouTube/Google is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

Regarding the general approach to cookies and their deactivation, we refer you to our general information in this Privacy Policy.

Google

Google Analytics

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use the Google Analytics tool provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. This allows to analyse the use of websites and to put together pseudonymous profiles of users based on the data. In order to do this, Google applies different technologies, among them also storing cookies on your computer. These store information about the use of our page, which we will use to improve our offers.

The data collected by Google will be transferred by Google to countries outside of the EU, in particular to the USA. Google has subjected itself to the Privacy Shield Framework; you can read more about your rights thereunder at

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf

We have taken additional precautions to ensure the appropriate protection of your data as far as possible. Before transferring it to Google, we anonymize your IP address. This is achieved by activating the Anonymizelp() feature in the tracking code of Google Analytics.

We have also concluded a contract with Google about the processing of data, according to which Google will not combine your data with other data collected by Google in order to find out your identity.

If this should not be sufficient for you, you can also use the link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
to download and install a browser plugin provided by Google to block Google Analytics, preventing Google from collecting and transferring your personal data.

You can also prevent the data collection by Google Analytics by confirming the subsequent link deactivate Google Analytics to deactivate Google Analytics by setting an opt-out cookie which will also prevent the collection of your data.

You will find more information about Google’s precautions regarding data protection at the following link:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Additionally for the general handling with cookies, their deactivation and transfer of data to third parties (in particular USA) we refer to the general part of this declaration.

Google AdSense

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we also use Google AdSense. This is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland.

The analysis is enabled through so-called cookies and web beacons. Cookies are text files which are stored on your computer and allow the website’s usage to be analysed. Web beacons are invisible graphic files, allowing information about the user traffic on the website to be compiled. All information about the use of the website as well as regarding advertisement formats that include your IP address will be sent to Google Inc. and stored there. Contracting partners of Google Inc. may obtain access to this information. The IP address ascertained by Google AdSense will not be combined with other data of Google.

The anonymised data will be forwarded to the USA and stored by Google. Google has subjected itself to the Privacy Shield framework. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

If you do not want any cookies to be stored on your computer, you can change the relevant preferences in your browser (on cookies, see the general part of this declaration). This may however limit the functionality of our pages. By using the website, you consent to the collection of the aforementioned information in the described manner. By using the website, you further agree to the transfer of the information to Google Inc. for the purpose described above.

Website Analysis

VG Wort

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use “session cookies” of VG Wort in München in order to measure how often a text is accessed. VG Wort uses this method to determine how likely a text is to be copied in order to calculate the royalties to be paid to the authors. No personal data are collected by the cookies of VG Wort.

You have the option to choose the preferences for cookies to be placed on your computer or to prevent this completely. On this subject, we refer you to the above information in this Privacy Policy about cookies.

hotjar

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, on some of our websites, we use the web analysis service Hotjar, provided by 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 captures movements on observed websites in so-called heat maps. This allows us to learn in anonymised form where visitors click and how far they scroll. That way, we can design our website better and in a more customer-friendly way.

Protecting your personal data is very important to us when using this tool. All data will be collected without us being able to attribute it to specific users. We can only see how the mouse has been moved, where clicks were made and how far users have scrolled. Other information collected is the screen size of your device, the type of device, information about your browser, the country of access and the preferred language. If a website shows your personal data or that of third parties, it will be automatically shielded by Hotjar. We are not able to learn anything about it.

With a “do-not-track header”, you can prevent the use of the Hotjar tool. In that case, no data will be collected about your visit to our website. You have to set the preferences in your browser accordingly. Instructions in German can be found at http://www.akademie.de/wissen/do-not-track-datenschutz. You can also deactivate the Hotjar tool by using the opt-out button at https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out.

Further information about Hotjar Ltd. and about the Hotjar tool can be found at https://www.hotjar.com . The privacy policy of Hotjar Ltd. can be found at https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

Google Maps

Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use Google Maps API, a map service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (“Google”), in order to show an interactive map.

