Name and contact details of the controller pursuant to Article 4 (7) GDPR

Security and protection of your personal data

definitions

Personal data

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Processing

“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

Restriction of processing

“Restriction of processing” means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.

Profiling

“Profiling” means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

Pseudonymisation

“Pseudonymisation” means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data cannot be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

File system

‘Filing system’ means any structured collection of personal data accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or organised according to functional or geographical criteria.

Person responsible

"Controller" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

Processor

“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

recipient

"recipient" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules and in accordance with the purposes of the processing.

Third party

“Third party” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons authorised to process personal data under the direct authority of the controller or processor.

Consent

“Consent” of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.

lawfulness of processing

The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for the processing. According to Article 6 (1) (a) – (f) GDPR, the legal basis for processing can be in particular:

• the data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for one or more specific purposes;
• the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
• the processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
• the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;
• the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
• processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

Information about the collection of personal data

Below we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website:

1. Personal data includes, for example, name, address, email addresses, user behavior.
2. When you contact us by email, the data you provide (your email address, if applicable your name and your telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions.
3. We delete the data collected in this context after storage is no longer required, or processing will be restricted if there are statutory retention periods.

Collection of personal data when visiting our website

If you simply use the website for information purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server.If you would like to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR):

• IP address
• Date and time of the request
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of the request (specific page)
• Access status/HTTP status code
• Amount of data transferred in each case
• Website from which the request comes
• Browser
• Operating system and its interface
• Language and version of the browser software.

Use of cookies

In addition to the data already mentioned, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are saved on your hard disk and associated with the browser you use; they allow certain information to be sent to the location that placed the cookies. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are designed to make the Internet more user-friendly and effective overall.
This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

1. Transient cookies (see a.)
2. Persistent cookies (see b.)

• Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
• Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser. You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. So-called "third-party cookies" are cookies that have been set by a third party, and therefore not by the actual website you are currently on. We would like to point out that by deactivating cookies you may not be able to use all the functions of this website.

Additional features ans offers on our website

1. In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do this, you usually have to provide additional personal data that we use to provide the respective service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.
2. We sometimes use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored.
3. We may also pass on your personal data to third parties if we offer participation in promotions, prize draws, contract conclusions or similar services together with partners. You will receive more information about this when you provide your personal data or below in the description of the offer.
4. If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the consequences of this in the description of the offer.

Children

Our offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not send us any personal data without the consent of their parents or guardians.

Rights of the data subject

1. Revocation of consent

   If the processing of personal data is based on consent given, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. The revocation of your consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the time of revocation. You can contact us at any time to exercise your right of revocation.

2. Right to confirmation

   You have the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether we process personal data concerning you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details provided above.

3. Right to information

   If personal data is processed, you can request information about this personal data and the following information at any time:

   • the purposes of the processing;
   • the categories of personal data being processed;
   • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;
   • if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine this duration;
   • the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the controller or of a right to object to such processing;
   • the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
   • if the personal data are not collected from the data subject, all available information as to their origin;
   • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and – at least in those cases – meaningful information on the logic involved, as well as the scope and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

   If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR in relation to the transfer. We will provide a copy of the personal data undergoing processing. For any further copies you request, we may charge a reasonable fee based on the administrative costs. If you make the request electronically, the information must be provided in a common electronic format, unless you specify otherwise. The right to receive a copy pursuant to paragraph 3 must not affect the rights and freedoms of others.

4. Right to rectification

   You have the right to request that we immediately rectify any inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request that incomplete personal data be completed - also by means of a supplementary statement.

5. Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)

   You have the right to request the controller to erase personal data concerning you without undue delay, and we are obliged to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following reasons applies:

   • The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
   • The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing was based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
   • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to point (a) of Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
   • The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
   • The erasure of the personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
   • The personal data were collected in relation to the offer of information society services pursuant to Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

   Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to paragraph 1 to erase the personal data, the controller shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that a data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.
   
   
   The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) shall not apply where processing is necessary:

   • for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;
   • for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
   • for reasons of public interest in the area of ​​public health pursuant to points (h) and (i) of Article 9(2) and Article 9(3) of the GDPR;
   • for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to make the achievement of the objectives of that processing impossible or seriously compromises it, or
   • for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.