We are very pleased with your interest in our company. Data protection is of particular importance to the management of Piper Deutschland AG. The use of the Piper Deutschland AG website is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if an individual wishes to make use of specific services offered by our company through our website, the processing of personal data may be necessary. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will generally obtain consent from the individual concerned.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of an individual, always takes place in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Piper Deutschland AG. Through this privacy policy, our company aims to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, this privacy policy informs individuals about their rights.

Piper Deutschland AG, as the controller responsible for processing, has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most comprehensive protection possible for the personal data processed through this website. However, internet-based data transmissions may have security vulnerabilities, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, individuals are free to transmit personal data to us through alternative means, such as by telephone.

1. Definitions

The privacy policy of Piper Deutschland AG is based on the terminology used by the European legislator when issuing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy aims to be easily readable and understandable for the general public, as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.

In this privacy policy, we use, among other terms, the following definitions:

a) Personal Data
Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the “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 one or more specific characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data Subject
A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the data controller responsible for the processing.

c) Processing
Processing is 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, organization, 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 is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.

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 analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

f) Pseudonymisierung
Pseudonymization is 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 organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) Controller
Controller or data controller is the natural or legal person, authority, agency, or other body that, 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 the law of Member States, the controller or certain criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union law or the law of Member States.

h) Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) Recipient
Recipient is a natural or legal person, authority, agency, or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, authorities that may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigation mandate under Union law or the law of Member States shall not be regarded as recipients.

j) Third Party
A third party is a natural or legal person, authority, institution, or other entity other than the data subject, the controller, the processor, and the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or the processor, are authorized to process personal data.

k) Consent
Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which they, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of their personal data for a particular purpose.

2. Name and Address of the Data Controller

The data controller as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in the European Union member states, and other provisions with data protection character is:

Piper Deutschland AG
Fieseler-Storch-Straße 10
34379 Calden
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 5674 704-21
E-Mail: sales@piper-germany.de
Website: www.piper-germany.de

3. Cookies

The websites of Piper Deutschland AG use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on a computer system via an internet browser.

Many websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.

The use of cookies allows Piper Deutschland AG to provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without setting the cookies.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized for the user. As mentioned earlier, cookies allow us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilize our website. The user of a website that uses cookies, for example, does not have to enter their access data again each time they visit the website because this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is a cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently oppose the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies already set can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.

hCaptcha

We use the hCaptcha anti-spam system for our website. The service provider is the American company Intuition Machines Inc, 350 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.

hCaptcha or Intuition Machines processes your data in the USA, among other places. Intuition Machines is an active participant in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data from EU citizens to the USA. You can find more information on this at https://commission.europa.eu/document/fa09cbad-dd7d-4684-ae60-be03fcb0fddf_en.

In addition, Intuition Machines uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46 (2) and (3) GDPR). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the Standard Contractual Clauses, Intuition Machines undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the USA. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the resolution and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de.

The Data Processing Agreements, which refer to the standard contractual clauses, can be found at https://newassets.hcaptcha.com/dpa/IMI.DPA.9.23.21.New.SCCs.pdf.

You can find out more about the data processed through the use of hCaptcha in the privacy policy on https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy.

4. Collection of General Data and Information

The website of Piper Deutschland AG collects a range of general data and information with each visit by a data subject or an automated system. These general data and information are stored in the server’s log files. The following data can be collected: (1) types and versions of browsers used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (known as the referrer), (4) the subpages accessed via an accessing system on our website, (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 used for security purposes in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

Piper Deutschland AG does not draw conclusions about the data subject when using this general data and information. Instead, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website and its advertising, (3) ensure the ongoing 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 cyberattack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore statistically evaluated by Piper Deutschland AG on the one hand, and also with the aim of increasing data protection and data security within our company to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data in 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 data controller by providing personal data. The specific personal data transmitted to the data controller is determined by the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data entered by the data subject is collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the data controller and for their own purposes. The data controller may also arrange for the data to be disclosed to one or more data processors, such as a parcel delivery service, who will use the personal data exclusively for internal purposes attributable to the data controller.

By registering on the website of the data controller, the IP address assigned by the internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject, as well as the date and time of registration, are also stored. The storage of this data is necessary in order to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to enable the investigation of committed crimes. In this respect, the storage of this data is required to protect the data controller. In principle, this data is not passed on to third parties, unless there is a legal obligation to do so or the disclosure serves the purpose of criminal prosecution.

