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Datenschutzerklärung

Name and Address of the Responsible Person

Certado GmbH
Augustusstr. 8
86343 Königsbrunn
Deutschland

Handelsregister: HRB 36596
Amtsgericht Augsburg
Geschäftsführer: Georg Leber

Contact:
Phone: +49 (0) 821 / 90 78 0949
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.certado.io

Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer

Certado GmbH
Augustusstr. 8
86343 Königsbrunn
Deutschland

Handelsregister: HRB 36596
Amtsgericht Augsburg
Geschäftsführer: Georg Leber

Contact:
Phone: +49 (0) 821 / 90 78 0949
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.certado.io

Summary of the Privacy Policy

For a better overview, the table of contents is listed in this paragraph, showing the privacy topics covered.

I. General Information on Data Processing

(1) In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website.

(2) The term “personal data” means, with reference to the definition of Article 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as the “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”), all data that can be related to you personally. This includes, for example, name, address, e-mail address, user behavior. With regard to further terminology, in particular the terms “processing”, “controller”, “processor” and “consent”, we refer to the legal data protection definitions of Art. 4 DSGVO.

(3) As a matter of principle, we only process personal data insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website and the content and services offered by us. Personal data is regularly processed only if you have given us your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO or if the processing is permitted by statutory provisions, in particular by one of the legal bases specified in Art. 6 (1) b) to f) DSGVO.

(4) Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by national or European regulations to which we are subject. In this case, the data will be blocked or deleted when the storage period prescribed by the respective regulations has expired. The latter does not apply if further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

(5) Insofar as we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our website or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below.

II. Your Rights

(1) You have the following rights with respect to the personal data concerning you:

  • the right to information,
  • the right to rectification and erasure,
  • the right to restriction of processing,
  • the right to object to processing,
  • the right to data portability.

(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

III. Processing of Personal Data During Informative Use of Our Website

(1) If you call up our website without registering or otherwise providing us with information (“informational use”), we only collect the personal data that your web browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to enable you to view our website and to ensure its stability and security: IP address, date and time of request, time zone difference to GMT, content of the web page, access status (HTTP status), request website, web browser, operating system, language and version of the browser.

(2) The aforementioned data is also stored in so-called log files on our servers. A storage of this data together with other personal data of you does not take place. 

(3) The collection and temporary storage of the IP address is necessary to enable the delivery of our website to your terminal device. For this purpose, your IP address must be stored for the duration of your visit to our website.

(4) The storage of the above-mentioned data in log files serves to ensure the functionality and optimization of our website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(5) An evaluation of this data for marketing purposes does not take place. Our legitimate interest in data processing lies in the aforementioned purposes. The legal basis for the collection and temporary storage of the aforementioned data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.The aforementioned data for the provision of our website will be deleted when the respective session is ended. The collection of the above data to provide our website and the storage of this data in log files is mandatory for the operation of our website. There is no possibility to object.

IV. Processing of Personal Data Through Cookies

(1) We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the storage medium of your end device, for example on a hard drive, and through which we, as the body that sets the cookie, receive certain information. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your end device. This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below.

(2) Cookies that are stored associated with your web browser:

  • Persistent cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted after a predefined duration, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete these cookies at any time in the settings of your web browser. 

(3) The processing of personal data by the above cookies serves to make the offer of our website as a whole more user-friendly and effective for you. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of these cookies. In particular, some functions of our website require that your web browser can still be identified after a page change. If you have an account, we use the cookies to identify you for subsequent visits. This prevents you from having to log in again each time you visit our website. Those data processed by cookies that are required to provide the functions of our website are not used to create user profiles. Insofar as cookies are used for analysis purposes, they are used to improve the quality and user-friendliness of our website, its content and functions. They enable us to track how the website, which functions and how often they are used. This enables us to continuously optimize our offer.

(4) Our legitimate interest in data processing lies in the above purposes. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

(5) The above cookies are stored on your terminal device and transmitted from it to our server. You can therefore configure the processing of data and information by cookies yourself. You can make appropriate configurations in the settings of your web browser, through which you can, for example, reject third-party cookies or cookies altogether. In this context, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all functions of our website properly. Furthermore, we recommend a regular manual deletion of cookies as well as your browser history.

