PRIVACY POLICY THE BIKETEC GMBH, LUZERNSTRASSE 84, 4950 HUTTWIL, SWITZERLAND

1. DATA PROTECTION AT A GLANCE

General information
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit this website. Personal data is all data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy, which appears as part of 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. Their contact details can be found in the «Notice on the controller» section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected by you communicating it to us. This may, for example, involve data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected by our IT systems automatically or following your consent when you visit the website. This includes all technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system, or time at which the page was visited). This data is collected automatically as soon as you visit this website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is free of errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge and at any time. You also have the right to request the rectification or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for your data to be processed, you may withdraw this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Please contact us at any time if you have any questions about this or any other aspect of data protection.

Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers
Your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed when you visit this website. This is done primarily with so-called analysis programs. You will find detailed information about these analysis programs 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 host’s/hosts’ servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact data, names, web page accesses, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR) and in the interest of the secure, fast and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). If appropriate consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

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

We use the following host:

NETFORMIC GmbH
Hermannstrasse 5A
70178 Stuttgart
Deutschland

Order processing
We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law which guarantees 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 sites 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 is collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and for what purpose we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the controller
The data controller responsible for processing data on this website is:

Biketec GmbH
represented by the managing director: Dr. Ivica Durdevic
Luzernstrasse 84
CH-4950 Huttwil

Telefon: +41 62 959 53 00
E-Mail: info@fit-ebike.ch

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

Representative pursuant to Article 27 GDPR
Biketec Europe GmbH
represented by the managing director: Gerhard Ferfers
Im Höning 5
DE-63820 Elsenfeld

Telefon: +49 6022 7067-200
E-Mail: 
germany@fit-ebike.com

Duration of storage
Unless a specific storage period has been specified in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have any other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the deletion will take place once these reasons no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis of data processing on this website
If you have consented to the processing of your data, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) GDPR, insofar as special categories of data are processed pursuant to Article 9 (1) GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Article 49 (1) (a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or to take steps prior to entering into a contract, we process your data on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data insofar as it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR. Data may also be processed on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The following paragraphs of this privacy policy provide information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case.

Data protection officer
We have appointed a data protection officer.

Eric Drissler
ED Computer & Design GmbH & Co. KG
Lina Bommer Trail 4
DE-51149 Cologne

Telefon: +49 221 2888 7766
E-Mail: 
datenschutz@edcud.de

Note on data transmission to the USA and other third countries
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that it is not possible to guarantee a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU in these countries. For example, US companies are obligated to surrender personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) process, analyze, and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

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 disclose personal data to external bodies if this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. disclosing data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the disclosure pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, or if there is another legal basis for the disclosure. When using processors, we only pass on the personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, an agreement to this end is concluded.

Withdrawing your consent to data processing
Many data processing procedures are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent you have already given us at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until such withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Article 21 GDPR)
IF DATA IS PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE (6) (1) E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE AT ANY TIME THE RIGHT, FOR REASONS WHICH ARISE FROM YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. YOU WILL FIND THE LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU FILE AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION-WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).

WHEN YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH DIRECT MARKETING, WHICH INCLUDES PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU FILE AN OBJECTION, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data transmission
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in performance of a contract delivered to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transmission of the data to another responsible entity, this will only be done as far as it is technically feasible.

Information, rectification and deletion
Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin, and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, the right to have this data corrected or deleted. You can contact us at any time if you have any questions about this or any other aspect of personal data.

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

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually require time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data has taken place unlawfully, you may request that the data processing be restricted instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you want it to be used if you need to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
  • If you have filed an objection in accordance with Article 21 (1) GDPR, your interests must be weighed against ours. Until it is decided who has the overriding interest, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may not be processed – apart from storing it – without your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising, or defending legal rights or protecting the rights of another natural person or legal entity or for reasons of important public interest cited by the European Union (EU) or a member state.

SSL and TLS encryption
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the website 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 the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to advertising emails
The use of the contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action against unsolicited sending of advertising materials, e.g. through spam emails.

4. DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

Cookies
Our Internet pages use what are known as cookies. Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently on your end device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services of third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for the processing of payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or displaying videos). Other cookies may 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 desired by you (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure web audience), all of which are referred to as necessary cookies, are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies that are necessary 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 is carried out solely on the basis of this consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) TTDSG); consent can be withdrawn at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed when cookies are set, and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

Consent with Usercentrics
This website uses the consent technology of Usercentrics to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device or for the use of specific technologies, and to document the former in a data protection compliant manner. The party offering this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 München, Germany, website: https://usercentrics.com/ (hereinafter referred to as «Usercentrics»).

