Panorama Languages AG undertakes to treat all transmitted documents and information as confidential and, to the best of its knowledge and belief, to maintain silence about all facts and connections that become known in connection with business relations with our clients. Freelancers are placed under an obligation of discretion.
Data protection is of particularly high importance to the management of Panorama Languages AG. Use of the websites of Panorama Languages AG is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to make use of special services of our company via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in compliance with the country-specific data protection provisions applicable to Panorama Languages AG. By means of this data protection declaration, our company wishes to inform the public about the nature, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed by means of this data protection declaration of the rights to which they are entitled.
Panorama Languages AG, as the controller, has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible of the personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.
1. Definitions
The data protection declaration of Panorama Languages AG is based on the terms used by the European legislator for directives and regulations when adopting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration is intended to be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our clients and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.
In this data protection declaration we use, among others, the following terms:
a) Personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
b) Data subject
Data subject means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller responsible for the processing.
c) Processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
d) Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
e) Profiling
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
g) Controller or controller responsible for processing
Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union law or Member State law.
h) Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
i) Recipient
Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
j) Third party
Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
k) Consent
Consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
2. Name and address of the controller
The controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:
Panorama Languages AG
Schützenstrasse 38 O
9100 Herisau
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 44 5852 757
Email: admin@panoramalanguages.com
Website: www.panoramalanguages.com
3. Name and address of the data protection officer
The data protection officer of the controller is:
Michael Morgenstern
Panorama Languages AG
Schützenstr. 38 O
9100 Herisau
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 44 5852 757
Email: admin@panoramalanguages.com
Website: www.panoramalanguages.com
Any data subject may, at any time, contact our data protection officer directly with any questions and suggestions concerning data protection.
4. Collection of general data and information
Each time the website of Panorama Languages AG is accessed by a data subject or an automated system, it collects a series of general data and information. These general data and information are stored in the server's log files. The following may be recorded: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites that are accessed on our website via an accessing system, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, Panorama Languages AG does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed in order to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimise the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by Panorama Languages AG both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
5. Registration on our website
The data subject has the option to register on the website of the controller by providing personal data. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller in the process is determined by the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for its own purposes. The controller may arrange for transfer to one or more processors, for example a parcel service provider, who likewise use the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the controller.
Registration on the website of the controller also stores the IP address assigned by the internet service provider (ISP) of the data subject, as well as the date and time of registration. These data are stored against the background that only in this way can the misuse of our services be prevented, and, where necessary, these data enable offences committed to be solved. In this respect, the storage of these data is necessary for the security of the controller. These data are not passed on to third parties as a matter of principle, unless there is a legal obligation to pass them on or the disclosure serves law enforcement.
The registration of the data subject with the voluntary provision of personal data serves the controller in offering the data subject content or services which, by their very nature, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to change the personal data provided during registration at any time, or to have it completely erased from the controller's data records.
The controller shall, at any time and on request, provide each data subject with information about the personal data stored about the data subject. Furthermore, the controller shall rectify or erase personal data at the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as no statutory retention obligations preclude this. All employees of the controller are available to the data subject as contacts in this connection.
6. Contact option via the website
The website of Panorama Languages AG contains, on account of statutory provisions, information that enables quick electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are stored automatically. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the controller are stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. These personal data are not passed on to third parties.
7. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data
The controller processes and stores the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or where this is provided for by the European legislator for directives and regulations or by another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.
If the purpose of storage ceases to apply, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator for directives and regulations or by another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with the statutory provisions.
8. Rights of the data subject
a) Right to confirmation
Each data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to make use of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
b) Right of access
Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, to obtain from the controller at any time, free of charge, information about the personal data stored concerning him or her and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator for directives and regulations has granted the data subject access to the following information:
- – die Verarbeitungszwecke
- the categories of personal data being processed
- – the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
- – where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
- – the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning him or her, or to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing
- – the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
- – where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: any available information as to their source
- – the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject
c) Right to rectification
Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, to obtain the rectification without undue delay of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have incomplete personal data completed – including by means of a supplementary statement.
If a data subject wishes to make use of this right of rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, to obtain from the controller the erasure without undue delay of personal data concerning him or her, provided that one of the following grounds applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:
- – The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
- – The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
- – The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
- – The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
- The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
- – The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Art. 8(1) GDPR.
e) Right to restriction of processing
Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, to obtain from the controller the restriction of processing where one of the following conditions applies:
- – The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
- – The processing is unlawful, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use.
