Privacy Policy

1. Privacy 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. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the "Information on the Controller" section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by you communicating it to us. This can, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data, such as your internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page view. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. Insofar as contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other order requests.

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 a 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 for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This happens primarily with so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

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

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host or hosts. This can primarily be IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of contract fulfillment towards our potential and existing customers in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

If corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill their performance obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host:

Framer B.V.
Rozengracht 207
1016 LZ Amsterdam
Netherlands

Data Processing Agreement

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

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified.

This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the internet, for example when communicating by e-mail, can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

BLIKS IO GmbH
Johannstr. 37
40476 Düsseldorf
E-mail: it@bliks.io

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data, such as names or e-mail addresses.

Storage Period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies.

If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data, such as retention periods under tax or commercial law.

In the latter case, deletion takes place after these reasons have ceased to exist.

General Notes on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on this Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR, provided that special categories of data according to Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR are processed.

In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information in your terminal device, for example via device fingerprinting, the data processing is additionally based on § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

If your data is required for contract fulfillment or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Furthermore, we process your data, provided this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Information on the respective legal bases applicable in individual cases is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer.

LCube – Datenschutz & IT-Sicherheit e.K.
Hardenbergstr. 15
31275 Lehrte

Phone: 05132/921970
E-mail: datenschutz@lcube.de

Recipients of Personal Data

As part of our business activities, we work with various external bodies. In some cases, it is also necessary to transfer personal data to these external bodies.

We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary within the scope of contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so, for example to pass on data to tax authorities, if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer under Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or if another legal basis permits data transfer.

When using data processors, we only transfer personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid data processing agreement.

In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement 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 already given at any time.

The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing under Art. 21 GDPR

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

THIS ALSO APPLISTS TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.

THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS.

THIS ALSO APPLIES IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING.

THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING.

IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place 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 have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format.

If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done insofars as it is technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing.

If applicable, you also have a right to the correction or deletion of this data.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose.

The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the audit, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

• If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

• If you have filed an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent.

Processing is also permitted to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator.

You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by 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.

Objection to Promotional E-mails

The use of contact data published within the scope of the legal notice obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby rejected.

The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of promotional information, such as spam e-mails.

4. Data Collection on this Website

Cookies

Our website pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your terminal device.

They are stored on your end device either temporarily for the duration of a session as session cookies or permanently as permanent cookies.

Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit.

Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies can originate from us as first-party cookies or from third-party companies as so-called third-party cookies.

Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within web pages, such as cookies for processing payment services.

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them, such as 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 want, or to optimize the website are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.

If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG.

The consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases.

You can exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.

If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

If other cookies and services are used on this website, you can find this in this privacy policy.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us.

These are:

• Browser type and browser version

• Operating system used

• Referrer URL

• Host name of the accessing computer

• Time of the server request

• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website. For this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us.

The storage takes place to process the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions.

We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR or on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, if this was requested.

The consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies, for example after your inquiry has been completely processed.

Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected.

Use of Artificial Intelligence to Answer Customer Inquiries

We use AI-supported software to process and answer customer inquiries.

The AI we use analyzes the content of your message in order to generate a suitable response or a response suggestion autonomously or partially autonomously.

In this context, our AI processes all content of your message, including names, e-mail addresses, communication content, or technical information such as IP addresses and device information.

The AI software is used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We have a legitimate interest in the most efficient customer communication possible using modern technical solutions.

We use the following AI applications:

Self-hosted n8n Instance

For the automated processing of contact and customer inquiries, we use an instance of the workflow automation software n8n that we operate ourselves. The instance is operated on servers of the following hosting provider:

DigitalOcean, LLC
105 Edgeview Drive, Suite 425
Broomfield, CO 80021
USA

When you contact us, your inquiries, including metadata, may be transmitted to the servers of this provider and processed there to generate a suitable response.

HubSpot CRM

We use HubSpot CRM on this website.

We use HubSpot CRM. The provider and contracting partner for customers based in Germany is HubSpot Germany GmbH, Am Postbahnhof 17, 10243 Berlin, Germany. Within the scope of service provision, other companies of the HubSpot Group, in particular HubSpot Ireland Limited and HubSpot, Inc., may be involved in the processing.

The personal data collected in this way can be analyzed and used for communication with potential customers or for marketing measures, such as newsletter mailings.

