Data protection notice

Personal data (hereinafter mostly referred to as “data”) are only processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there.

According to Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), “processing” is any process carried out with or without the help of automated processes or any such series of processes in connection with personal data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, arranging, storing, adapting or changing, reading, querying, using, disclosing through transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or the linking, the restriction, the deletion or the destruction.

With the following data protection declaration, we inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, insofar as we decide either alone or together with others about the purposes and means of processing. In addition, we will inform you below about the third-party components we use for optimization purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data on their own responsibility.

Information on data processing

Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies, the deletion of the data does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements and no other information on individual processing methods is given below.

YouTube

We maintain an online presence on YouTube to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers / interested parties. YouTube is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA.

In this respect, we would like to point out that there is a possibility that user data will be processed outside the European Union, in particular in the USA. This can result in increased risks for the user insofar as, for example, later access to the user data can be made more difficult. We also have no access to this user data. The possibility of access lies exclusively with YouTube.

You can find YouTube’s data protection information at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Analytics

We do not use Google Analytics on our website.

YouTube

We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal from YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”. Embedded videos are embedded on our website via www.youtube-nocookie.com (“extended data protection mode”), which means that we do not store any cookies.

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

We use YouTube in connection with the “Extended data protection mode” function in order to be able to show you videos. According to information from YouTube, the “extended data protection mode” function means that the data described in more detail below are only transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video.

If you do not play the videos, no data will be transferred to YouTube. As soon as you play the video, a connection to the YouTube server is necessary. This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least record and process your IP address, the date and time and the website you visited.

Further information on the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard is available from Google

https://policies.google.com/privacy

available data protection information.

CloudFlare

To secure our website and to optimize loading times, we use the CloudFlare service as a so-called CDN (Content Delivery Network). This is a service provided by Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as “CloudFlare”.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure operation of our website and in its optimization.

If you visit our website, your inquiries will be routed via the CloudFlare server. Statistical access data is collected about your visit to our website and a cookie is saved on your device by CloudFlare via your internet browser. The access data include

– your IP address,

– the website (s) you have accessed on our website,

– the type and version of the internet browser you are using,

– the operating system you are using,

– the website from which you switched to our website (referrer URL),

– Your length of stay on our website and

– the frequency with which our website is accessed.

The data is used by CloudFlare for the purpose of statistical evaluations of the accesses as well as for security and optimization of the offer.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your Internet browser. You can find details on this under the heading “Cookies” above.

CloudFlare offers under

https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

further information on the collection and use of the data as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy.

Amazon affiliate program

We use the AMAZON partner program on our website. This is a service provided by Amazon Europe Core S.à rl, 5 Rue Plaetis, L -2338 Luxembourg. Amazon.de advertising links are placed on our website via the AMAZON partner program. If you click on one of these advertisements, you will be redirected to the corresponding offer on the AMZON Internet portal. If you then decide to buy the advertised product there, we will receive a “commission” from Amazon.

To enable this service, Amazon uses cookies. With the help of these cookies, Amazon can understand that you have been redirected from our website to the AMAZON Internet portal. These cookies are only used when you click on a link. No Amazon cookies are stored on our website itself.

Amazon offers under

https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909010

further data protection information.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring the processing and payment of our commission claims by Amazon.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to integrate advertisements on our website. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Google AdSense stores cookies and so-called web beacons on your device via your internet browser. This enables Google to analyze your use of our website. The information collected in this way is transmitted to Google in the USA along with your IP address and the advertising formats displayed to you and stored there. Google can also pass this information on to contractual partners. However, Google declares that your IP address will not be merged with other data from you.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.

Google also offers

https://policies.google.com/privacy

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

further information, in particular about the possibilities of preventing the use of data.

Sample data protection declaration the Law firm Weiß & Partner