Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and contact details of the responsible party

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The responsible party for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is SKILLCOURT GmbH, Floridastr. 3, 97424 Schweinfurt, Germany, Tel.: +49 9721 387094-0, Email: contact@skillcourt.training. The responsible party for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

1.3 The responsible party has appointed a data protection officer, who can be reached as follows: “SKILLCOURT GmbH, Floridastrasse 3, 97424 Schweinfurt, datenschutz@skillcourt.training“.

2. Data Collection when visiting our website

2.1 When using our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website:

The visited website
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/referral from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the responsible party), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock icon in your browser line.

3. Cookies

To make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable the storage of page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find out the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

If personal data is processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the performance of the contract, according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of given consent, or according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4. Making contact

4.1 Zendesk

To handle customer inquiries, we use the email ticketing system of the following provider: Zendesk International Ltd., 55 Charlemont Place, Saint Kevin’s, Dublin D02 F985, Ireland.

When you submit contact inquiries via our website by email, they are stored and organized in the ticketing system to enable chronological processing and improve the service experience. You can always view the current status of the processing of your enquiry via the individually assigned ticket number.
For the organisation and processing of enquiries, personal data is collected according to the scope of its provision, but in any case the surname, first name and e-mail address, transmitted to the provider, stored there and read out.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in the efficient design of our customer service, in responding to your concerns as quickly as possible, and in optimizing our service offering according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

4.2 When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is processed – exclusively for the purpose of processing and responding to your request and only to the extent necessary.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, then the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted once it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant issue has been conclusively resolved and provided that no legal retention obligations prevent deletion.

5. Data processing when opening a customer account

Pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR personal data will continue to be collected and processed to the extent necessary in each case if you provide us with this information when opening a customer account. The data required to open an account can be found in the input mask of the corresponding form on our website.

Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the controller. After deletion of your customer account, your data will be deleted, provided that all contracts concluded through it have been fully processed, there are no legal retention periods to the contrary and we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

6. Use of customer data

6.1 Subscription to our Email Newsletter

When you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. The provision of additional data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter after you have explicitly confirmed that you agree to receive newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to click on a link to confirm that you want to receive the newsletter in the future.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you subscribe to the newsletter, we store the IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of subscription to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us when you subscribe to the newsletter will be used exclusively for promotional purposes via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible party mentioned at the beginning. After you unsubscribe, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data, or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this scope, which is legally permissible and about which we will inform you in this statement.

7. Web analysis services

7.1 Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), which enables your use of our website to be analyzed.

By default, Google Analytics sets 4 cookies when you visit the website, which are stored as small text modules on your end device and collect certain information. The scope of this information also includes your IP address, which, however, is shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude a direct personal reference.

The information is transferred to Google servers and processed there. Transmissions to Google LLC, based in the USA, are also possible.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The abbreviated IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the terminal device used, will only take place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO have given your consent.
Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to our website. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please deactivate this service using the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have concluded an order processing contract with Google, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further legal information on Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Demographic characteristics
Google Analytics 4 uses the special function “demographic characteristics” and can use it to generate statistics that provide information about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third-party providers. This allows target groups to be identified for marketing activities. However, the data collected cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

Google Signals
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals can be used on this website to generate cross-device reports. If you have activated personalized ads and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google may, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR to analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including for cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop the cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the “Personalized advertising” function in the settings of your Google account. Follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de Further information on Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de

UserIDs
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the “UserIDs” function can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, set up an account on this website and log in with this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analyzed across devices.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has signed up to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

7.2 Hotjar

This website uses Hotjar. The provider is Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe (Website: https://www.hotjar.com).

Hotjar is a tool for analyzing your user behavior on this website. With Hotjar, we can record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Hotjar can also determine how long you have been hovering over a certain position with the mouse pointer. Hotjar uses this information to create so-called heat maps, which can be used to determine which website areas are viewed most frequently by website visitors.

We can also determine how long you stayed on a page and when you left it. We can also determine at which point you have aborted your entries in a contact form (so-called conversion funnels).

Hotjar can also be used to obtain direct feedback from website visitors. This function serves to improve the website operator’s web offerings.

Hotjar uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g. cookies or the use of device fingerprinting).