With HubSpot CRM, we are also able to record and analyze the user behavior of our contacts on our website.

HubSpot CRM is used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in the most efficient customer management and customer communication possible.

If corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG.

The consent can be revoked at any time.

Details can be found in HubSpot's privacy policy:

https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.

Details can be found here:

https://www.hubspot.com/data-privacy/privacy-shield

The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework", or DPF for short.

The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA.

Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information can be obtained at:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5812

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement, or DPA for short, for the use of the above-mentioned service.

This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

5. Social Media

LinkedIn

This website uses elements of the LinkedIn network.

The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Every time a page of this website that contains elements of LinkedIn is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established.

LinkedIn is informed that you have visited this website with your IP address.

If you click the LinkedIn "Recommend" button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to this website with you and your user account.

We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

This service is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG.

The consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.

Details can be found here:

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1343190

Further information can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework", or DPF for short.

The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA.

Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information can be obtained at:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5448

6. Analytics Tools and Advertising

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager.

The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is a tool with which we can integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website.

Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not store cookies, and does not perform independent analyses.

It only serves to manage and play out the tools integrated through it.

However, Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google's parent company in the United States.

Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on its website.

If corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG.

The consent can be revoked at any time.

The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework", or DPF for short.

The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA.

Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information can be obtained at:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics.

The provider is Google Ireland Limited, "Google" for short, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors.

The website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, duration of visit, operating systems used, and the origin of the user.

This data is combined in a user ID and assigned to the respective terminal device of the website visitor.

Furthermore, we can record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks with Google Analytics.

Google Analytics also uses various modeling approaches to supplement the recorded data sets and uses machine learning technologies in data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior, for example cookies or device fingerprinting.

The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This service is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG.

The consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.

Details can be found here:

https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/sccs/

The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework", or DPF for short.

The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA.

Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information can be obtained at:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

IP Anonymization

Google Analytics IP anonymization is activated.

As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet use to the website operator.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's privacy policy:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

7. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you.

We also require information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and agree to receive the newsletter.

Further data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis.

We use newsletter service providers, described below, to process the newsletter.

MailerLite

This website uses MailerLite to send newsletters.

The provider is MailerLite Limited, "MailerLite", 38 Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2, D02PR89, Ireland, hereinafter "MailerLite".

MailerLite is a service with which, among other things, the sending of newsletters can be organized and analyzed.

The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter is stored on MailerLite's servers.

If you do not want an analysis by MailerLite, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

We provide a corresponding link for this in every newsletter message.

Data Analysis by MailerLite

With the help of MailerLite, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns.

For example, we can see whether a newsletter message was opened and which links, if any, were clicked.

In this way, we can, among other things, determine which links were clicked particularly frequently.

We can also recognize whether certain pre-defined actions were carried out after opening or clicking, so-called conversions.

For example, we can recognize whether you made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter.

MailerLite also allows us to subdivide or "cluster" newsletter recipients based on various categories.

The newsletter recipients can, for example, be divided by age, gender, or place of residence.

In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups.

Detailed information on MailerLite's functions can be found at:

https://www.mailerlite.com/features

You can find MailerLite's privacy policy at:

https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy

Legal Basis

Data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can revoke this consent at any time for the future.

Storage Period

The data you deposit with us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from our servers or those of the newsletter service provider after you unsubscribe.

After unsubscribing from the newsletter, they will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list or after the purpose has ceased to exist.

We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider, if this is necessary to prevent future mailings.

The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data.

This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters.

Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time.

You can object to storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement, or DPA for short, for the use of the above-mentioned service.

This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Newsletter Sending to Existing Customers

If you order goods or services from us and provide your e-mail address, this e-mail address can subsequently be used by us to send newsletters, provided we inform you of this in advance.

In such a case, only direct advertising for our own similar goods or services will be sent via the newsletter.

You can unsubscribe from this newsletter at any time.

For this purpose, a corresponding link can be found in each newsletter.

The legal basis for sending the newsletter in this case is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with § 7 Para. 3 UWG.

After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored in a blacklist by us to prevent future mailings to you.

The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data.

This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters.

Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time.

You can object to storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

8. Plugins and Tools

YouTube with Enhanced Privacy

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website.

The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited, "Google" for short, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our web pages on which YouTube is integrated, a connection to the YouTube servers is established.