To protect your data, we have installed a two-click solution. That way, Google won’t learn about your visit once you access our website, but only once you actually use Google Maps.

By using Google Maps, particularly through active Java scripts, information about your use of this website (including your IP address) can be transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and can be stored there. Google has subjected itself to the Privacy Shield framework. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf. Further information about the use of your data by Google can be found in the privacy policy of Google at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .

If you don’t want your data to be transmitted, you can deactivate the execution of Java scripts in your browser or install a blocker, which will prevent the execution of Java scripts (e.g. https://noscript.net). But we do want to point out that this may impede the use of our or other websites.

E-Commerce Platforms

Amazon affiliate programme

Based on our legitimate interest in an economical online offering pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we take part in the Amazon EU affiliate programmes of Amazon Europe Core S.à.r.l., of Amazon EU S.à.r.l, of Amazon Services Europe S.à.r.l. and of Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., all four registered at 5, Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg, as well as Amazon Instant Video Germany GmbH, Domagkstrasse 28, 80807 München, Germany.

On our website, you find ads by Amazon and links to offers on Amazon. If you click from our website onto an ad or such a link, Amazon will use cookies that are stored on your computer that you have clicked from our website. We will receive an affiliate commission for that.

You can find information about the use of your data by Amazon in Amazon’s privacy policy: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401

Digistore24 partner programme

Based on our legitimate interest in an economically sound online offer in accordance with Art.6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we take part in the Digistore24 partner programme, offered by Digistore24 GmbH, St.-Godehard-Strasse 32, 31139 Hildesheim, Germany.
On our website, there will be advertisement for offers sold by Digistore24 and links to offers by Digistore24. If you click on an ad or such a link from our website, Digistore24 will recognise, thanks to cookies stored on your computer, that you have come from our website. We will receive an affiliate commission for this.
You can find information about the use of your data by Digistore24 in the privacy policy https://www.digistore24.com/page/privacy of Digistore24.
You can change the cookie settings on your computer or disable them altogether. We refer you to the general explanations about cookies in this Privacy Policy above.

Our Social Media Fan Page(s) – General Information

Beside our website, we also use fan page(s) on social media platforms. Above, we have already informed you about the data processing on our website and we have in particular made sure that the fact alone that you access our website is not yet forwarded to the social media platform. Following the ECJ ruling dated 5 June 2018 about social media presences, we want to inform you about the data processing during your visit to our social media fan page(s):

On the basis of our legitimate interest in a timely customer communication pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR as well as for advertising and public relations purposes, we present ourselves and our offers on social media fan page(s).

Our social media fan page(s) usually can be accessed online independently of you having a user account with the relevant platform or not. But in either case, your data will be processed by the social media platform.

Each time the social media platform is accessed, your IP address will be collected and stored. Usually, a cookie will also be placed on your page, which will save your visit and further data about your visit to the social media platform.

If you are logged in with the social media platform, your visit will also be spotted by a cookie or through other technological means and will be attributed to your user account. Thus, the social media platform is usually able to analyse your user behaviour. In this process, a user profile with your interests is generated, which the social media platform will use to provide you with a user experience tailored to your interests, in particular advertisement tailored to your interests within and outside of the social media platform – even across different devices, if applicable. Your data may also be used for market research. For the details, we refer you to the following privacy policies of the social media platform(s) used by us.

We can usually also use the data of the social media platform in order to allow you to use our fan page in accordance with your interests or to approach you with advertising.

When you interact with our fan page and if you are logged in with the relevant social media platform, according to the social media page’s terms of use, we can usually also recognise your user profile and see your content.
If you do not want this, we point you to our explanations about cookies above, with general information about cookies and their deactivation. There, we have laid out in general terms how you can prevent or limit cookies being stored on your devices. Further information about the respective social media platform can be found hereinafter.