(6) You can change your cookie settings here:

Change Cookie Preferences

V. Other Functions and Offers of Our Website

(1) In addition to the aforementioned informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. As a rule, the provision of further personal data is necessary for this. We need this data to provide the respective service. The aforementioned data processing principles apply here.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers who have been carefully selected and commissioned by us to process this data. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. Insofar as personal data is passed on to third parties in the course of services that we offer together with partners, you can find more detailed information in the following descriptions of the individual services. If these third parties are based in a country outside the European Economic Area, you can find more detailed information about the consequences of this circumstance in the following descriptions of the individual services.

VI. Contact

(1) If you contact us by e-mail, the personal data you send us with your e-mail will be stored.

(2) In addition, we provide a contact form on our website with which you can contact us. The data you enter in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored: first name, last name, e-mail address, telephone number (optional).

(3) The data will only be used to answer your questions. Unless explicitly stated in this privacy policy, the data will not be passed on to third parties. In addition, we record your IP address and the time of sending.

(4) The processing of the above personal data is solely for the purpose of processing your requests. 

(5) The processing of further personal data, which is generated by the use of the contact form provided on our website, serves to prevent misuse and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(6) This is also our legitimate interest in processing your personal data. Insofar as you have given us consent for this, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. Otherwise, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, in particular in the event that the data is transmitted to us by you by sending us an e-mail. Insofar as you want to work towards the conclusion of a contract through your e-mail, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO represents an additional legal basis.

(7) Subject to legal retention periods, the data will be deleted as soon as we have finally processed your request. When contacting us by e-mail, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. We would like to point out that in this case your request cannot be processed any further. You can declare the revocation or the objection by sending an e-mail to our e-mail address given in the imprint. 

VII. Newsletter

(1) We provide you with a newsletter to which you can subscribe on our website. Details of the newsletter, in particular its possible contents, are named in the declaration of consent. If you subscribe to our newsletter, the data you entered in the input mask when registering for the newsletter will be transmitted to us. To register to receive the newsletter, you must provide mandatory data requested by us: First name, last name, e-mail address.

(2) Insofar as you provide further personal data during registration, this information is voluntary.

(3) For the registration to our newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. After your registration, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you provided in which we ask you to confirm that you would like us to send you the newsletter in the future. If you do not confirm your registration within the period specified in the e-mail, the data you provided will be blocked and deleted after 7 days. In addition, we store in each case your IP address and the time of registration for the newsletter as well as the time of confirmation. No data is passed on to third parties in connection with the processing of the data for sending the newsletter. This data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

(4) We send e-mails with promotional information about us, our service and our services only with your express consent. You can object to receiving the e-mails at any time. An objection option can be found in every e-mail. You agree that we send the newsletters via the Sendinblue service of Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany (Sendinblue privacy policy).

(5) The data you enter in the input mask during registration will be processed for the purpose of addressing you personally. After your confirmation, we store your e-mail address in order to be able to send you the newsletter. We store the respective IP address and the times of registration and confirmation in order to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify a possible misuse of your personal data. This is also our legitimate interest. Insofar as you have given us your consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

(6) The above data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the above purposes. We therefore store your aforementioned data as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter. After unsubscribing from the newsletter, we store the aforementioned data purely statistically and anonymously.

(7) You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time by unsubscribing. You can unsubscribe by clicking on the link contained in each newsletter e-mail sent to you by us.

(8) We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behavior when sending the newsletter. The newsletter emails we send contain a so-called web beacon or a so-called tracking pixel. This is a single-pixel image file that is stored on our website. This data is collected exclusively pseudonymously.

(9) This processing of data serves the purpose of tailoring the newsletter to your individual interests, optimizing our offer and making it more interesting for you overall. This is also our legitimate interest. Insofar as you have given us your consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. As far as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Insofar as you have given us consent for the above processing of the data, you can revoke this consent at any time. You can object to this evaluation of your user behavior at any time by clicking on the separate link contained in each newsletter e-mail. In addition, you can prevent the aforementioned evaluation of your user behavior if you have deactivated the display of images in your e-mail program by default. We would like to point out that in this case the newsletter will not be displayed in its entirety and you may not be able to use all of the newsletter’s functions as a result. If you manually activate the display of images, the evaluation of your user behavior just described will take place again.

