Stand 01.04.2024

PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy informs you about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data within our online offering and the websites, functions and content associated with our online offering as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles.

The following regulations inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection, use and processing of personal data by the provider.

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

Other data is automatically recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is recorded automatically as soon as you enter our website.

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website? The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

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

Other data is automatically recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is recorded automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint if you have any questions about this or other questions regarding data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

server data

For technical reasons, the following data, which your Internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider, is recorded (so-called server log files):

- Browser type and version- operating system used- website from which you visit us (referrer URL)- website you visit- date and time of your access- your Internet Protocol (IP) address.

This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal data you may have provided and therefore does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about a specific person. It is evaluated for statistical purposes in order to optimize our website and our offers.

contact option

On our website we offer you the opportunity to contact us by email and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user is stored for the purpose of processing his or her contact request. It is not passed on to third parties. The data collected in this way is also not compared with data that may be collected by other components of our website.

contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions.

We will not pass on this data without your consent. The data entered in the contact form is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

applications

The applicant data is processed exclusively for and within the framework of the application process in accordance with the legal requirements. By processing the applicant data, we fulfill our (pre)contractual obligations within the framework of the application process in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b. GDPR Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, should the data processing be necessary for us, for example, in the context of legal proceedings (in Germany, Section 26 BDSG also applies).

By completing our online form, applicants provide us with their application data. This includes name, CV, contact information and voluntary additional information as mentioned in the form and/or job description. By submitting the form, applicants agree to the processing of their data for the above-mentioned purpose.

If additional, voluntary information is transmitted in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR, this will also be processed in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. b GDPR. All data sent via the online form is transmitted to us in encrypted form. If the application is sent via email, it is generally not encrypted and the applicant is responsible for the encryption themselves.

If an employment relationship arises from the application, we can process the data transmitted for the duration of this relationship and only for the purpose of this. If an application is unsuccessful or the applicant withdraws his or her application, we delete the data after a period of six months. During this period, any follow-up questions about the application and the application process can be clarified and we fulfill the proof requirements under the Equal Treatment Act. Invoices, however (expenses or similar), are archived by us in accordance with tax law requirements.

Cookies

We use so-called cookies on our website to recognize repeated use of our services by the same user/internet connection owner. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser saves on your computer. They are used to optimize our website and our offers. These are mostly so-called "session cookies" that are deleted after the end of your visit.

However, some of these cookies provide information to automatically recognize you.

This recognition is based on the IP address stored in the cookies. The information obtained in this way is used to optimize our offers and to enable you to access our website more easily. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent.

third-party tools

If we disclose data to other persons and companies (contract processors or third parties), transmit it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of a legal permission (e.g. if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is necessary to fulfil the contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR), you have consented, a legal obligation provides for this or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called “order processing agreement”, this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR.

use of Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

Google will use information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our website by users, to compile reports on the activities within this website and to provide us with other services related to the use of this online service and the use of the Internet. Pseudonymous user profiles may be created from the data.

We use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. The user's IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

The IP address sent by the user's browser will not be merged with other data from Google.

Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to their use of the website and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/adsSettings for the display of advertisements by Google: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

use of Google Fonts

This site uses so-called Google Web Fonts for the uniform display of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required Google Web Fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers.

This tells Google that our website was accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

use of Google Maps

We use the “Google Maps” component of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter “Google”, on our website.

Each time the "Google Maps" component is called up, Google sets a cookie to process user settings and data when the page on which the "Google Maps" component is integrated is displayed. This cookie is usually not deleted when the browser is closed, but expires after a certain time, unless you delete it manually beforehand.

If you do not agree to this processing of your data, you have the option of deactivating the "Google Maps" service and thus preventing the transmission of data to Google. To do this, you must deactivate the Java Script function in your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you will not be able to use "Google Maps" or will only be able to use it to a limited extent.

Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Google Plugin

Our pages use functions from Google . The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Collection and sharing of information: You can use the Google button to publish information worldwide. The Google button provides you and other users with personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you have given 1 for a piece of content and information about the page you viewed when you clicked 1. Your 1 may be displayed as references along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads on the Internet.

Google records information about your 1 activities to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that must contain at least the name you chose for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace another name that you used when sharing content via your Google account. The identity of your Google profile may be displayed to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you.

Use of the information collected: In addition to the purposes explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google privacy policy. Google may publish aggregated statistics about users' 1 activities or share them with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers or affiliated websites.

Google AdSense

The controller has integrated Google AdSense on this website. Google AdSense is an online service that enables advertising to be placed on third-party websites. Google AdSense is based on an algorithm that selects the advertisements displayed on third-party websites to match the content of the respective third-party website.

Google AdSense allows interest-based targeting of Internet users, which is implemented by generating individual user profiles.

The operating company of the Google AdSense component is Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. The purpose of the Google AdSense component is the integration of advertisements on our website. Google AdSense sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject.

What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Alphabet Inc. is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google AdSense component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to transmit data to Alphabet Inc. for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions through the respective Google AdSense component.

As part of this technical procedure, Alphabet Inc. receives knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which Alphabet Inc. uses, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently enable commission settlements.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as already explained above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Alphabet Inc. from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Alphabet Inc. can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Google AdSense also uses so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in Internet pages to enable log file recording and log file analysis, which enables statistical evaluation to be carried out. Using the embedded tracking pixel, Alphabet Inc. can determine whether and when a website was opened by a data subject and which links were clicked by the data subject. Tracking pixels are used, among other things, to evaluate the flow of visitors to a website.

Via Google AdSense, personal data and information, which also includes the IP address and is necessary for the recording and billing of the advertisements displayed, is transferred to Alphabet Inc. in the United States of America. This personal data is stored and processed in the United States of America. Alphabet Inc. may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

Google AdSense is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.de/intl/de/adsense/start/.

Google-AdWords

The controller has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place ads in Google's search engine results as well as in the Google advertising network.

Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define certain keywords, which will only display an ad in Google's search engine results if the user retrieves a keyword-relevant search result using the search engine. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed on topic-relevant websites using an automatic algorithm and taking into account the previously defined keywords.

The operator of the Google AdWords services is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. The purpose of Google AdWords is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and by displaying third-party advertising on our website.

If a data subject accesses our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is stored on the information technology system of the data subject by Google. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the data subject.

The conversion cookie is used to track whether certain subpages, such as the shopping cart of an online shop system, were accessed on our website, provided the cookie has not yet expired. The conversion cookie enables both us and Google to track whether a data subject who accessed our website via an AdWords ad generated sales, i.e. completed or canceled a purchase of goods.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. We in turn use these visit statistics to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via AdWords ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google that could be used to identify the person concerned.

The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject. Each time our website is visited, personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as already explained above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google. To do so, the data subject must access the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each Internet browser they use and make the desired settings there.

Further information and Google’s applicable privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Use of YouTube components with enhanced data protection mode

On our website we use components (videos) from YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, a company of Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. We use the option "- enhanced data protection mode -" provided by YouTube.

When you visit a page that has an embedded video, a connection is established to the YouTube servers and the content is displayed on the website by communicating it to your browser.

According to YouTube, in "- enhanced data protection mode -" only data is transmitted to the YouTube server, in particular which of our websites you visited when you watched the video.

If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, this information will be assigned to your YouTube member account. You can prevent this by logging out of your member account before visiting our website.

Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/OptOut: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Use of Facebook Social Plugins

We use social plugins ("plugins") from the social network facebook.com. These are operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").

The plugins can display interaction elements or content (e.g. videos, graphics or text contributions) and can be recognized by one of the Facebook logos. The list of Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee that it complies with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).

