Imprint and data protection

Privacy/ Data protection

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. His contact details
You can find this in the “Note on the responsible body” section in this data protection declaration. 

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time in the future. You also have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted in certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time about this or if you have any further questions about data protection.

Analytics and Third Party Tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following data protection declaration.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter IONOS). When you visit the website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. Please see details in IONOS’ privacy policy:
https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is presented as reliably as possible. If the relevant consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent requires the storage of cookies or the Access to information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG includes. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law  ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected.
Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating via email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Dr. Christian Buck
Elisabethenstrasse 19
64283 Darmstadt
Telephone: 0049 6151 997220
Email: info@process-und-onlineanalytik.de

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc..

Storage period

Unless a specific storage period has been stated within this data protection declaration, your personal will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion takes place after these reasons no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we will process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR, if special data categories are processed in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data in third countries, the date processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR. If you consent to the storage of cookies or access to information in your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing will take place additionally based on Section 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for contract fulfillment or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is required to fulfill a legal obligation based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR. Data processing can also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business activities, we work together with various external bodies. This sometimes requires the  transfer of personal data to these external bodies. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary in the context of a fulfillment of the contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in passing on data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR or if another legal basis permits the transfer of data. When using processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers in the basis of a valid contract on order processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract is concluded.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this data protection declaration. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (Objection according to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected to such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (objection according to Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, those affected have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or the location of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to free of charge at any time within the framework of the applicable legal provisions have information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data handed to you in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Information, correction and deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data.

For this and further questions on the subject of personal date you can contact us at any time.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
You can contact us at any time about this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data we hold about you, we will generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is occurring unlawfully, you can request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data but you need it for the exercise, defense or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
  
• If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Article 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your and our interests. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may - apart from their storage - be processed only with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal entity or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as example orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses an SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser is from “http://” changes to “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and will not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporary for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) stored on your device. Session cookies will be automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device stored until you delete them yourself or until it is automatically deleted by your web browser.
Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies).
Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the Website (e.g. cookies to measure web audience; necessary cookies) are stored based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR, unless another legal basis is stated.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.
If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 Para. 1 TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser so that you are informed when cookies are set and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website. See data protection declaration.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details will be taken from the inquiry form including the contact details you provided there for the purpose of processing the inquiry and stored with us in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass this data on without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, provided your request is included related to the fulfillment of a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures is required. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent is available at any time revocable.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

Inquiries by email, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry), for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is related to related to the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures is required. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on you
rconsent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time. revocable at any time
.The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and tools

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

In order to use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This Information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniformly displaying the fonts.
When you call Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and

display fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and making it easy to find the locations we specify on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR and Section 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG, insofar as consent requires the storage of cookies or access to
Information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses.
Details can be found here:

https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

You can find more information about how we handle user data in Google's privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified according to the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that requires compliance to ensure European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Each according to DPF certified company is committed to complying with these data protection standards. You can obtain more information about this from the provider using the following link:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is intended to check whether data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is carried out by a human or by an automated program. For this reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website.

reCAPTCHA collects various information (e.g. IP address, length of time the website visitor stays on the website

website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is redirected to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyzes run completely in the background. Website visitors will not be indicated that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from misuse automated spying and to protect against SPAM. If appropriate consent has been requested processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR and Section 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG, insofar as consent requires the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent is revocable at any time.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA can be found in the Google data protection regulations and the Google Terms of Use under the following links:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and
https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

The company is certified according to the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that requires compliance to ensure European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Each after DPF certified company is committed to complying with these data protection standards. You can obtain more information about this from the provider using the following link:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Source:
https://www.e-recht24.de

Usercentrics

This is a consent management service. Usercentrics GmbH is used on our website as a processor for the purpose of consent management.

The processing company is
Usercentrics GmbH
Sendlinger Str. 7
80331 Munich, Germany
Below you will find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.
datenschutz@usercentrics.com

This list represents the purposes of data collection and processing:

- Compliance with legal obligations
- Storage of consents
- Technologies used

This list shows all the technologies this service uses to collect data. Typical technologies are cookies and pixels, which are placed in the browser.

- Local storage
- Pixels

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.

- Opt-in and opt-out data
- Referring URL
- User Agent
- User settings
- Consent ID
- Time of consent
- Type of consent
- Version of the template
- Language of the banner
- IP address
- Geographic location

The necessary legal bases for processing the data are Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter c GDPR and Section 25 Paragraph 2 No. 2 TTDSG.

The primary location where the data collected is processed is the European Union. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

The consent data (consent given and revocation of consent) will be stored for one year. The data will then be deleted immediately.

The recipient of the collected data is Usercentrics GmbH.

Click here to read the data processor's privacy policy
https://usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/