PRIVACY POLICY - GENERAL

Status of this data protection declaration: 01.03.2022

The protection of your personal data is important to us. Therefore, we would like to inform you about our data protection policy.

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified.

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

Via our consent banner, you define your data protection settings for visiting our website. You can decide separately and independently whether or not to allow the use of external media and analytics/marketing tools. External media are content, plugins or tools, such as videos, social media applications and maps, which are provided by third-party providers and integrated into our website. They usually serve to improve your user experience when visiting our website and to provide you with further - partly multimedia - information. Analytical/marketing tools are also provided by third parties. They help us understand how our website is used, what information users are interested in and what information they may be missing, and which of our advertising efforts are targeted and which are not. This statistical data enables us to continuously improve our website, which benefits all users of the website.

By integrating external media and analysis/marketing tools into the website, the respective provider usually gains knowledge of your IP address and the pages you have visited on our website. In addition, some external media or analysis/marketing tools transmit further data to the provider and may also set cookies on your computer. You agree to this transfer of your personal data with the corresponding settings in the consent dialogue, or not.

We use the following external media and analysis/marketing tools on our website:

• Videos from YouTube

Matomo (self hosted)
For detailed information on these external media and analytics/marketing tools, as well as cookies, please see our privacy policy below this text.

The consent banner is displayed when you visit our website for the first time or you have not yet set your privacy preferences.

The privacy settings you set via our consent banner will only apply to our website for a period of 365 days. You can change your setting at any time by clicking on the "Set Privacy Options" button below or by clicking on the "Privacy Options" link on any page.

The data protection setting you make by means of the consent banner will be logged by us in order to fulfil the legally required duty of proof. For more information, please refer to the section "4. Data collection on our website" in this privacy policy.

Through this setting, the external media mentioned above are directly integrated into the website. When you visit a page on our website that contains external media, you can interact with this external media immediately and directly.

If you do not allow external media and visit a page of our website that has external media embedded in the page content, then a placeholder is displayed instead of this external media so that no data is transmitted to the provider of the external media. However, you have the option of loading each of these external media once by clicking on a button in the placeholder. This loads the external medium you have activated individually and integrates it into the page. Activation by clicking on a placeholder applies once per external medium. This means that if you visit the same page again or another page that contains an external medium, the placeholder will be displayed again and you must activate the external medium again by clicking on it if you want to use it. The external medium can only be integrated into the page and used directly during the loading process if you allow external media to be used in the data protection settings.

Through this setting, the above-mentioned analysis/marketing tools are integrated into our website. As a result, the respective provider generally obtains knowledge of your IP address and the pages you have visited on our website. In addition, analysis/marketing tools usually transmit further data to the provider and usually also set cookies on your computer. You agree to this transfer of your personal data when you activate analysis/marketing tools.

The analysis/marketing tools help us to understand how our website is used, what information users are interested in and what information they may miss, as well as which of our advertising measures are targeted and which are not. This statistical data is never used to personally identify users. However, this statistical data enables us to continuously improve our website, which benefits all users of the website.

This setting prevents the above-mentioned analysis/marketing tools from being integrated into the website. This means that no data is processed by the above-mentioned analysis/marketing tools or transmitted to the providers of the tools.

You can adjust your decision to use external media and analysis/marketing tools at any time by clicking on the button listed below. Furthermore, you can use this button to revoke a previously granted consent at any time by changing the settings accordingly. If consent is not given or is revoked, all cookies that our website has previously set and that are related to this consent will be deleted. This does not include cookies set by providers of external media and analytics/marketing tools under their own domain. These cannot be read or deleted by us due to browser security restrictions. However, you can have these cookies deleted by functions provided by your browser (details of which can be found below and in your browser's user manual).

In the event of a revocation, the legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.

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

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, completion, blocking, deletion and transfer of this data. Furthermore, you have the right to withdraw your consent under data protection law, to object to the processing of certain personal data concerning you, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances, to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, as well as the right not to be subject to a decision based exclusively on automated processing - including profiling.

For further details on your rights, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

If you have any further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time. You will find the corresponding contact options in this data protection declaration as well as in the imprint of this website.

When visiting this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs that use cookies or so-called fingerprinting methods. However, analysis programmes are only used on our website if you agree in the data protection settings in the consent banner that analysis/marketing tools may be used. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you.

You can prevent this analysis by refusing your consent to the use of analysis/marketing tools in the data protection settings in the consent banner, or by activating certain mechanisms which prevent the analysis.

You can find detailed information on these analysis programmes and on your objection and revocation options in the following data protection declaration.

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.
• this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO for the fulfilment of a contractual relationship with you or the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
• there is a legal obligation for the transfer according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c DSGVO.
• We are legally obliged to pass on data to state authorities, e.g. tax authorities, social security institutions, health insurance companies, supervisory authorities and law enforcement agencies.
• the transfer is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO for the protection of legitimate business interests, as well as for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data.
• In accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO, we use external service providers, so-called order processors, who are obliged to handle your data with care.
• We use such service providers in the areas of: IT, logistics, telecommunications, sales, marketing

When transferring data to external bodies in third countries, i.e. outside the EU or the EEA, we ensure that these bodies treat your personal data with the same care as within the EU or the EEA. We only transfer personal data to third countries where the EU Commission has confirmed an adequate level of protection or where we ensure the careful handling of personal data through contractual agreements or other suitable guarantees.