When a user calls up this function, a direct connection is established with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to the user's device and integrated into this page. User profiles can be created from the processed data. We have no influence on the data that Facebook receives using the plugin.

By integrating the plug-ins, Facebook receives information that a user has accessed the corresponding page of the online offer.

If the user is logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the user to his or her Facebook account. When users interact with plugins, for example by clicking the Like button or making comments, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your device to Facebook and stored there.

If a user is not a member of Facebook, it is still possible that Facebook will find out and save their IP address. However, according to Facebook, only an anonymized IP address is saved in Germany.

If a user has a Facebook account and does not want Facebook to collect data about him or her via this website and link it to the member data stored on Facebook, he or she must log out of Facebook and delete his or her cookies before using our site.

Further settings and objections to the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads< or via the American site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. The settings are platform-independent, i.e. they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Use of Vimeo components

We use components from the provider Vimeo on our website. Vimeo is a service of Vimeo LCC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. Each time you access our website that is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from Vimeo.

When you visit our site while logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo uses the information collected by the component to recognize which specific page you are visiting and assigns this information to your personal Vimeo account.

If you click the "Play" button or make corresponding comments, this information is transmitted to your personal user account at Vimeo and stored there. In addition, the information that you have visited our site is passed on to Vimeo. This happens regardless of whether you click on the component/make comments or not.

If you want to prevent Vimeo from transmitting and storing data about you and your behavior on our website, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our site.

Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy. We would like to point out that Vimeo may use Google Analytics and refer to the privacy policy (https://www.google.com/policies/privacy) as well as opt-out options for Google Analytics (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) or Google's settings for data use for marketing purposes (https://adssettings.google.com/).

use of Instagram

We use the Instagram service on our website. Instagram is a service of Instagram Inc. (Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA). Through the integrated “Insta” button on our site, Instagram receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website.

If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can assign this visit to our site to your Instagram account and thus link the data. The data transmitted by clicking the "Insta" button is stored by Instagram.

To prevent Instagram from associating your visit to our site with your Instagram account, you must log out of your Instagram account before visiting our site.

Privacy Policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Use of Twitter / X

We use components from the provider Twitter on our website. Twitter/X is a service of Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

Each time you access our website that is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from Twitter /X. This process informs Twitter which specific page of our website is currently being visited.

We have no influence on the data that Twitter collects in this way, nor on the extent of the data collected by Twitter. To the best of our knowledge, Twitter collects the URL of the respective website accessed and the IP address of the user, but does not use it for any purpose other than displaying the Twitter component.

Twitter/X is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active).

Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacyOpt-Out: https://twitter.com/personalization

use of Pinterest

We use the service pinterest.com on our website. Pinterest.com is a service of Pinterest, Inc., 808 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Through the integrated "Pin it" button on our page, Pinterest receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website.

If you are logged in to Pinterest, Pinterest can assign this visit to our site to your Pinterest account and thus link the data.

The data transmitted by clicking the “Pin it” button is stored by Pinterest.

To prevent Pinterest from associating your visit to our site with your Pinterest account, you must log out of your Pinterest account before visiting our site.

Privacy Policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

use of LinkedIn

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Every time you access one of our pages that contains LinkedIn functions, a connection is established to LinkedIn servers.

LinkedIn will be informed that you have visited our website using your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn "Recommend button" and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

use of XING

On our website we use social plugins from the social network Xing, which is operated by XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg (“Xing”).

When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Xing servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Xing server. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Xing functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Xing and cookies.

Data protection information: www.xing.com/privacy .

presence in social media

We maintain accounts within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our events and specials.

When you access the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply.

Unless otherwise stated (in our privacy policy), we process users’ data if they communicate with us within social networks and platforms.

rights of data subjects

User rights – information, correction and

Deletion:

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint if you have any questions about this or other questions on the subject of personal data.

right of withdrawal

You have the right to revoke any consent you have given in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 of the GDPR with effect for the future.