VIII. Blog

(1) On our website we offer a blog. In this blog we publish articles on various topics.

(2) You can make comments on the respective posts. If you submit a comment, it will be published with the user name you have provided assigned to the respective post. We recommend that you use a pseudonym instead of your real name when choosing a user name. In order to use the comment function, it is mandatory to enter the user name you have chosen and your e-mail address. All other information you provide is voluntary.

(3) Your e-mail address is stored for the purpose of contacting you in the event that a third party reports your comment to us as unlawful or in order to be able to defend ourselves against claims by third parties in the event that you publish unlawful content. This is also our legitimate interest. Insofar as you have given us your consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. As far as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to by third parties as unlawful.

(4) Insofar as you have given us consent for the storage of the data, you may revoke this consent at any time. You can object to this storage of the above data at any time.

IX. Registration

(1) In order to use additional functions of our website, we offer the possibility to register by providing personal data. The data is entered in an input mask and transmitted to us and stored. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The mandatory information requested during registration is marked accordingly and must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration. The following data is collected during the registration process: First name, last name, e-mail address, telephone number, organization, desired domain.

(2) At the time of registration, the IP address and the date and time of registration are also stored. As part of the registration process, the user’s consent to the processing of this data is obtained.

(3) Registration is required for the provision of certain content and services on our website. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service or for providing the services that you have registered to use. In the event of important changes to our offers, services or benefits, for example concerning the scope of the offer or in the event of technically necessary changes, we will use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you of this. The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. Insofar as the registration serves to conclude or execute a contract, Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO is an additional legal basis.

(4) You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

(5) The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case when the registration on our website is cancelled or modified. You have the option to cancel the registration at any time. You can have the data stored about you changed at any time. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

(6) We transmit personal data to third parties only if this is necessary in the context of the contract. A further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

(7) Insofar as you have given us your consent, the legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. Otherwise, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.

(8) We process and/or store your personal data on a server of an external provider in the European Union. This ensures that the standards and regulations of European data protection law are complied with.

X. Payment Service Provider

(1) For the execution of the payment processing, we transmit the payment data provided to us by you to Stripe, Inc., 354 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA.

(2) The transmission of payment data and the processing by the above payment service provider(s) is for the purpose of payment processing. The use of external payment service providers allows us to offer you a choice of different payment methods and thus to make the types of payment processing more flexible for both you and us. This is also our legitimate interest. Insofar as you have given us your consent, the legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. Insofar as the processing of the above data is carried out for the purpose of processing and implementing the contractual relationship, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO. Otherwise, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

(3) You may revoke any consent you have given at any time. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. However, we would like to point out that without the transmission of the payment data and/or the processing by the payment service provider, no or at least not all payment methods can be made available to you and, if applicable, the execution of the contract is not possible.

(4) Your data will be transferred to servers of our payment service provider and processed there. The service provider uses the standard contractual clauses (SCC) for data transfer of personal data (in the form of a legal contract) in accordance with EU data protection law (known as GDPR). For more information on the privacy policy of the payment service provider, please visit https://stripe.com/privacy .

XI. Facebook-Pixel

We use “Facebook Pixel” on our website, a service of Facebook Inc, 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA (hereinafter referred to as “Facebook”). Facebook Pixel enables Facebook to display our ads on Facebook, so-called “Facebook Ads”, only to those Facebook users who have been visitors to our website, in particular those who have shown interest in our online offering or in certain topics or products. Facebook Pixel enables verification of whether a user was redirected to our website after clicking on our Facebook Ads. Facebook Pixel uses, among other things, cookies, which are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device. If you are logged in to Facebook with your user account, the visit to our online offer is noted in your user account. The data collected about you is anonymous for us, so it does not offer us any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, this data can be linked by Facebook to your user account there. We have no influence on the scope and further use of data collected by Facebook through the use of Facebook Pixel. According to our knowledge, Facebook receives the information that you have called up the relevant part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you have a user account with Facebook and are registered, Facebook can assign the visit to your user account. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or have not logged in, there is a possibility that Facebook learns and stores your IP address and possibly other identifiers.

We use Facebook Pixel for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to place relevant and interesting ads for you on Facebook and thus improve our offer, make it more interesting for you as a user and avoid annoying ads. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO (consent).