The registration of the data subject with voluntary provision of personal data serves the data controller to offer content or services to the data subject that can only be offered to registered users due to the nature of the content. Registered individuals have the option to modify the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have it completely deleted from the data controller’s database.

The data controller provides any data subject with information about the personal data stored about them at any time upon request. Furthermore, the data controller will correct or delete personal data at the request or notice of the data subject, provided there are no legal retention obligations preventing this. All employees of the data controller are available to the data subject in this regard as contact persons.

6. Subscription to our Newsletter

The website of Piper Deutschland AG offers users the opportunity to subscribe to our company’s newsletter. The personal data that is transmitted to the data controller when subscribing to the newsletter is determined by the input form used for this purpose.

Piper Deutschland AG regularly informs its customers and business partners about the company’s offers through a newsletter. The newsletter of our company can generally only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject registers for newsletter delivery. For legal reasons, a confirmation email is sent to the email address initially entered by the data subject for newsletter delivery using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation email is used to verify whether the owner of the email address, as the data subject, has authorized the receipt of the newsletter.

When registering for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by the internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject’s computer system at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary to be able to trace any misuse of a data subject’s email address at a later time and serves the legal protection of the data controller.

The personal data collected as part of a newsletter subscription is used exclusively for sending our newsletter. Furthermore, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by email if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or for registration-related reasons, such as in the case of changes to the newsletter offering or changes in the technical circumstances. The personal data collected as part of the newsletter service is not passed on to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter can be canceled by the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that the data subject has given us for newsletter delivery can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revoking consent, a corresponding link can be found in every newsletter. Furthermore, there is also the option to unsubscribe directly from the newsletter delivery on the website of the data controller or to inform the data controller of the unsubscribe request through other means.

7. Newsletter Tracking

The newsletters of Piper Deutschland AG contain so-called web beacons. A web beacon is a miniature graphic embedded in emails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This allows for a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Using the embedded web beacon, Piper Deutschland AG can determine whether and when an email was opened by a data subject and which links contained in the email were clicked on by the data subject.

Personal data collected through such web beacons contained in newsletters is stored and analyzed by the data controller to optimize newsletter delivery and to better tailor the content of future newsletters to the interests of the data subject. This personal data is not shared with third parties. Data subjects are always entitled to revoke their separate consent for this, given through the double opt-in process. After revocation, this personal data is deleted by the data controller. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is automatically considered a revocation by Piper Deutschland AG.

8. Contact Option via the Website

The website of Piper Deutschland AG provides information in accordance with legal requirements to facilitate quick electronic contact with our company and direct communication with us. This includes a general email address (email) for electronic correspondence. When a data subject contacts the data controller via email or through a contact form on the website, the personal data provided by the data subject is automatically stored. Such personal data voluntarily transmitted by a data subject to the data controller is stored for the purpose of processing or establishing contact with the data subject. There is no further disclosure of this personal data to third parties.

9. Routine Erasure and Blocking of Personal Data

The data controller processes and stores personal data of data subjects only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or as required by the European legislator or another competent legislator in laws or regulations to which the data controller is subject.

Once the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another relevant legislator expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.

10. Rights of the Data Subject

a) Right to Confirmation
Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain from the data controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning them are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time.

b) Right to Information
Any data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain information from the data controller at any time and free of charge about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:

• • The purposes of processing
  • The categories of personal data being processed
  • The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
  • If possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
  • The existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the data controller or a right to object to such processing
  • The existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • If the personal data was not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
  • The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22(1) and (4) of the 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

Furthermore, the data subject has a right to know whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time.

c) Right to Rectification
Any data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time.

d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long 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 to which the processing is based on consent according to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
  • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
  • The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
  • The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in 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 Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the above reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by the Piper Deutschland AG, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The employee of the Piper Deutschland AG will arrange that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

Where the data controller has made personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR to erase the personal data, the data controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. The employee of the Piper Deutschland AG will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

e) Right to Restriction of Processing
Any data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following 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, and 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 defense of legal claims.
  • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the above conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by the Piper Deutschland AG, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The employee of the Piper Deutschland AG will arrange the restriction of processing.

f) Right to Data Portability
Any data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to receive the personal data concerning them, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, where: or Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR, Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, and

The processing is carried out by automated means. In exercising their right to data portability, the data subject also has the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

To exercise the right to data portability, the data subject can contact any employee of the Piper Deutschland AG.

g) Right to Object
Any data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

The Piper Deutschland AG shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If the Piper Deutschland AG processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the Piper Deutschland AG to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the Piper Deutschland AG will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning them by the Piper Deutschland AG for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the 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 can contact any employee of the Piper Deutschland AG or another employee. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

h) Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling
Any data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning them, or similarly significantly affects them, as long as the decision: • Is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or • Is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the data controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or • Is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

If the decision is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, the Piper Deutschland 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 data controller, to express their point of view, and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise rights concerning automated decisions, they can contact any employee of the Piper Deutschland AG.

i) Right to Withdraw Data Protection Consent
Any data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw consent, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time.