The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile.

You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode.

According to YouTube, videos played in enhanced privacy mode are not used to personalize surfing on YouTube.

Ads displayed in enhanced privacy mode are also not personalized.

No cookies are set in enhanced privacy mode.

Instead, however, so-called local storage elements are stored in the user's browser, which, similar to cookies, contain personal data and can be used for recognition.

Details on enhanced privacy mode can be found here:

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780

If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after activating a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers.

This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

If corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG.

The consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about data protection on YouTube can be found in Google's privacy policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework", or DPF for short.

The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA.

Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information can be obtained at:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

9. Audio and Video Conferences

Data Processing

For communication with our customers, we use, among other things, online conference tools.

The tools we use are listed below.

If you communicate with us via video or audio conference over the internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and by the provider of the respective conference tool.

The conference tools collect all data that you provide or use to use the tools, for example your e-mail address or phone number.

Furthermore, the conference tools process the duration of the conference, the start and end of your participation, the number of participants, and other contextual information in connection with the communication process, so-called metadata.

Furthermore, the provider of the tool processes all technical data required to handle online communication.

This includes, in particular, IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or speaker, and type of connection.

If content is exchanged, uploaded, or otherwise provided within the tool, this is also stored on the servers of the tool providers.

Such content includes, in particular, cloud recordings, chat and instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards, and other information shared during the use of the service.

Please note that we do not have complete influence over the data processing operations of the tools used.

Our possibilities depend significantly on the corporate policy of the respective provider.

Further information on data processing by the conference tools can be found in the privacy policies of the tools used in each case, which are listed below this text.

Purpose and Legal Bases

The conference tools are used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Furthermore, the use of the tools serves to simplify and accelerate communication with us or our company in general.

This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Insofar as consent has been requested, the tools concerned are used on the basis of this consent.

The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

Storage Period

The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tools will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies.

Stored cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

We have no influence on the storage period of your data stored by the operators of the conference tools for their own purposes.

For details, please inform yourself directly from the operators of the conference tools.

Conference Tools Used

We use the following conference tools:

Microsoft Teams

We use Microsoft Teams.

The provider is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.

Details on data processing can be found in the Microsoft Teams privacy policy:

https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement

The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework", or DPF for short.

The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA.

Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.

Further information can be obtained at:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/6474

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement, or DPA for short, for the use of the above-mentioned service.

This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

10. In-house Services

Handling Applicant Data

We offer you the opportunity to apply to us, for example by e-mail, post, or via an online applicant form.

In the following, we inform you about the scope, purpose, and use of the personal data collected during the application process.

We assure you that the collection, processing, and use of your data takes place in accordance with the applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data is treated strictly confidentially.

Scope and Purpose of Data Collection

If you send us an application, we process the associated personal data.

This includes, for example, contact and communication data, application documents, and notes taken during interviews.

The processing takes place to the extent necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship.

The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG under German law to initiate an employment relationship and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR for general contract initiation.

If you have given your consent, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR is also the legal basis.

The consent can be revoked at any time.

Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data you submitted will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of § 26 BDSG and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship.

As part of the application process, we may also conduct an internet search on your person.

This primarily includes Google searches as well as research on LinkedIn and Xing.

The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to obtain an overall impression of you based on publicly accessible information.

Retention Period of the Data

If we cannot make you a job offer, you reject a job offer, or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you transmitted on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR for up to six months after completion of the application process with us.

In particular, rejection or withdrawal of the application is deemed to be completion of the application process.

The data is then deleted and physical application documents are destroyed.

The retention serves in particular for evidence purposes in the event of a legal dispute.

If it is evident that the data will be required after the six-month period has expired, for example due to an imminent or pending legal dispute, deletion will only take place when the purpose for further retention no longer applies.

Longer retention may also take place if you have given corresponding consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or if statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.

Inclusion in the Applicant Pool

If we do not make you a job offer, there may be an opportunity to include you in our applicant pool.

In the event of inclusion, all documents and details from your application will be transferred to the applicant pool in order to contact you in the event of suitable vacancies.

Inclusion in the applicant pool takes place exclusively on the basis of your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Giving consent is voluntary and is not related to the ongoing application process.

The data subject can revoke their consent at any time.

In this case, the data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted, unless there are legal reasons for retention.

The data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted no later than two years after consent has been given.