Privacy

Unless otherwise specified below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law or contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it will have no consequences. This applies only to the extent that no other indication is made in the subsequent processing operations.

"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information.

Each time you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web hoster / IT service provider by your Internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offer.

Your data will be transferred to Canada, among other countries. The EU Commission has issued an adequacy decision for data transfers to Canada.

Contact

Person in charge/data protection officer

You can reach our data protection officer directly at: Guido von Thadden

gvonthadden@paperandtea.com

Initiative contact of the customer by e-mail

If you initiate business contact with us by e-mail, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of processing and answering your contact request.

If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of personal data relating to you based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO for reasons arising from your particular situation.

We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Collection and processing when using the contact form

When using the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of contacting you.

If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in case of interest in purchase, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of personal data relating to you based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO for reasons arising from your particular situation. We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

WhatsApp Business
If you contact us via WhatsApp, we use the WhatsApp Business version of WhatsApp Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; "WhatsApp"). If you are located outside the European Economic Area, this service is provided by WhatsApp Inc. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA).
The data processing is used to process and respond to your contact request. For this purpose, we collect and process your mobile phone number stored with WhatsApp, your name if provided, and other data to the extent provided by you. We use a mobile device for the service, in whose address book only data of users who have contacted us via WhatsApp are stored. A transfer of personal data to WhatsApp, without that you have already consented to WhatsApp, does not take place.
Your data will be transmitted by WhatsApp to servers of Facebook Inc. in the USA.
If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in case of interest in purchase, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO.
If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in providing a quick and easy contact and answering your inquiry. In this case, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of personal data relating to you based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO for reasons arising from your particular situation.
We will only use your personal data to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
For more information on terms of use and data protection when using WhatsApp, please visit https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#terms-of-service (https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#terms-of-service) and https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy (https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy).

Customer account orders

Customer account
When opening a customer account, we collect your personal data to the extent specified there. The data processing serves the purpose of improving your shopping experience and simplifying order processing. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. Your customer account will then be deleted.

Collection, processing and forwarding of personal data when placing orders
When you place an order, we collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary for the fulfillment and processing of your order and to process your requests. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide it will result in no contract being concluded. The processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
A transfer of your data takes place, for example, to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers selected by you, payment service providers, service providers for order processing and IT service providers. In all cases, we strictly observe the legal requirements. The scope of the data transfer is limited to a minimum.
Your data will be transferred to Canada, among other countries. For data transfers to Canada, there is an adequacy decision of the EU Commission.

Ratings Advertising

Data collection when writing a commentary
When commenting on an article or a contribution, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, comment text) only to the extent provided by you. The processing serves the purpose of enabling commenting and displaying comments. By sending the comment, you consent to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. Your personal data will then be deleted.

When your comment is published, only the name you provide will be published.

Käufersiegel customer rating
We use the Käufersiegel customer rating tool of Händlerbund Management AG (Torgauer Straße 233 B, 04347 Leipzig) on our website. After your order, we would like to ask you to rate and comment on your purchase with us.
For this purpose, you will be contacted by us by e-mail, whereby we use the technical system of the provider of the Buyer Seal Rating Tool within the scope of order processing.
In this context, the processing of your data takes place either with your consent or on the basis of our legitimate interest.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para.1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent, provided that you have expressly agreed to receive the rating request. You can revoke your consent at any time by using the corresponding link in the email, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. Your e-mail address will then be removed from the distribution list.
The processing without explicit consent is based on Art. 6 para.1 lit. f DSGVO from the legitimate interest in truthful, verified assessments of our services in the context of direct advertising. For this purpose, we send an evaluation request in electronic form for our own goods or services that you have already purchased from us. The sending takes place to the e-mail address, which we received from you in the context of the sale of a good or service. The sending of the evaluation request is subject to the proviso that you have not objected to this use of your e-mail address.
The objection is possible at any time by notifying us. The contact details for exercising the objection can be found in the imprint. You can also use the link provided for this purpose in the evaluation request. This does not incur any costs other than the transmission costs according to the prime rates.
The personal data stored in this context in the technical system of the Buyer Seal rating tool will be deleted 3 months after the delivery of goods recorded for rating.

