privacy statement

Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law or contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it will have no consequences. This applies only to the extent that no other indication is made in the following processing operations.
"Personal data" is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files
You can visit our websites without providing any personal information
Every time you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web hoster / IT service provider by your Internet browser übermitttelt and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the volume of data transferred and the requesting provider. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest in ensuring trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offer. 

Contact

responsible
Contact us if you wish.  Person responsible for data processing is: Ninepoint GmbH, Im Mediapark 8, 50670 Köln D, 022197598333, info@asus-shop.de


Initiate customer contact via email
If you initiate business contact with us by e-mail, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing is used to process and respond to your contact request.
If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice on purchase interest, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.
If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO for reasons arising from your particular situation.
We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will be deleted subsequently;end in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
 

Collection and processing when using the contact form
When using the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves the purpose of contacting.
If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (eg advice on purchase interest, offer preparation) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para 1 lit. b DSGVO.
If the contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is based on Art. 6 para 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request.  In this case, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will be deleted subsequently;end in compliance with legal retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.


Customer Account     Orders    

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

When you place an order, we collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary for the fulfillment and processing of your order and to process your requests. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide the data means that no contract can be concluded. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you. 

For example, your data will be passed on to the shipping companies and dropshipping providers you have chosen, payment service providers, service providers for order processing and IT service providers. In all cases, we strictly observe the legal requirements. The scope of data transmission is limited to a minimum.
 

Ratings    advertising    

Data collection when writing a comment or rating 
When commenting / rating an article or a post, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, comment text) only to the extent provided by you. The processing serves the purpose of commenting / rating to enable  
and display comments / rating. For the purpose of verifying your rating, we also collect the following data:order number .
By sending the comment/rating you consent to the processing of the übermittten data. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us, without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. Your personal data will be deleted subsequently.

Once your comment is published,only the name you provided will be published.

Use of email address for sending direct mail
We use your e-mail address, which we have received in the context of the sale of a good or service, for the electronic Übersendung of advertising for our own goods or services that are similar to those you have already purchased from us, unless you have objected to this use. The provision of the e-mail address is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to provide it will mean that no contract can be concluded. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest in direct advertising. You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by notifying us. The contact details for the expression of the objection can be found in the imprint.You can also use the link provided for this purpose in the promotional e-mail. For this, no other than the Übermittlungskosten according to the prime rates.
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inventory management    

Use of an external merchandise management system
We use an enterprise resource planning system for contract processing within the scope of order processing. For this purpose, your personal data collected in the context of the order to plentysystems AG, Bürgermeister-Brunner-Straße 15, 34117 Kassel
Pickware GmbH, Goebelstr. 21, 64293 Darmstadt
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Payment service provider      Credit rating     

Use of Amazon Payments
. We use on our website the payment service Amazon Payments of Amazon Payments Europe s.c.a. (38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg; “Amazon Payments”).
The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment üvia the payment service Amazon Payments.
For the integration of this payment service, it is necessary that Amazon Payments collects, stores and analyzes data (e.g. IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, location of your device) when you call up the website. Cookies can also be used for this purpose. The cookies enable the recognition of your browser.
. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our üoverriding legitimate interest in a customer-oriented offer of different payment methods. You have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation, at any time to object to this processing of personal data concerning you.
. With the selection and use of “Amazon Payments” the data required for payment processing are transmitted to Amazon Payments übermittelt, in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you with the selected payment method ünnen. This processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.
More information on data processing when using the payment service Amazon Payments can be found in the associated data protection statement at: https://pay.amazon.com/de/help/201212490
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Data collection and processing when registering for installment purchase üvia easyCredit
. When paying by installment purchase üvia easyCredit apply the supplementary data protection information to the installment purchase of easyCredit.