Insofar as consent has been obtained, the use of this data takes place. g.Service exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Unless consent has been obtained, the use of this service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR; the website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

If you wish to deactivate data collection by Hotjar, click on the following link and follow the instructions there: https://www.hotjar.com/policies/do-not-track/

Please note that Hotjar must be deactivated separately for each browser or end device.

For more information about Hotjar and the data collected, please refer to Hotjar’s privacy policy at the following link: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

7.3 Microsoft Clarity

This website uses the web analysis service of the following provider: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA

With the help of cookies and/or comparable technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading end device and browser information), the service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data, including information about the end device used, such as the IP address and browser information, in order to evaluate it for statistical analyses of usage behavior on our website and to create pseudonymized usage profiles. Among other things, this enables the evaluation of movement patterns (so-called heat maps), which show the duration of page visits and interactions with page content (e.g. text input, scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs). Pseudonymization rules out the possibility of direct personal identification. Your personal data will not be merged with clear data collected in any other way.

All processing described above, in particular the reading or storage of information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

7.4 SalesViewer

This website uses SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH to collect and store data for marketing, market research and optimization purposes on the basis of the website operator’s legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

For this purpose, a javascript-based code is used to collect and use company-related data. The data collected using this technology is encrypted using a non-reversible one-way function (known as hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymized and not used to personally identify the visitor to this website.

The data stored within the framework of Salesviewer® will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.

You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking on this link https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out to prevent SalesViewer® from collecting data on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie for this website is stored on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.

8. Retargeting / Remarketing und Conversion-Tracking

8.1 Meta Pixel

Within our online offering, we use the “Meta Pixel” service of the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Meta”)

If a user clicks on an advertisement placed by us on Facebook and/or Instagram, a parameter is added to the URL of our linked page with the help of “meta pixels”. This URL parameter is then entered in the user’s browser after forwarding by a cookie that our linked page sets itself.

On the one hand, this enables Meta to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called “ads”). Accordingly, we use the service to display the Facebook and/or Instagram ads placed by us only to those users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited), which we transmit to Meta (so-called “custom audiences”).

On the other hand, the “Meta Pixel” can be used to track whether users have been redirected to our website after clicking on an advertisement and what actions they take there (so-called “conversion tracking”).

The data collected is anonymous for us, so it does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Meta so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for the reading of information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

The information generated by Meta is usually transmitted to a Meta server and stored there; in this context, it may also be transmitted to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA.

8.2 Google Ads Remarketing

This website uses retargeting technology from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your end device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you visit. Any further data processing will only take place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads you view on the web. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data in order to create target groups. As part of the use of Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for the reading of information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, retargeting technology will not be used during your visit to our website.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

8.3 Google Ads Conversion-Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program “Google Ads” and, as part of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising material (so-called Google Adwords). We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the advertising campaign data. Our aim is to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an Ads ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device. These cookies generally lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. In the context of the use of Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Details on the processing triggered by Google Ads Conversion Tracking and how Google handles data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

You can also permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Conversion Tracking by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that if you have deactivated the use of cookies, certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent.
Google’s privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

8.4 releva.nz

This website uses retargeting technology from the following provider: releva GmbH, Feilnerstr. 10, 10969 Berlin, Germany

This makes it possible to target visitors to our website with personalized, interest-based advertising who have already shown an interest in our store and our products. The advertising material is displayed on the basis of a cookie-based analysis of previous and current user behavior, but no personal data is stored. In the case of retargeting technology, a cookie is stored on your computer or mobile device in order to collect pseudonymized data about your interests and thus adapt the advertising individually to the stored information. These cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device. In this way, you are shown advertising that is highly likely to match your product and information interests.

All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for the reading of information on the terminal device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Without this consent, retargeting technology will not be used during your visit to our website.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

9. Online-Marketing

9.1 Facebook Custom Audiences (Pixel/Cookies)

We use a so-called tracking pixel from Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of Facebook Inc. 1601, Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, on our website. We use Facebook Pixel to track the success of our own Facebook advertising campaigns and to optimize the delivery of Facebook advertising campaigns to interested target groups.