Website logo for Google customer reviews
The website logo for Google customer reviews of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google") is integrated on our website.
The purpose of the integration is to display the number and result of our reviews received so far via Google and to advertise participation in this program.
In order to display the logo on our website and to show you personalized advertisements on Google, Google uses cookies. In the process, among other things, your IP address may be processed and transmitted to Google.
Your data may be transmitted to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/ (https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/).
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our offers through the presentation of customer reviews already received. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. You can deactivate personalized advertising for you in the Google advertising settings. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de (https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de). Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ (https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/) and implementing the further information on opting out mentioned there.
For more information on terms of use and data protection when using Google customer reviews, please visit https://www.google.com/shopping/customerreviews/static/tos/de/1_01_tos.html (https://www.google.com/shopping/customerreviews/static/tos/de/1_01_tos.html) and https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de).

Use of the e-mail address for sending newsletters
We use your e-mail address independently of the contract processing exclusively for our own advertising purposes for sending newsletters, provided that you have expressly consented to this. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. To do so, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your e-mail address will then be removed from the distribution list.

Your data will be passed on to a service provider for e-mail marketing within the scope of order processing. Your data will not be passed on to any other third parties.

Merchandise management

Use of an external merchandise management system
We use an enterprise resource planning system for contract processing within the scope of order processing. For this purpose, your personal data collected in the context of the order will be transferred to
BrightPearl, New Bond House, Bond St, St Paul's, Bristol BS2 9AG, United Kingdom
transmitted.

Payment service provider Credit report

Use of PayPal
All PayPal transactions are subject to the PayPal privacy policy. This can be found at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full (https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full).

Use of PayPal Express
We use the PayPal Express payment service of PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; "PayPal") on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment via the PayPal Express payment service.
To integrate this payment service, it is necessary for PayPal to collect, store and analyze data (e.g. IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, location of your device) when you call up the website. Cookies may also be used for this purpose. The cookies enable the recognition of your browser.
The use of cookies or similar technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
With the selection and use of PayPal Express, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to PayPal in order to fulfill the contract with you with the selected payment method. This processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.
For more information on data processing when using the PayPal Express payment service, please refer to the associated privacy policy at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_DE#Updated_PS (https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_DE#Updated_PS).

Use of Amazon Payments
We use the Amazon Payments payment service of Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a. (38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg; "Amazon Payments") on our website.
The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment via the Amazon Payments payment service.
In order to integrate this payment service, it is necessary for Amazon Payments to collect, store and analyze data (e.g. IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, location of your device) when you call up the website. Cookies may also be used for this purpose. The cookies enable the recognition of your browser.
The use of cookies or similar technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
With the selection and use of "Amazon Payments", the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to Amazon Payments in order to fulfill the contract with you with the selected payment method.
This processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.
For more information on data processing when using the payment service Amazon Payments, please see the associated privacy policy at: https://pay.amazon.com/de/help/201212490 (https://pay.amazon.com/de/help/201212490).

Use of personal data when selecting Klarna payment options.
In order to offer you Klarna's payment options, we will transmit personal data, such as contact details and order data, to Klarna. This allows Klarna to assess whether you can use the payment options offered through Klarna and to adapt the payment options to your needs. For general information about Klarna, please visit: https://www.klarna.com/de/ (https://www.klarna.com/de/). Your personal information will be treated by Klarna in accordance with applicable data protection laws and as described in Klarna's privacy policy at https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy (https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy).

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on a user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.

Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and decide on their acceptance individually, as well as prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data they contain. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

Under the following links you can find out how to manage (including deactivate) cookies in the most important browsers:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de)
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies)
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen (https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen)
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac)

Technically necessary cookies
Unless otherwise stated in the privacy policy below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser even after a page change and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

The use of cookies or similar technologies takes place on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our offer.
You have the right to object to this processing of personal data relating to you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
Use of Cookiebot
We use the consent management tool Cookiebot by Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark; "Cookiebot") on our website.
The tool allows you to give consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, as well as to exercise your right to withdraw consent you have already given. Data processing serves the purpose of obtaining and documenting required consents to data processing and thus complying with legal obligations.
Cookies may be used for this purpose. Among other things, the following information may be collected and transmitted to Cookiebot: anonymized IP address, date and time of consent, URL from which the consent was sent, anonymous, random, encrypted key, consent status. This data is not shared with other third parties.
Data processing is carried out to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO.
You can find more information on data protection at Cookiebot at: https://www.cookiebot.com/

Analysis advertising tracking communication

Use of Google Analytics
On our website, we use the web analytics service Google Analytics provided by Google LLC. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Accordingly, Google Ireland Limited is the company affiliated with Google that is responsible for processing your data and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws.
The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. To this end, Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. In this context, the following information may be collected, among others: IP address, date and time of page view, click path, information about the browser you are using and the device you are using (device), pages visited, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website), location data, purchase activities. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.
Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies, web storage in the browser and tracking pixels that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by this about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks (https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks). Both Google and U.S. government agencies have access to your data. Your data may be linked by Google to other data, such as your search history, your personal accounts, your usage data from other devices, and any other data Google may have about you.
IP anonymization is activated on this website. This means that your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You may revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html (https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html) or https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ (https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/) and https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de (https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de).

Use of the Facebook Pixel
We use the "Custom Audiences" remarketing function of Facebook Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland "Facebook") on our website.
Facebook Ireland and we are jointly responsible for the collection of your data and transmission of this data to Facebook when the service is integrated. This is based on an agreement between us and Facebook Ireland on the joint processing of personal data, which defines the respective responsibilities. The agreement can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum (https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum). According to this agreement, we are responsible in particular for fulfilling the information obligations pursuant to Articles 13, 14 of the GDPR, for complying with the security requirements of Article 32 of the GDPR with regard to the correct technical implementation and configuration of the service, and for complying with the obligations pursuant to Articles 33, 34 of the GDPR to the extent that a personal data breach affects our obligations under the joint processing agreement. Facebook Ireland has the responsibility to respect the data subjects' rights under Art. 15 - 20 GDPR, to comply with the security requirements of Art. 32 GDPR with regard to the security of the Service and to comply with the obligations under Art. 33, 34 GDPR to the extent that a personal data breach affects Facebook Ireland's obligations under the Joint Processing Agreement.
The application serves the purpose of targeting the visitors of the website with interest-based advertising on the social network Facebook. For this purpose, the remarketing tag of Facebook has been implemented on the website. Via this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is established when the website is visited. This transmits to the Facebook server which of our pages you have visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. When you visit the Facebook social network, you will then be shown personalized, interest-related Facebook ads. Your data may be transmitted to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum (https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum).
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