Use of Klarna payment options
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We use the payment service  of Klarna Bank AB (publ) (Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden; „Klarna“) on our website. With the selection and use of payment via Klarna, the data required for payment processing is transmitted to Klarna in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you with the selected payment method. This processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.
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„Pay Later“ (invoice), „Pay Now“ (payment by direct debit), „Financing“ (installment purchase)
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For individual payment methods such as Pay Later“ (invoice), „Pay Now“ (payment by direct debit), „Financing“ (installment purchase), Klarna reserves the right, if necessary, to obtain credit information on the basis of mathematical-statistical methods using credit agencies.
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For this übermittelt  Klarna  the to a Bonitätsprüfung benötigten personal data such as first and last name, address, gender, e-mail address, IP address and data, which are related to the order for the purpose of identity; The customer is obliged to provide the creditworthiness and credit check to a credit agency and uses the information received on the statistical probability of default for a weighed decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report may contain probability values (score values) that are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical methods and whose calculation includes address data. Your legitimate interests will be taken into account in accordance with the statutory provisions. The data processing serves the purpose of credit assessment for the initiation of a contract. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our üoverriding legitimate interest in protecting against payment default, if Klarna  in advance. You have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation, at any time against this on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO based processing of your personal data by notifying Klarna. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the payment method you have chosen. A non-provision has the consequence that the contract can not be concluded with the payment method chosen by you.
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You can find more information, in particular to which credit bureaus Klarna passes on your personal data at https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies.
 
For general information about Klarna, please visit: https://www.klarna.com/de/. Your personal information will be treated by Klarna in  accordance with applicable data protection laws and as disclosed in Klarna's Privacy Policy at https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy 
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Use of SOFORT
We use for the payment processing on our website the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, (Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 München, Germany; „SOFORT“). Sofort GmbH is a company of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you various payment methods through the payment processing üvia the payment service provider SOFORT. If you have chosen the payment option, the data required for payment processing will be transmitted to SOFORT. This data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Nähere information on data processing when using the payment service provider SOFORT can be found at https://www.sofort.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/de-DE/SOFORT/ and https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.
 

Cookies
 
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on a user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that allows unique identification of the browser when the website is called up again.
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Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control üover the use of cookies. By selecting appropriate technical settings in your Internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and üdecide on acceptance individually and prevent the storage of cookies and Übermittung of the data they contain. Already stored cookies can be deleted at any time. However, we point out that you then may not be able to use all the features of this website.
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Under the links below, you can find out how to manage (including disabling) cookies on the major browsers:

 
Technically Necessary Cookies
Unless otherwise stated in the privacy statement below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser even after a page change and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. Für these it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.
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The use of cookies or similar technologies is based on the § 25 para 2 TTDSG. The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our  overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our offer.
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You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you.
 
Use of Cookiebot
. We use the consent management tool Cookiebot by Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Dänemark; “Cookiebot”) on our website.
The tool allows you to give consent to data processing üvia the website, in particular the setting of cookies, as well as to exercise your right to withdraw consent already given. The data processing serves the purpose of obtaining and documenting necessary consents to data processing and thus to comply with legal obligations.
. Cookies can be used for this purpose. The following information, among others, may be collected and transmitted to Cookiebot: anonymized IP address, date and time of consent, URL from which the consent was sent, anonymous, random, encrypted key, consent status. This data will not be disclosed to any other third parties.
The data processing is carried out to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO.
Nähere information on data protection at Cookiebot can be found at: https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/
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Analysis     Advertising tracking    

Use of Google Analytics
We use on our website the web analytics service Google Analytics of Google Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; „Google“).
The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. In this context, the following information, among others, may be collected: IP address, date and time of the page view, click path, information about the browser you are using and the device you are using (device), pages visited, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website), location data, purchase activities. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies, web storage in the browser and zähpixel, which allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information thus generated about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, which can be viewed at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/. Both Google and U.S. government agencies have access to your data. Your information may be combined by Google with other information, such as your search history, your personal accounts, your usage data from other devices, and any other information that Google may have about you. IP anonymization is activated on this website. As a result, your IP address will be previously shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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 truncated there. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest in the needs-oriented and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
. You can prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
. To prevent the collection and storage of data by Google Analytics across the board, you can set an opt-out cookie. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website. You must perform the opt-out on all systems and devices used for this to be fully effective. If you delete the opt-out cookie, requests will be sent to Google again. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics.
. Nähere information on terms of use and privacy can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ as well as at https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de.
 