Your personal data is not processed in countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area, except for YouTube services, if these are active. For details, please refer to the sections "Analytics tools" and "Integrated services" in this privacy policy.

We would like to point out that no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU can be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as a data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Note: We and also the providers of web analyses, integrated services and usage-based online advertising that may support us cannot identify you by your IP address. Only a comparison of your IP address with data from your internet provider enables a personal allocation.

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Our hoster will only process your data insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment of its service obligations and follow our instructions with regard to this data.

We use the following hoster:

netclusive GmbH
Robert-Bosch-Str. 10, House I
56410 Montabaur
Germany

We have concluded a contract on order processing (AVV) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

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

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

The data controller for this website is:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 32 + 36
53113 Bonn
Germany
Phone: +49 228 44 60-0
Fax: +49 228 44 60-17 66
E-mail: ntgrtynttvgzd

represented by Tanja Gönner (Speaker of the Board), Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel.

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

The data protection officer is responsible for the monitoring of and compliance with data protection. He will be happy to provide you with further information on the subject of data protection under the following contact details:

Contact of the data protection officer: dtnschtzbftrgtrgzd

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons no longer apply.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. For this purpose, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) DSGVO).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 DSGVO).

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects shall have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged breach. The right of appeal is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Competent supervisory authority:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia.

PO Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf

Tel.: 0211/38424-0
Fax: +49 211/38424-999
E-mail: pststllldnrwd

Sie haben das Recht, Daten, die wir auf Grundlage Ihrer Einwilligung oder in Erfüllung eines Vertrags automatisiert verarbeiten, an sich oder an einen Dritten in einem gängigen, maschinenlesbaren Format aushändigen zu lassen. Sofern Sie die direkte Übertragung der Daten an einen anderen Verantwortlichen verlangen, erfolgt dies nur, soweit es technisch machbar ist.

Recht auf Auskunft, Berichtigung, Vervollständigung, Sperrung und Löschung
Sie haben im Rahmen der geltenden gesetzlichen Bestimmungen jederzeit das Recht auf unentgeltliche Auskunft über Ihre gespeicherten personenbezogenen Daten, deren Herkunft und Empfänger und den Zweck der Datenverarbeitung und ggf. ein Recht auf Berichtigung, Vervollständigung, Sperrung oder Löschung dieser Daten. Hierzu sowie zu weiteren Fragen zum Thema personenbezogene Daten können Sie sich jederzeit unter der im Impressum angegebenen Adresse an uns wenden.

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do this, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may - apart from being stored - only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - except in the exceptional circumstances mentioned in Art. 22 GDPR.

Decision-making based exclusively on automated processing - including profiling - does not take place.

The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested is hereby prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The latest version of our data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.

These internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain viruses. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your terminal device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the member login or the shopping cart function). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or to display advertising.
Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions desired by you (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question is based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO); consent can be revoked at any time.

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

Below you will find an overview of the cookies that are used on our website. Some of these cookies are used in connection with external components and are only used if you give your consent to the use of external components in the consent banner.

If you specify your privacy settings in the consent banner, the following data will be collected and stored:

• Time of the action
• IP address (shortened and encrypted using a hash function)
• User agent (browser type and browser version)
• Information on consent
• This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 7 (1) DSGVO. The article prescribes an obligation to provide proof of consent - for this purpose, the processes of the data protection settings must be recorded with the above-mentioned data.

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

• browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website - for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

If you send us enquiries via the contact/enquiry form, the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up enquiries. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The user's details may be stored in a customer relationship management system ("CRM system") or comparable enquiry organisation.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) if this has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

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

The user's details may be stored in a customer relationship management system ("CRM system") or comparable enquiry organisation.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) if this has been requested.

The data you send us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo. Matomo uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user across pages for the analysis of user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Matomo about the use of this website is stored on our server (see also "2. Hosting"). The IP address is anonymised before storage.

With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyse data about the use of our website by website visitors. This enables us to find out, among other things, when which page views were made and from which region they come. We also collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browsers and operating systems used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

To ensure data protection on this website, Matomo is not integrated into the page when you first enter this website. Matomo is only integrated into the page if you agree to the use of analysis/marketing tools in the data protection settings in the consent banner (consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).
This prevents your data from being recorded in Matomo when you first enter the page.
We also use IP anonymisation. In this case, your IP address is shortened before analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you. The IP address transmitted by your browser via Matomo is not merged with other data collected by us.
Furthermore, we host Matomo exclusively on our own servers in Germany, so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.

This analysis tool is used exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Cookies are stored on your computer for this evaluation. You can set the evaluation by deleting existing cookies and preventing the storage of cookies. If you prevent the storage of cookies, we would like to point out that you may not be able to use this website to its full extent. Preventing the storage of cookies is possible through the setting in your browser.
You can also prevent the use of Matomo by unchecking the box below to activate the opt-out plugin.