Use of Zoom
In order to conduct our online seminars/courses (hereinafter: Online Seminars), we use, within the framework of an order processing agreement, the video conferencing tool Zoom of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (55 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, CA 95113, USA; "Zoom").
Participation in our online seminars can be done via the Zoom app (after download on the provider's website) or via the browser version on the provider's website. To participate in our online seminars, it is therefore necessary to visit the website of the provider Zoom at least once. Zoom is responsible for the processing of your data that takes place there.
We are responsible for the processing of your personal data that takes place in connection with the implementation of our online seminars.
This data processing serves the purpose of conducting our online seminar as well as preparing and following it up.
For this purpose, we collect and process the following of your personal data: Name, e-mail address, password (if no single sign-on was used), IP address, information on the device used, date/time of the online seminar and, in the case of telephone dial-in, the incoming and outgoing telephone number and the country. The provision of this data is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract concluded between you and us for the provision of the online seminar. Failure to provide this data will result in you not being able to participate in our online seminar.
In addition, we collect and process text entries made by you during the online seminar as well as video and audio transmissions from your device. You can deactivate your camera and microphone before entering the online seminar and at any time during the online seminar. No data collection will then take place via this. If you do not wish to provide data via the chat, camera or audio function, active participation in the online seminar or communication with other participants will not be possible.
If we record our online seminars for follow-up purposes, in particular for subsequent provision to the respective participants, you will be informed of this separately before the start of the online seminar. You will also recognize a recording by the marking during the online seminar. In the case of a recording, your name, any text entries made in the chat, and video/audio transmissions from your device will be saved and, if necessary, transmitted to the respective participants of the online seminar afterwards.
The data collected during the implementation of our online seminars is transmitted to Zoom and thus to the USA as part of the order processing agreement. There is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the USA.The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://zoom.us/docs/doc/Zoom_GLOBAL_DPA.pdf (https://zoom.us/docs/doc/Zoom_GLOBAL_DPA.pdf).
The processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO and is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
More information on data processing when using Zoom can be found at: https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html (https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html)

Plug-ins and other

Use of social plug-ins
We use plug-ins of social networks on our website. The integration of social plug-ins and the data processing that takes place serves the purpose of optimizing advertising for our products.
When social plug-ins are integrated, a link is established between your computer and the servers of the social network providers and the plug-in is displayed on the page by notifying your browser, provided you have expressly consented to this. In this process, both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted to the provider servers. This applies regardless of whether you are registered or logged in to the social network. Transmission also takes place for non-registered or non-logged-in users. If you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the collected information can also be assigned to your corresponding profiles. When using the plug-in functions (e.g. by pressing the button), this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your social media accounts before visiting our website and activating the buttons.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of Section 15 (3) sentence 1 TMG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
Social networks named below are integrated on our website by means of social plug-ins. For more information on the scope and purpose of the collection and use of the data, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the linked data protection notices of the providers.

Facebook of Facebook Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland).
Facebook Ireland and we are jointly responsible for the collection of your data and transmission of this data to Facebook that takes place when the service is integrated. This is based on an agreement between us and Facebook Ireland on the joint processing of personal data, which defines the respective responsibilities. The agreement can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum (https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum). According to this agreement, we are responsible in particular for fulfilling the information obligations pursuant to Articles 13, 14 of the GDPR, for complying with the security requirements of Article 32 of the GDPR with regard to the correct technical implementation and configuration of the service, and for complying with the obligations pursuant to Articles 33, 34 of the GDPR to the extent that a personal data breach affects our obligations under the joint processing agreement. Facebook Ireland has the responsibility to enable data subject rights under Art. 15 - 20 GDPR, to comply with the security requirements of Art. 32 GDPR with respect to the security of the Service, and to comply with the obligations under Art. 33, 34 GDPR insofar as a personal data breach affects Facebook Ireland's obligations under the Joint Processing Agreement.
Your data may be transferred to the USA. No adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum (https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum).
For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

Instagram of Instagram LLC. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA).
https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388)
Your data may be transferred to the USA. No adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available for the USA. The data transfer is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de).
LinkedIn of LinkedIn Corporation (2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=uno-reg-guest-home-privacy-policy (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=uno-reg-guest-home-privacy-policy)
Your data may be transferred to the USA. No adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available for the USA.

Pinterest of Pinterest Inc. (635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA)
https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy (https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy)
Your data may be transferred to the USA. No adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available for the USA.