You can revoke your consent to the aforementioned collection by Facebook Pixel and the use of your data to display Facebook Ads at any time. You can make settings regarding which types of advertisements are displayed to you within Facebook on the following Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. Please note that this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies. In addition, you can also deactivate cookies that are used for range measurement and advertising purposes via the following web pages: 

Please note that this setting will also be deleted when you delete your cookies.

Information of the third party provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland. 

For more information about the third-party provider’s privacy policy, please visit the following Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. Information about Facebook Pixel can be found on the following Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616

We use “Google Analytics” on our website, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google uses cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your terminal device and enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of our website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. If anonymization of the IP address to be transmitted by the cookie is activated on the website (“IP anonymization”), your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server outside the EU and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. In doing so, pseudonymous usage profiles can be created from the processed data. The IP address transmitted when using Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.

XII. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics only with the previously described activated IP anonymization. This means that your IP address is only processed by Google in abbreviated form. A personal reference can thus be excluded.

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website and to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO (consent).

You can also prevent the storage of cookies generated by Google Analytics by making the appropriate settings in your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website. If you wish to prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your user behavior (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google, you can also download and install the web browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

In order to oblige Google to process the transmitted data only in accordance with our instructions and to comply with the applicable data protection regulations, we have concluded an order processing agreement with Google.

Information of the third party provider: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland

Further information on data use by Google, on setting and objection options, and on data protection can be found on the following Google web pages:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.

Deletion of user-level and event-level data associated with cookies, user identifiers (e.g., User ID), and advertising IDs (e.g., DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID, IDFA [Apple identifier for advertisers]) occurs no later than 14 months after collection.

XIII. Google Tag Manager

We use “Google Tag Manager” on our website, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Tag Manager enables us as marketers to manage website tags via an interface. The Google Tag Manager tool that implements the tags is a cookie-less domain and does not itself collect any personal data. Google Tag Manager takes care of triggering other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager. 

Information of the third party provider: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland 

Further information on data protection can be found on the following Google web pages:

XIV. Google Web Fonts

We use “Google Web Fonts” on our website, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Web Fonts enables us to use external fonts, so-called Google Fonts. For this purpose, the required Google Font is loaded into the browser cache by your web browser when you access our website. This is necessary so that your browser can display a visually improved representation of our texts. If your browser does not support this function, a standard font will be used by your computer for display. The integration of these web fonts is done by a server call, usually at a Google server in the USA. This transmits to the server which of our Internet pages you have visited. The IP address of the browser of your terminal device is also stored by Google. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected and processed by Google through the use of Google Web Fonts.

We use Google Web Fonts for optimization purposes, in particular to improve the use of our website for you and to make its design more user-friendly. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

Information of the third party provider: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland 

Further information on data protection can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://fonts.google.com/, https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?hl=de-DE&csw=1 and https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about.

XV. Instagram

We use “Instagram”, a social plug-in of Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA (hereinafter referred to as: “Instagram”), on our website in order to integrate content of the social platform Instagram on web pages of our internet presence.In this context, personal or personal-related data is passed on to Instagram. If you have a user account with Instagram and are registered, Instagram can also assign the visit to your user account. Instagram stores this data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its websites. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (also for users who are not logged in) for the display of tailored advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles. Please contact Instagram directly for this purpose.

We use Instagram to be able to display and offer you content and functions of the social platform Instagram on our website and thereby improve our offer and the user experience and make it more interesting. This is also our legitimate interest in processing the above information. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

If you want to prevent data transfer, you cannot use the functions of Instagram. Regardless of this, we recommend that you regularly log out of your user account there after using a social network, but especially before activating embedded content, as this allows you to avoid an assignment to your profile with the respective provider.

Information of the third-party provider: Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA. Further information on data protection and data use by LinkedIn can be found on the following LinkedIn website: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388

XVI. LinkedIn Analytics

We use “LinkedIn Analytics” on our website, a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as: “LinkedIn”). LinkedIn Analytics stores and processes information about your user behavior on our website. For this purpose, LinkedIn Analytics uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device and that enable an analysis of your use of our website.