Whenever you visit our website, the following personal data will be transferred to Usercentrics:

  • Your declaration(s) of consent or your revocation of your declaration(s) of consent
  • Your IP address
  • Information about your browser
  • Information about your device
  • The date and time you visited our website

Moreover, Usercentrics shall store a cookie in your browser to be able to allocate your declaration(s) of consent or any revocations of the former. The data that are recorded in this manner shall be stored until you ask us to eradicate them, delete the Usercentrics cookie or until the purpose for archiving the data no longer exists. This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal retention periods.

Usercentrics uses cookies to obtain the declarations of consent mandated by law. The legal basis for the use of specific technologies is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Data processing
We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law which guarantees that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of server query
  • IP address

This data is not combined with data from other sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a justified interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of the operator's website. In order to achieve this, the server log files must be recorded.

Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details as provided in the inquiry form, including your contact details, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, insofar as your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively processing the inquiries sent to us (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent for the data being stored, or if the purpose for which the data is being stored no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiry by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, insofar as your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively processing the inquiries sent to us (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The data you send to us when you contact us using the contact function will remain with us until you request their deletion, withdraw your consent for them to be stored, or the purpose for which the data is being stored no longer applies (e.g. once the processing of your inquiry is complete). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.

Registration on this website
You can register on this website in order to use additional features on the page. We use the data entered in this way only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

In the case of important changes, for example in the scope of our services or in the case of technically necessary changes, we will use the email address provided during registration to inform you.

The data entered during registration is processed for the purpose of implementing the user relationship established by registration and, if necessary, initiating further contracts (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and will subsequently be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Comment function on this website
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, details when the comment was created, your email address and, if you are not posting anonymously, your chosen username will also be stored.

Storing the IP address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not check comments on this website before they are activated, we need this data to take action against the author in the event of infringements, such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribing to comments
As a user of this website, you can subscribe to comments after logging in. You will receive a confirmation email to check whether you are the owner of the specified email address. You can unsubscribe from this feature at any time via a link in the info emails. In this case, the data entered when subscribing to comments will be deleted; however, if you have transmitted this data to us for other purposes and elsewhere (e.g. subscribing to a newsletter), the data will remain with us.

Storage period for comments
The comments and the related data is stored and remain on this website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

Legal basis
The comments are saved on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. To do so, an informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

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.

Each time a page of this website that contains LinkedIn elements 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 is able to associate your visit to this website with you and your user account. Please note that, as the operator of the website, we are unaware of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by LinkedIn.

If consent has been obtained, the above service is used on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. Insofar as consent has not been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility on social media.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1343190/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=en-us&intendedLocale=en

Further information may be found in the LinkedIn privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

6. ANALYSIS 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 that allows us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, store cookies, or perform its own analyses. It is only used to manage and display the tools integrated through it. However, Google Tag Manager collects your IP address, which may also be transmitted to Google’s parent company in the United States.

Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, store cookies, or perform its own analyses. It is only used to manage and display the tools integrated through it. However, Google Tag Manager collects your IP address, which may also be transmitted to Google’s parent company in the United States.

Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the Google Analytics web analysis service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited («Google»), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. In doing so, the website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, length of stay, operating systems used and origin of the user. This data is summarized in a user ID and assigned to the respective end device of the website visitor.

Furthermore, we can use Google Analytics to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. In addition, Google Analytics uses various modeling approaches to supplement the recorded datasets and employs machine learning technologies for data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable user recognition for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g. 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 Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

Browser Plugin
You can prevent Google from collecting and processing your data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

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

7. NEWSLETTER

Newsletter data
If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is collected only on a voluntary basis. To process the newsletters, we use newsletter service providers, which are described below.

Brevo
This website uses Brevo to send newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Strasse 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.

Brevo is a service with which the sending of newsletters can be organized and analyzed, among other things. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter is stored on the servers of Sendinblue GmbH in Germany.

Data analysis by Brevo
With the help of Brevo, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. This allows us to see, for example, whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. This allows us to determine, among other things, which links were clicked particularly often.

We can also see whether certain previously defined actions were carried out after opening/clicking (conversion rate). This allows us to recognize, for example, whether you have made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter.

Brevo also allows us to classify newsletter recipients according to different categories («clusters»). Newsletter recipients can be broken down by age, gender or place of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better tailored to the respective target groups.

If you do not wish to be analyzed by Brevo, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a corresponding link for this purpose in every newsletter message.

Detailed information on the features of Brevo can be found at https://www.brevo.com/en/newsletter-software/.

Legal basis
Data is processed on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Storage period
The data collected by us for the purpose of sending you the newsletter will be stored by us/the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter, and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remain unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider, insofar as this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from this blacklist is only used for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the statutory requirements governing the sending of newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). The data is stored on the blacklist for an indefinite period. You can object to your data being stored if your interests override our legitimate interest.

For more information, please refer to Brevo’s privacy policy at https://www.brevo.com/de/datenschutz-uebersicht/ and https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/.