After clicking on a Facebook ad or visiting our website, a cookie is stored on your device using the pixel on our website. The cookie processes data about whether you have reached our website via a Facebook ad and makes it possible to analyze the user’s behavior until the purchase is completed. This allows us to track the success rate of our Facebook advertising campaigns. In addition, the pixel processes data about the fact that you have visited our website and makes it possible to adapt the advertising displayed on Facebook to your interests.

The Facebook pixel integrated on our website establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers when you visit our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Facebook in the USA.

There is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission for data transfers to the USA. Facebook ensures an adequate level of data protection via the EU standard contractual clauses. You can download a copy of the contractual clauses here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum

The data collected is anonymous for us and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the user. If you are registered with Facebook, Facebook can assign the information collected to your account. Even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not logged in when you visit our website, your IP address and other identification data may be processed and stored by Facebook.

The legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to data processing by Facebook Pixel for our web domain at any time with effect for the future by adjusting your preferences in our cookie settings. You can also prevent cookies from being set by adjusting the corresponding settings in your Facebook account at https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

10. Page Functionalities

10.1 Youtube

This website uses plugins for displaying and playing videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

Data may also be transmitted to Google LLC., USA.

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers to load the plugin. In the process, certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos via the plugin is started, the provider also sets cookies to collect information about user behavior, compile playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your site visit, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want the association with your account, you must log out before activating the playback button.

All of the aforementioned processing, particularly the setting of cookies for reading information on the used end device, only occurs if you have given us your explicit consent according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service through the “Cookie-Consent-Tool” provided on the website.

10.2 Google Maps

This website uses an online map service from the following provider: Google Maps (API) by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually present geographical information. Using this service shows our location and facilitates a possible approach.

Already when accessing the subpages into which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google’s servers, which may also result in data transmission to Google LLC. servers in the USA. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged into or if there is no user account. If you are logged into Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not want the association with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for not logged-in users) as usage profiles and evaluates them.

The collection, storage, and evaluation are carried out according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Google’s legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, market research, and/or demand-oriented design of its websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree with the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of using Google Maps, there is also the option to completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus the map display on this website cannot be used in that case.

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the aforementioned option to make an objection.

10.3 Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, for the uniform display of fonts.

When you call up a page, your browser loads the required Web Fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers. In the process, certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

Data may also be transmitted to Google LLC, USA.

The processing of personal data in the course of connecting to the provider of the fonts is only carried out if you have given us your explicit consent according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your given consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service through the “Cookie-Consent-Tool” provided on the website. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

11. Tools and miscellaneous

11.1 Lexoffice

For handling our accounting, we use the service of the cloud-based accounting software from the following provider: Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG, Munzinger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg, Germany.

The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices, and possibly also the bank movements of our company, to automatically capture invoices, match them to transactions, and from this, create financial accounting in a partially automated process.

If personal data is also processed in this process, it is done in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in efficient organization and documentation of our business transactions.

11.2 weclapp

For handling our accounting, we use the service of the cloud-based accounting software from the following provider: weclapp SE, Neue Mainzer Straße 66 – 68, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

11.3 Cookie-Consent-Tool

This website uses a so-called “Cookie-Consent-Tool” to obtain effective user consents for cookies requiring consent and cookie-based applications. The “Cookie-Consent-Tool” is displayed to users upon page access in the form of an interactive user interface where consents can be given for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications by ticking checkboxes. By using the tool, all consent-required cookies/services are only loaded if the respective user grants corresponding consents by ticking boxes. This ensures that such cookies are set on the user’s device only if consent is granted.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this process.

If personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings in individual cases, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and, thus, in a legally compliant design of our internet presence.

Another legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR. As the responsible party, we are legally obligated to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the operator and the setting options of the Cookie-Consent-Tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

12. Rights of the data subject

12.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights as a data subject against the controller with respect to the processing of your personal data (rights to access and intervention), whereby the respective conditions for exercise are referred to the stated legal basis:

Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to be informed according to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent given according to Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR.

12.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

13. Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and, if applicable, additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).

When processing personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.

If there are legal retention periods for data processed for the performance of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided they are no longer necessary for the performance or initiation of a contract and/or there is no continuing legitimate interest on our part in their further storage.

When processing personal data based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise specified in the other information in this statement about specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.