Use of Google Analytics 4
We use on our website the web analytics service Google Analytics of Google Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; „Google“).
The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. For this purpose, Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The following information, among other things, may be collected: IP address, date and time of page view, click path, information über the browser you use and the device you use (device), pages visited, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website), location data, purchase activities. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics übermittte not with other data from Google zusammengeführt.
. Google uses technologies such as cookies, web storage in the browser and zählpixel, which allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information thus generated über your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. übert and stored there. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The dataübermittlung takes place, inter alia, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees für the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks. Both Google and U.S. government agencies have access to your data. Your data may be combined by Google with other data, such as your search history, your personal accounts, your usage data from other devices, and any other data Google may have about you.
. When using Google Analytics 4, the IP address transmitted by your website is automatically collected and processed in anonymized form. The IP address will be truncated by Google within Member States of the European Union or other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our üoverriding legitimate interest in the demand-oriented and targeted design of the website. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you.
. You can prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
To prevent data collection and storage by Google Analytics across the board, you can set an opt-out cookie. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website. You must perform the opt-out on all systems and devices used for this to be fully effective. If you delete the opt-out cookie, requests will be sent to Google again. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: disable Google Analytics.
No information about terms of use and privacy can be found at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites  and  at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=en.
 

We also use the Google Signals service in this context. Google Signals enables cross device tracking. Your data can thus be analyzed across devices if you have activated personalized advertising in your account settings and your end devices are linked to your Google account. This makes it possible to identify on which device you search for products and return later to complete purchases on another device, such as a tablet.
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The cross-generated reports created in this context contain only aggregated data. We therefore only receive statistics based on Google Signals. To prevent the collection and storage of data by Google Signals on an aggregate basis, you can deactivate the personalized ads function in the settings of your Google account. For more information, please visit https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de. 
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Nähere information about data processing and privacy on Google Signals can be found at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de. 
 
Use of Facebook Pixel
. We use the remarketing feature „Custom Audiences“ of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland "Facebook") on our website.
Meta Platforms Ireland and we are jointly responsible for the collection of your data and the transmission of this data to Facebook when the service is integrated. This is based on an agreement between us and Meta Platforms Ireland regarding the joint processing of personal data, which sets out the respective responsibilities. The agreement can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to it, we are responsible in particular for the fulfillment of the information obligations pursuant to Art. 13, 14 DSGVO, for compliance with the security requirements of Art. 32 DSGVO with regard to the correct technical implementation and configuration of the service as well as for compliance with the obligations pursuant to Art. 33, 34 DSGVO, insofar as a personal data breach affects our obligations pursuant to the agreement on joint processing. Meta Platforms Ireland has the responsibility to enable the data subject rights pursuant to Art. 15 - 20 DSGVO, to comply with the security requirements of Art. 32 GDPR with regard to the security of the Service and to comply with the obligations under Art. 33, 34 GDPR insofar as a personal data breach affects Meta Platforms Ireland's obligations under the Joint Processing Agreement.
. The application serves the purpose of targeting the visitors of the website with interest-based advertising on the social network Facebook. For this purpose, the remarketing tag of Facebook has been implemented on the website. This tag establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers when the website is visited. This tells the Facebook server which of our pages you have visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. When you visit the social network Facebook, you will then be shown personalized, interest-based Facebook ads.
. Your data may be transferred to the USA.
There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum.
The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest to address the site visitors with targeted interest-based advertising. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you. You can disable the remarketing function „Custom Audiences“ here 
. For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard, and ways to protect your privacy, please see Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. 

Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking
. We use on our website the online advertising program „Google Ads“ and in this context conversion tracking (visit action analysis). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland).
When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is placed on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Thus, there is no way that cookies can be tracked across Ads customers' websites. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie serves the purpose of creating conversion statistics. Here, we learn the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.
. Your data may be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA For the USA, no adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/.
The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest to target the site visitors with interest-based advertising. You have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you.
. You can disable personalized advertising in the settings for advertising on Google for you. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de 
Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further opt-out information mentioned there. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
. More information and the privacy statement of Google can be found at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
 