Order processing
We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law which guarantees that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

8. PLUGINS AND TOOLS

YouTube with extended data protection
This website incorporates videos from the YouTube website. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited («Google»), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in advanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they view the video. The transmission of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by advanced privacy mode. YouTube connects to the Google DoubleClick network whether or not you are watching a video.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This will tell the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube can directly associate your surfing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device after you start a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube may receive information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve usability, and prevent fraud attempts.

After starting to play a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no control.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest for us within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If appropriate consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

For more information about privacy at YouTube, please see their privacy policy at:https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Fonts (local hosting)
This website uses Google Fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers in the process.

Further information on Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

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

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is enabled, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform presentation of fonts. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and easy retrievability of the places listed by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest for us within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If appropriate consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

You can find more information about how user data is handled in Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

9. ECOMMERCE

Processing of customer and contract data
We collect, process and use personal customer and contract data to establish, structure and modify our contractual relationships. We collect, process, and use personal data about the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent necessary to enable the user to make use of the service or to bill the user. The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

The collected customer data is deleted after the conclusion of the contract or the end of the business relationship and the expiry of any statutory retention periods. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Data transmission upon conclusion of contracts for online shops, merchants, and shipment of goods
If you order goods from us, we forward your personal data to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as well as the payment service provider commissioned for payment processing. We only disclose data that is required by the service provider to fulfill its task. The statutory basis for this is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures. If you have given appropriate consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR, we will transmit your e-mail address to the transport company commissioned with the delivery so that they can keep you informed of the status of your order by e-mail; you can withdraw this consent at any time.

10. OWN SERVICES

Dealing with applicant data
You have the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. by e-mail, post or via an online application form). The following covers the scope, purpose, and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that your data will be collected, processed, and used in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated strictly confidentially.

Scope and purpose of data collection
When you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews) insofar as this is necessary for making a decision regarding a job application. The legal basis for this is Section 26 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR (general contract negotiations) and – if you have provided your consent – Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. Your personal data will be processed within our company and will only be passed on to persons who are involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data you submitted will be stored in our data processing systems for the purposes of conducting the employment relationship on the basis of Section 26 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Retention period of the data
If we are unable to make you a job offer, you reject a job offer, or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted in line with our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) for up to six months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application). The data is then deleted and the physical application documents are destroyed. Stored data serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the six-month period has expired (e.g. due to threatened or pending litigation), deletion will only take place once the purpose for continuing to store the data no longer applies.

Data may also be stored for a longer period if you have given your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.

Our social media presences
This privacy policy applies to the following social media sites

Data processing through social networks
We maintain publicly available profiles in social networks. The individual social networks we use can be found below.

Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter etc. can generally analyze your user behavior comprehensively if you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g., like buttons or banner ads). When you visit our social media pages, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered. In detail:

If you are logged in to your social media account and visit our social media page, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. Under certain circumstances, your personal data may also be recorded if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data is collected, for example, via cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.

Using the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which their preferences and interests are stored. This way you can see interest-based advertising inside and outside of your social media presence. If you have an account with the social network, interest-based advertising can be displayed on any device you are logged in to or have logged in to.

Please also note that we cannot retrace all processing operations on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, additional processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. Details can be found in the terms of use and privacy policy of the respective social media portals.

Legal basis
Our social media appearances should ensure the widest possible presence on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on divergent legal bases to be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g., consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

Responsibility and assertion of rights
If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g., Facebook), we, together with the operator of the social media platform, are responsible for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can in principle protect your rights (information, correction, deletion, limitation of processing, data portability and complaint) vis-à-vis us as well as vis-à-vis the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g., Facebook).

Please note that despite the shared responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social media portals. Our options are determined by the company policy of the respective provider.

Storage time
The data collected directly from us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as you ask us to delete it, you revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular, retention periods - remain unaffected.

We have no control over the storage duration of your data that are stored by the social network operators for their own purposes. For details, please contact the social network operators directly (e.g., in their privacy policy, see below).

Your rights
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge and at any time. You also have the right to object, to data portability and to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You may also request the rectification, blocking, deletion and, in certain circumstances, restriction of the processing of your personal data.

Individual social networks

Facebook
We have a profile on Facebook. This service is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as Meta). According to Meta, the collected data will also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.

We have entered into a joint processing agreement (Controller Addendum) with Meta. This agreement sets out which data processing operations we or Meta are responsible for when you visit our Facebook page. This agreement can be viewed at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

You can customize your advertising settings independently in your user account. Click on the following link and log in: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Details can be found in the Facebook privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Instagram
We have a profile on Instagram. This service is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendumhttps://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Details about how your personal data is handled can be found in the Instagram privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

LinkedIn
We have a LinkedIn profile. The provider is the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.

If you want to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa und https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

For details on how they handle your personal information, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

YouTube
We have a profile on YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in the YouTube privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.