According to the aforementioned ECJ ruling dated 5 June 2018, we are always jointly responsible for our social media fan page(s) together with the relevant social media platform. This means that you may also exercise your general rights, which we have listed in detail above under the heading “Users’ Rights”, against us. To that purpose, we refer you to our contact details at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. Please keep in mind, though, that we have no conclusive knowledge of the exact scope of the processing of your data by the social media platform and have even less influence on it. Therefore, we kindly ask you to contact the relevant social media platform in the first place regarding your rights.

We generally leave your data on the social media platform and do not import it onto our server. But if that should occur, our general information regarding the storage period will apply.

Further information about the processing of your data and the storage period on the social media platform can be found in the respective privacy policy of the social media platform, which we have listed hereinafter.

Facebook

We present ourselves on the social media platform Facebook.

Joint Responsibility
Facebook Ireland Ltd.
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2 Ireland
Contact
Contact Data Protection Officer

If you open our fan page on Facebook, your data will be forwarded to the USA, but Facebook is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

Facebook has concluded an agreement with us https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum
about our shared responsibility for processing the data, in which it recognises its primary responsibility and guarantees in particular that you can exercise your right to information, as described in the general part. You may obtain more information from Facebook’s privacy policy at: http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

Facebook also provides us with statistics as part of “Facebook Insights” for the purpose of targeted advertising. These are created without our participation and then provided to us. The data include information like interaction with our page, such as likes, page activities, video views, reach of our posts, comments, sharing of content, clicks on offers or further information on our fan page as well as statistical data about those interacting, such as gender, origin by country, city and language. The same applies to groups which we may manage.

When you are logged in, you can influence the processing of your data by Facebook considerably and in different ways.

Here you can make changes to your timeline, i.e. what can be seen about you and your page: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=timeline&privacy_source=timeline_gear_menu .

And you can change your advertisement preferences here: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen.

Instagram

We have a presence on the social media platform Instagram. Instagram is now owned by Facebook.

Jointly Responsible
Facebook Ireland Ltd.
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2 Ireland

Contact Data Protection Officer

If you open our profile on Instagram, your data will be forwarded to the USA, but Facebook is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have neither knowledge of, nor any influence on the possible collection and processing of your data by Facebook and Instagram. Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

Instagram and Facebook also provide us with statistics as part of “Facebook Insights” for the purpose of targeted advertising. These are created without our participation and then provided to us. The data include information like interaction with our page, such as likes, page activities, video views, reach of our posts, comments, sharing of content, clicks on offers or further information on our fan page as well as statistical data about those interacting, such as gender, origin by country, city and language. The same applies to groups which we may manage.

When you are logged in, you can influence the processing of your data by Instagram considerably and in different ways.
Your content, i.e. what is visible of you and your profile, can be changed here: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/accounts/privacy_and_security/.

We have a presence on the social media platform Pinterest.

Jointly Responsible
Pinterest Europe Ltd.
Palmerston House 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Contact
Contact Data Protection Officer

If you open our channel with Pinterest, your data will be forwarded to the USA, but Pinterest is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

Pinterest also provides us with statistics. These are created without our participation and then provided to us. The data will include interactions, for example, as well as statistical data.

For your privacy settings with Pinterest, Pinterest refers you to its privacy policy with different options listed under the heading “Choices you have about your info”.

YouTube

We have a presence on the social media platform YouTube.
Together with us, this is the entity responsible for your data:

YouTube LLC ,
901 Cherry Avenue,
San Bruno,
CA 94066
United States,
represented by
Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Irland
Contact

If you open our channel on YouTube, your data will be forwarded to the USA, but YouTube is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/citizens-guide_en.pdf.

We have neither knowledge of, nor any influence on the possible collection and processing of your data by YouTube/Google. Further information can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy .

YouTube also provides us with statistics. These are created without our participation and then provided to us. The data will include interactions, for example, as well as statistical data.

When you are logged in, you can influence the processing of your data by YouTube considerably and in different ways.

You can change your general privacy settings here:
https://myaccount.google.com/privacy?pli=1
And you can change your advertisement preferences here:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

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