11. Data Protection Provisions for the Use of Facebook

The data controller has integrated components of the Facebook company into this website. Facebook is a social network.

A social network is an online meeting place operated on the internet, an online community that usually allows users to communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences or allows the online community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows users of the social network, among other things, to create private profiles, upload photos, and connect with each other through friend requests.

The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. For data subjects living outside the USA or Canada, the data controller for processing 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 called up, which is operated by the data controller and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the data subject’s information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a representation of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. An overview of all Facebook plugins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=en_US. As part of this technical process, Facebook is made aware of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is simultaneously logged into Facebook, Facebook recognizes with each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of their stay on our website which specific subpage 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 clicks on one of the integrated Facebook buttons on our website, for example, the “Like” button, or if the data subject makes a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the data subject’s personal Facebook user account and stores this personal data.

Facebook receives information via the Facebook component that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged into Facebook at the same time as accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such transmission of this information to Facebook is not desired by the data subject, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Facebook account before accessing our website.

The data protection policy published by Facebook, which can be found at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains the privacy settings that Facebook offers to protect the data subject’s privacy. In addition, various applications are available that can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.

12. Data Protection Provisions for the Use of Google Analytics (with Anonymization Function)

The data controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) into this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and evaluation of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analytics service collects data on, among other things, from which website a data subject has accessed another website (known as the referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed, or how often and for what duration a subpage was viewed. Web analytics is mainly used for optimizing a website and for the cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.

The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The data controller uses the “_gat._anonymizeIp” addition for web analysis through Google Analytics. By means of this addition, the IP address of the data subject’s internet connection is shortened and anonymized by Google when accessing our web pages from a member state of the European Union or another signatory to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze visitor traffic on our website. Google uses the data and information collected to evaluate the use of our website, to provide online reports showing the activities on our websites, and to provide other services related to 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 analyze the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the data controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, is called up, the internet browser on the data subject’s information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, 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.

The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access was made, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. Each time our web pages are visited, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.

The data subject may prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as described above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and thus 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, cookies 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 to object to and prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, 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 about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered a contradiction by Google. If the information technology system of the data subject is deleted, formatted, or reinstalled at a later date, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or disabled by the data subject or any other person within their control, there is an option to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ or under: www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html Google Analytics is explained in more detail under this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

13. Legal Basis for Processing

Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing for our company when we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract, where the data subject is a party to the contract, as is the case, for example, in processing operations required for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, then the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, such as inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which the processing of personal data is required, such as for compliance with tax obligations, then the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. In rare cases, processing of personal data may be necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor in our facility were to be injured and subsequently their name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information needed to be disclosed to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. In this situation, the processing would be based on Article 6(1)(d) of the GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. This legal basis allows for processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal grounds, if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override such interests. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. The legislator considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the data controller (Recital 47, Sentence 2 of the GDPR).

14. Legitimate Interests in Processing Pursued by the Controller or a Third Party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

15. Duration for Which Personal Data is Stored

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective legal retention period. After the expiration of the period, the relevant data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or the initiation of a contract.

16. Legal or Contractual Obligations to Provide Personal Data; Necessity for Contractual Conclusion; Obligation of the Data Subject to Provide Personal Data; Possible Consequences of Non-Provision

We would like to inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g., information about the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides 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 enters into a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will clarify to 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 the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.

17. Existence of Automated Decision-Making

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.

18. N.N. Lead Forensics

For our in-house marketing and optimization, this website uses products and services from the company Lead Forensics (https://www.leadforensics.com). The headquarters of Lead Forensics is located at Communication House 26 York Street, London, W1U 6PZ, United Kingdom.
Lead Forensics identifies details about your organization, including telephone number, web address, SIC code, and a description of the company. Lead Forensics also shows the actual path of your visit to this website, including all pages visited and viewed by you, and how long you spent on this site. Under no circumstances are the data used for the personal identification of an individual visitor. If IP addresses are collected, they are anonymized immediately after collection. On behalf of the operator of this website, Lead Forensics will use the information collected to evaluate your visit to the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. This is done only with your prior explicit consent. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.