Notes on the objection via opt-out plugin: For this purpose, a cookie is placed on the end device that prevents the collection of user data when visiting this offer. In order for the objection to take effect, the cookie must be placed on each end device used. Since the cookie is stored in the respective browser, cookies must be stored in each browser when using several browsers on one end device (e.g. Internet Explorer, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox). It should also be noted that if all cookies are deleted, the objection cookie is also deleted and must then be stored again.

This website embeds videos from the website YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To ensure data protection on this website, YouTube videos are deactivated when you first enter this website. A direct connection to YouTube's servers is only established when you independently activate YouTube videos (consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). Activation takes place when you agree in the data protection settings in the so-called "cookie banner" that external media may be used or you activate a single YouTube video individually by clicking on a video placeholder.
This prevents your data from being transferred to YouTube when you first enter the site.

Furthermore, we only use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. Thus, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network - regardless of whether you watch a video.

If YouTube videos are activated, a connection to the YouTube servers is established as soon as you start a YouTube video on this website. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your end device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud attempts. Cookies remain on your device until you delete them.
If necessary, further data processing processes may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no control.

Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your end device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud attempts. Cookies remain on your device until you delete them.
If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no control.

You can find more information about data protection at YouTube in their privacy policy at:
https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.

The personal data collected within the scope of the newsletter and Compliance Bulletin are used for the purpose of processing the subscription and your enquiries. The only mandatory data for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further, separately marked data is voluntary and is used, in particular function and organisation, we collect exclusively in order to precisely determine relevant topics and to be able to convey them to our target group in a targeted manner. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to register for our newsletter. This means that 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 wish to receive the newsletter. After your confirmation, we store your e-mail address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

Your data will not be passed on to third parties. Your data will not be processed or used for the purposes of consulting, advertising or market research. If the subscription is cancelled, all personal data relating to you will be deleted from our database. Postal addresses and e-mail addresses given in the context of enquiries or orders for information material are used exclusively for correspondence or dispatch.

When calling up further web offers, e.g. registration for training courses and events, for the processing of which the entry of further personal data is required, the data protection declarations adapted to the respective offer also apply.

We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The individual social networks used by us can be found below.

Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. can generally comprehensively analyse your user behaviour when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). By visiting our social media presences, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered. In detail:

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

With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, you can be shown interest-based advertising inside and outside the respective social media presence. Provided you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising may be displayed on all devices on which you are or were logged in.

Please also note that we are not able to track all processing procedures on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing procedures may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social media portals.

Our social media presences are intended to ensure the most comprehensive presence possible on the internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal grounds, which must be stated by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. In principle, you can assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both vis-à-vis us and vis-à-vis the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. vis-à-vis Facebook).

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

We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

We have entered into a joint processing agreement (Controller Addendum) with Facebook. This agreement specifies which data processing operations we or Facebook are responsible for when you visit our Facebook page. You can view this agreement under the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

You can adjust your advertising settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum und https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381

For details, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

We use the short message service Twitter. The provider is Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.

You can independently adjust your Twitter data protection settings in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in: https://twitter.com/personalization

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html

For details, please refer to Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy

We have a profile on YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

For details on how they handle your personal data, please refer to Google's privacy policy:

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

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


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

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa und https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs

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

We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as they are necessary for the establishment, content or amendment of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process and use personal data about the use of this website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill the user.

The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

We only transmit personal data to third parties if this is necessary for the processing of the contract, for example to the credit institution commissioned with the processing of payments.

Further transmission of 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.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

One of the tools we use to communicate with our clients is online conferencing. The individual tools we use are listed below. If you communicate with us by video or audio conference via the Internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and the provider of the respective conference tool.

The conferencing tools collect all data that you provide/enter to use the tools (e-mail address and/or your telephone number). Furthermore, the conference tools process the duration of the conference, start and end (time) of participation in the conference, number of participants and other "contextual information" in connection with the communication process (metadata).

Furthermore, the provider of the tool processes all technical data required to handle the online communication. This includes in particular IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or loudspeaker as well as the type of connection.

If content is exchanged, uploaded or otherwise made available within the tool, this is also stored on the servers of the tool providers. Such content includes, but is not limited to, cloud recordings, chat/instant messages, voicemails uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards and other information shared while using the service.

Please note that we do not have full control over the data processing operations of the tools used. Our options are largely determined by the company policy of the respective provider. For further information on data processing by the conference tools, please refer to the data protection statements of the respective tools used, which we have listed below this text.

The conference tools are used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO). Furthermore, the use of the tools serves the general simplification and acceleration of communication with us or our company (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Insofar as consent has been requested, the tools in question are used on the basis of this consent; consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tools is deleted from our systems as soon as you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected.

We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of the conference tools for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the conference tools directly.

Wir setzen folgende Konferenz-Tools ein:

We use Microsoft Teams. The provider is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. For details on data processing, please refer to the Microsoft Teams privacy policy:
https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.

We have concluded a contract on order processing (AVV) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.