We use LinkedIn Analytics for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our website and to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our website in full. You can also prevent the collection of the aforementioned information by LinkedIn by setting an opt-out cookie on one of the websites linked below:

We would like to point out that this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies. You can object to the collection and forwarding of personal data or prevent the processing of this data by deactivating the execution of Java Script in your browser. In addition, you can prevent the execution of Java-Script code altogether by installing a Java-Script blocker (e.g. https://noscript.net/ or https://www.ghostery.com). Please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website.

Third-party provider information: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. For more information about the third-party provider’s privacy policy, please visit the following website: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

XVII. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

We use “LinkedIn Marketing Solutions” on our website, a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as: “LinkedIn”). LinkedIn Marketing Solutions stores and processes information about your user behavior on our website. For this purpose, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device and that enable an analysis of your use of our website.

We use LinkedIn Marketing Solutions for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our website and to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our website in full. You can also prevent the collection of the aforementioned information by LinkedIn by setting an opt-out cookie on one of the websites linked below:

We would like to point out that this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies. You can object to the collection and forwarding of personal data or prevent the processing of this data by deactivating the execution of Java Script in your browser. In addition, you can prevent the execution of Java-Script code altogether by installing a Java-Script blocker (e.g. https://noscript.net/ or https://www.ghostery.com). Please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website.

Third-party provider information: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. For more information about the third-party provider’s privacy policy, please visit the following website: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

XVIII. Microsoft Advertising

On our website, we use technologies from “Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads)”, a service of Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA (hereinafter referred to as: “Microsoft”). Microsoft Advertising collects and stores data from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. Microsoft Advertising enables us to track user activity on our website to the extent that users have accessed our website via advertisements from Microsoft Advertising. If you arrive at our website via such an advertisement, a cookie is set on your terminal device. This allows us and Microsoft to track that a user clicked on a Microsoft Advertising ad and was directed to our website through it. Microsoft and we can also track that the user has reached a previously determined target page, a so-called conversion page. We only learn the total number of users who clicked on a Microsoft Advertising ad and were then redirected to the conversion page. However, no personal data of the respective user is processed in the process. The information collected is transferred to Microsoft servers and stored there for a maximum of 13 months. In addition, Microsoft may be able to track your usage behavior across multiple devices you use through so-called cross-device tracking. This enables Microsoft to show you personalized advertising on Microsoft websites and in apps provided by Microsoft.

We use Microsoft Advertising for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our website and to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

You can prevent the evaluation by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our website to their full extent. In addition, you can prevent the display of personalized advertising by Microsoft by setting an opt-out cookie on the website linked below: http://choice.microsoft.com/de-de/opt-out. Please note that this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies.

Third-party vendor information: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. For more information about the third-party provider’s privacy practices, please visit the following Microsoft web pages:

XIX. XING

We use “XING” on our website, a service of XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (hereinafter referred to as: “XING”). XING stores and processes information about your user behavior on our website. For this purpose, XING uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device and that enable an analysis of your use of our website.

We use XING for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our website and to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. The statistical evaluation of user behavior enables us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our website in full. You can also prevent the collection of the aforementioned information by LinkedIn by setting an opt-out cookie on one of the websites linked below:

Third-party provider information: XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Further information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found on the following website: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

XX. YouTube

On the web pages of our website, we integrate videos from “Youtube”, a social media platform of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). When you call up a website in which a video from Youtube is embedded, data is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. If you have a user account with Google and are registered, Google can thereby assign the visit to your user account. Google stores this data as usage profiles and uses it for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its websites. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (also for users who are not logged in) for the display of tailored advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles. Please contact Google directly for this purpose.

We integrate content from Youtube on the web pages of our Internet presence in order to make this content directly available to you without you having to call up the content separately on Youtube. This allows you to use functions of the social media platform Youtube already on our website. This allows us to improve our offer and the user experience for you and make it more interesting. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

If you want to prevent data transfer, you cannot use the functions of Youtube. Regardless of this, we recommend that you regularly log out of your user account there after using a social network, but especially before activating embedded content, as this allows you to avoid an assignment to your profile with the respective provider.

Information of the third party provider: Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland Further information on data protection and data use by Google can be found on the following Google website: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

Data Processing Agreement (DPA)

Upon request, we conclude an DPA with our users. You can access our current version here. In order to keep the administrative effort low, we only draw in paper form in absolutely exceptional cases.