- – The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
- – The data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
f) Right to data portability
Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which were provided to a controller by the data subject, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data were provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may, at any time, contact an employee of Panorama Languages AG.
g) Right to object
Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
In the event of an objection, Panorama Languages AG shall no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If Panorama Languages AG processes personal data in order to conduct direct marketing, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data for the purpose of such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected with such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to Panorama Languages AG regarding processing for direct marketing purposes, Panorama Languages AG will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which is carried out at Panorama Languages AG for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject may directly contact any employee of Panorama Languages AG or another employee. The data subject is also free, in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is based on the data subject's explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is based on the data subject's explicit consent, Panorama Languages AG shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to assert rights concerning automated decisions, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law
Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations, to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to assert the right to withdraw consent, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
9. Data protection in applications and in the application procedure
The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application procedure. The processing may also take place by electronic means. This is the case in particular where an applicant submits corresponding application documents by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website, to the controller. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data are stored for the purpose of handling the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If no employment contract is concluded by the controller with the applicant, the application documents are automatically erased two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller preclude erasure. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
10. Data protection provisions on the deployment and use of Facebook
The controller has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a social meeting place operated on the internet, an online community that generally enables users to communicate with one another and to interact in virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences, or enables the internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Facebook enables users of the social network, among other things, to create private profiles, to upload photos and to network via friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. If a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada, the controller responsible for the processing of personal data is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the controller and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a representation of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. A complete overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be accessed at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. In the course of this technical procedure, Facebook obtains knowledge of the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognises, with each access to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, for example the “Like” button, or submits a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores these personal data.
Facebook always receives, via the Facebook component, information that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Facebook, he or she can prevent the transmission by logging out of the Facebook account before accessing our website.
The data policy published by Facebook, which is available at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains the setting options that Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, various applications are available that make it possible to suppress data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.
11. Data protection provisions on the deployment and use of Google AdSense
The controller has integrated Google AdSense on this website. Google AdSense is an online service enabling the placement of advertising on third-party sites. Google AdSense is based on an algorithm that selects the advertisements displayed on third-party sites to match the content of the respective third-party site. Google AdSense permits interest-based targeting of the internet user, implemented by generating individual user profiles. The operating company of the Google AdSense component is Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The purpose of the Google AdSense component is the integration of advertisements on our website. Google AdSense sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Alphabet Inc. is enabled to analyse the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google AdSense component has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google AdSense component to transmit data to Alphabet Inc. for the purposes of online advertising and the settlement of commissions. In the course of this technical procedure, Alphabet Inc. obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Alphabet Inc., among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission settlements.
The data subject can, as already explained above, prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used, and thereby permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Alphabet Inc. from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Alphabet Inc. can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.
Google AdSense also uses so-called counting pixels. A counting pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in websites to enable a log-file recording and a log-file analysis, whereby a statistical evaluation can be carried out. On the basis of the embedded counting pixel, Alphabet Inc. can recognise whether and when a website was opened by a data subject and which links were clicked by the data subject. Counting pixels serve, among other things, to evaluate the flow of visitors to a website.
Via Google AdSense, personal data and information, which also includes the IP address and is necessary for the recording and settlement of the advertisements displayed, are transmitted to Alphabet Inc. in the United States of America. These personal data are stored and processed in the United States of America. Alphabet Inc. may pass on these personal data collected via the technical procedure to third parties.
Google AdSense is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.de/intl/de/adsense/start/.
12. Data protection provisions on the deployment and use of Google Analytics (with anonymisation function)
The controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymisation function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering and evaluation of data on the behaviour of visitors to websites. A web analytics service records, among other things, data on which website a data subject came to a website from (so-called referrers), which sub-pages of the website were accessed, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics is used predominantly to optimise a website and to carry out cost-benefit analyses of internet advertising. The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
For web analytics via Google Analytics, the controller uses the addition “_gat._anonymizeIp”. By means of this addition, the IP address of the data subject's internet connection is truncated and anonymised by Google if our websites are accessed from a Member State of the European Union or from another Contracting State of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyse the flow of visitors on our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our websites, and to provide further services connected with the use of our website.