Use of Google reCAPTCHA
We use the reCAPTCHA service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google") on our website.
If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Accordingly, Google Ireland Limited is the company affiliated with Google that is responsible for processing your data and complying with applicable data protection laws. The query serves the purpose of distinguishing the input by a human or by automated, machine processing. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and further used there. In addition, the IP address and, if applicable, other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service are transmitted to Google. This data is processed by Google within the European Union and may also be transmitted to the USA. For the USA, there is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks (https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks).
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest to protect our website from automated spying, abuse and SPAM. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation.
You can find more information on Google reCAPTCHA as well as the associated privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html) as well as https://www.google.com/privacy (https://www.google.com/privacy).

Use of Google invisible reCAPTCHA
We use the invisible reCAPTCHA service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google") on our website. If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Accordingly, Google Ireland Limited is the company affiliated with Google that is responsible for processing your data and complying with applicable data protection laws.
This is for the purpose of distinguishing input by a human or by automated, machine processing. In the background, Google collects and analyzes usage data that is used by Invisible reCaptcha to distinguish regular users from bots. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and further used there. In addition, the IP address and, if applicable, other data required by Google for the Invisible reCAPTCHA service are transmitted to Google.
This data is processed by Google within the European Union and, if necessary, also to the USA.

No adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, which can be viewed at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks (https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks).
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest to protect our website from automated spying, abuse and SPAM. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation.
You can find more information on Google reCAPTCHA and the associated data protection declaration at: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html) and https://www.google.com/privacy (https://www.google.com/privacy).
Use of GoogleMaps
We use the function for embedding GoogleMaps maps of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google") on our website.
If you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is the controller of your data. Accordingly, Google Ireland Limited is the company affiliated with Google that is responsible for processing your data and complying with applicable data protection laws.
The function enables the visual display of geographical information and interactive maps. In the process, Google also collects, processes and uses data of visitors to the websites when they call up the pages in which GoogleMaps maps are integrated.
Your data may also be transmitted to the USA. There is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks (https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks).
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in the demand-oriented and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data relating to you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
For more information on the collection and use of data by Google, please refer to Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html (https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html). There you also have the option in the Privacy Center to change your settings so that you can manage and protect your data processed by Google.

Use of YouTube
We use the function for embedding YouTube videos of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "YouTube") on our website.YouTube is a company affiliated with Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google").
The function displays videos deposited with YouTube in an iFrame on the website. The option "Extended data protection mode" is activated. As a result, YouTube does not store any information about visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video is information about it transmitted to YouTube and stored there. Your data may be transmitted to the USA. There is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks (https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks).
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in the demand-oriented and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data relating to you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.For more information about the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google, about your rights in this respect and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy at https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy (https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy).

Use of Vimeo
We use plug-ins on our website from Vimeo Inc. (555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA; "Vimeo") to integrate videos from the portal "Vimeo".
When you call up pages of our website that are provided with such a plug-in, a connection is established to the servers of Vimeo and the plug-in is displayed on the page by informing your browser. This transmits to the servers of Vimeo both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo assigns this information to your personal user account. When using the plug-in functions (e.g. by starting a video by pressing the corresponding button), this information is also assigned to your Vimeo account.
Your data may be transmitted to the USA. There is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de).
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG. The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in the demand-oriented and targeted design of our website as well as the legitimate interest of Vimeo in market analysis and in improving its services in a demand-oriented and targeted manner. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
If you do not want Vimeo to assign the collected information directly to your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.
For more information on the purpose and scope of the collection as well as on the further use and processing of the data by Vimeo, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Vimeo's privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy (https://vimeo.com/privacy).

Data subject rights and storage period

Duration of storage
After complete processing of the contract, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, thereafter taking into account statutory, in particular tax and commercial law retention periods, and then deleted after expiry of the period, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Rights of the data subject
You are entitled to the following rights according to Art. 15 to 20 DSGVO if the legal requirements are met: right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability.
In addition, according to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO and to processing for the purpose of direct marketing.

Right of complaint to the supervisory authority
In accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.

Right of objection
If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to object to this processing with effect for the future at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
After the objection has been made, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

last update: 27.10.2020