Google Analytics sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyse the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. In the course of this technical procedure, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission settlements.
By means of the cookie, personal information, for example the access time, the location from which access originated and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject, is stored. On each visit to our websites, these personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, are transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on these personal data collected via the technical procedure to third parties.
The data subject can, as already explained above, prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used, and thereby permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to and preventing the collection of the data generated by Google Analytics and relating to the use of this website, as well as the processing of these data by Google. To do so, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information on visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is regarded by Google as an objection. If the information technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted or reinstalled, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or by another person attributable to their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be accessed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
13. Data protection provisions on the deployment and use of Google+
The controller has integrated the Google+ button as a component on this website. Google+ is a so-called social network. A social network is a social meeting place operated on the internet, an online community that generally enables users to communicate with one another and to interact in virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences, or enables the internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Google+ enables users of the social network, among other things, to create private profiles, to upload photos and to network via friend requests. The operating company of Google+ is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google+ button has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google+ button to download a representation of the corresponding Google+ button from Google. In the course of this technical procedure, Google obtains knowledge of the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject. More detailed information on Google+ is available at https://developers.google.com/+/.
If the data subject is logged in to Google+ at the same time, Google recognises, with each access to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Google+ button and assigned by Google to the respective Google+ account of the data subject.
If the data subject activates one of the Google+ buttons integrated on our website and thereby submits a Google +1 recommendation, Google assigns this information to the personal Google+ user account of the data subject and stores these personal data. Google stores the data subject's Google +1 recommendation and makes it publicly accessible in accordance with the terms accepted by the data subject in this respect. A Google +1 recommendation submitted by the data subject on this website is subsequently stored and processed, together with other personal data such as the name of the Google +1 account used by the data subject and the photo stored in it, in other Google services, for example the search engine results of the Google search engine, the Google account of the data subject or elsewhere, for example on websites or in connection with advertisements. Furthermore, Google is able to link the visit to this website with other personal data stored by Google. Google also records this personal information for the purpose of improving or optimising Google's various services.
Google always receives, via the Google+ button, information that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged in to Google+ at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Google+ button or not.
If the data subject does not want personal data to be transmitted to Google, he or she can prevent such transmission by logging out of the Google+ account before accessing our website.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be accessed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. Further notes from Google on the Google +1 button can be accessed at https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy.
14. Data protection provisions on the deployment and use of Google AdWords
The controller has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an internet advertising service that permits advertisers to place ads both in the search engine results of Google and in the Google advertising network. Google AdWords enables an advertiser to define certain keywords in advance, by means of which an ad is displayed in the search engine results of Google exclusively when the user retrieves a keyword-relevant search result using the search engine. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed on topic-relevant websites by means of an automatic algorithm and in compliance with the previously defined keywords. The operating company of the Google AdWords services is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The purpose of Google AdWords is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine, and by displaying third-party advertising on our website.
If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is placed on the information technology system of the data subject by Google. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and does not serve to identify the data subject. Via the conversion cookie, provided the cookie has not yet expired, it is traced whether certain sub-pages, for example the shopping cart of an online shop system, were accessed on our website. By means of the conversion cookie, both we and Google can trace whether a data subject who reached our website via an AdWords ad generated a sale, that is, completed or abandoned a purchase.
The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to compile visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are in turn used by us to determine the total number of users referred to us via AdWords ads, that is, to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad and to optimise our AdWords ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google by means of which the data subject could be identified.
By means of the conversion cookie, personal information, for example the websites visited by the data subject, is stored. On each visit to our websites, personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, are therefore transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on these personal data collected via the technical procedure to third parties.
The data subject can, as already explained above, prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used, and thereby permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google. To do so, the data subject must access the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each of the internet browsers used and make the desired settings there.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be accessed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
15. Data protection provisions on the deployment and use of LinkedIn
The controller has integrated components of the LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is an internet-based social network that enables users to connect with existing business contacts as well as to make new business contacts. Over 400 million registered persons use LinkedIn in more than 200 countries. This makes LinkedIn currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most-visited websites in the world.
The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. For data protection matters outside the USA, LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible.
Each time our website, which is equipped with a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in), is accessed, this component prompts the browser used by the data subject to download a corresponding representation of the LinkedIn component. Further information on the LinkedIn plug-ins can be accessed at https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. In the course of this technical procedure, LinkedIn obtains knowledge of the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, LinkedIn recognises, with each access to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the LinkedIn component and assigned by LinkedIn to the respective LinkedIn account of the data subject. If the data subject activates a LinkedIn button integrated on our website, LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the data subject and stores these personal data.
LinkedIn always receives, via the LinkedIn component, information that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the LinkedIn component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to LinkedIn, he or she can prevent the transmission by logging out of the LinkedIn account before accessing our website.
LinkedIn offers, at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls, the option to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted ads, as well as to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua and Lotame, which may set cookies. Such cookies can be declined at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The applicable data protection provisions of LinkedIn are available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. LinkedIn's cookie policy is available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
16. Data protection provisions on the deployment and use of Xing
The controller has integrated components of Xing on this website. Xing is an internet-based social network that enables users to connect with existing business contacts as well as to make new business contacts. Individual users can create a personal profile of themselves on Xing. Companies can, for example, create company profiles or publish job offers on Xing. The operating company of Xing is XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the controller and on which a Xing component (Xing plug-in) has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Xing component to download a representation of the corresponding Xing component from Xing. Further information on the Xing plug-ins can be accessed at https://dev.xing.com/plugins. In the course of this technical procedure, Xing obtains knowledge of the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to Xing at the same time, Xing recognises, with each access to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Xing component and assigned by Xing to the respective Xing account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Xing buttons integrated on our website, for example the “Share” button, Xing assigns this information to the personal Xing user account of the data subject and stores these personal data.
Xing always receives, via the Xing component, information that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged in to Xing at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Xing component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Xing, he or she can prevent the transmission by logging out of the Xing account before accessing our website.
The data protection provisions published by Xing, which are available at https://www.xing.com/privacy, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Xing. Furthermore, Xing has published data protection notes for the XING Share button at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.
17. Payment method: data protection provisions on PayPal as a payment method
The controller has integrated components of PayPal on this website. PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via so-called PayPal accounts, which are virtual private or business accounts. In addition, with PayPal it is possible to process virtual payments via credit cards if a user does not maintain a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an e-mail address, which is why there is no classic account number. PayPal makes it possible to trigger online payments to third parties or also to receive payments. PayPal also performs trustee functions and offers buyer protection services. The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. & Cie. S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
If the data subject selects “PayPal” as the payment option during the ordering process in our online shop, data of the data subject are automatically transmitted to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, the data subject consents to the transmission of personal data necessary for payment processing.
The personal data transmitted to PayPal are usually the first name, surname, address, e-mail address, IP address, telephone number, mobile telephone number or other data necessary for payment processing. Personal data connected with the respective order are also necessary for processing the purchase contract.
The purpose of the transmission of the data is payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will transmit personal data to PayPal in particular where there is a legitimate interest in the transmission. The personal data exchanged between PayPal and the controller may be transmitted by PayPal to credit reference agencies. The purpose of this transmission is identity and creditworthiness checks.
PayPal passes on the personal data, where applicable, to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors, insofar as this is necessary to fulfil contractual obligations or the data are to be processed on its behalf.
The data subject has the option to withdraw consent to the handling of personal data at any time vis-à-vis PayPal. A withdrawal does not affect personal data that must be processed, used or transmitted for (contractual) payment processing.
The applicable data protection provisions of PayPal can be accessed at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
18. Legal basis for the processing
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for a supply of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations as are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of enquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which the processing of personal data becomes necessary, for example to fulfil tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data could become necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured on our premises and, as a result, his or her name, age, health insurance data or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, a hospital or other third parties. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR.
Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Processing operations not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis where the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override such interest. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47, sentence 2 GDPR).19. Legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.
20. Duration for which the personal data are stored
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data are routinely erased, provided they are no longer necessary for the performance or initiation of the contract.
21. Statutory or contractual requirements to provide the personal data; necessity for entering into the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data
We inform you that the provision of personal data is in part required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also arise from contractual arrangements (e.g. details of the contractual partner).
Sometimes, in order to conclude a contract, it may be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company concludes a contract with him or her. A failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded.
Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. On a case-by-case basis, our employee informs the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract, or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what the consequences of failure to provide the personal data would be.22. Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.
This data protection declaration was created by the DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as External Data Protection Officer Bremen , in cooperation with the Lawyer for data protection law Christian Solmecke .