Use of Google AdSense
. We use on our website the AdSense function of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) The data processing serves the purpose of renting advertising space on the website and to target visitors to the website with interest-based advertising on these. By means of this function, visitors to the provider's website are shown personalized, interest-related advertising ads from the Google Display Network. In doing so, Google uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. No adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/. Google may transfer this information to third parties if required to do so by law, or if such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
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The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende berechtigte Interesse to target the site visitors with interest-based advertising. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for reasons relating to your particular situation.
You can permanently disable the use of cookies by Google by following the link below and downloading and installing the plug-in provided there: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=de. Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third-party providers by visiting the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further opt-out information provided there. You can find more information and Google's privacy statement at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/ and https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
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Use of the remarketing or ""similar target groups"function of Google Inc.
We use on our website the remarketing or ""similar target groups"- function of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland).
The application serves the purpose of analyzing visitor behavior and visitor interests. Google uses cookies to perform the analysis of website usage, which forms the basis for the creation of interest-based advertisements. The cookies are used to record visits to the website and anonymized data about the use of the website. There is no storage of personal data of visitors to the website. If you subsequently visit another website in the Google Display Network, you will be shown advertisements that are highly likely to take into account previously accessed product and information areas. Your data may be transmitted to servers of Google LLC in the USA.
No adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest the site visitors targeted with interest-based advertising to address. You have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation, at any time to object to this processing of personal data concerning you.
. You can permanently disable the use of cookies by Google by following the link below and downloading and installing the plug-in provided there: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=de
. Alternatively, you can prevent the use of cookies by third-party providers by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further opt-out information provided there.
For more information on Google Remarketing and the related privacy statement, please visit: https://www.google.com/privacy/ads/
 
Use of the LinkedIn Insight tag
. We use the LinkedIn Insight tag of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (Attn: Legal Dept., Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; "LindedIn") on our website for conversion tracking (visit action evaluation) as well as for retargeting (playing out personalized advertisements).
The LinkedIn Insight tag places a unique LinkedIn browser cookie (conversion cookie) in your browser and enables the collection of the following data for this cookie: metadata such as IP address, timestamp and page events (e.g. page views). These cookies have a limited validity. If you visit certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, LinkedIn and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to that page.
. The LinkedIn Insight tag also allows LinkedIn to collect data about visits to our website, including URL, referrer URL, IP address, device and browser properties (user agent), and timestamp. This data is transferred to LinkedIn, encrypted, the IP addresses are shortened and the direct IDs of LinkedIn members are removed within seven days to pseudonymize the data. This remaining pseudonymized data is then deleted from LinkedIn within 90 days.
LinkedIn does not share any personally identifiable information with us, but only provides aggregate reports üon website audience and ad performance. Members of LinkedIn may opt out of the use of their personal information for advertising purposes in their account settings.
The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used for the purpose of creating conversion statistics. Here we learn the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag.
. Your data may be transferred to the USA.
No adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available for the USA. The processing of your personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our  overriding legitimate interest to target the site visitors with interest-based advertising. You have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation, at any time to object to this processing of personal data concerning you.
. You can prevent the use of cookies by third parties by calling up recognized opt-out websites, for example at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or www.aboutads.info/choices, and implementing the further information on opting out mentioned there.
For more information on cookies and LinkedIn's privacy statement, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Use of TikTok Pixel
. We use on our website the TikTok Pixel of TikTok Technology Limited (10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland; “TikTok Ireland”) and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited (6th Floor, One London Wall, London, EC2Y 5EB,  United Kingdom; “TikTok UK”). Both companies are the data controllers in common (hereinafter “TikTok”). 
. The data processing serves the purpose of identifying and analyzing the website accesses of our customers as well as to better address customers by placing targeted advertisements and to evaluate the effectiveness of advertisements on TikTok.  For this purpose, TikTok uses technologies such as cookies and pixels, which enable the recognition of your browser. In the process, the following information, among others, can be collected and transmitted to TikTok: Date and time of visit, information about the browser and device type you use, screen resolution, IP address. TikTok can associate this information with your personal TikTok user account. From the data collected in this way, usage profiles can be created using pseudonyms. However, a personal identification of the user is not possible.
. Your data may be transmitted to third countries, such as the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer to third countries without an adequacy decision is based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-dataprotection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de.
The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest to identify our customers and target them with interest-based advertising. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you. You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings on your browser software.
. No information on data protection can be found at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/new-privacy-policy?lang=de-DE and https://ads.tiktok.com/i18n/official/policy/controller-to-controller.
 


Plug-ins and Miscellaneous

Use of Google Tag Manager
. We use the Google Tag Manager of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google"). 
on our website. This application manages JavaScript tags and HTML tags that are used to implement tracking and analysis tools in particular. The data processing serves the purpose of demand-oriented design and optimization of our website.
. The Google Tag Manager itself neither stores cookies nor is personal data processed through this. It does, however, make it possible to trigger further tags that can collect and process personal data.
Nähere information on terms of use and privacy can be found here.
 
Use of Facebook's single sign-on feature
. We use the single sign-on feature (formerly Facebook Connect) of  Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; “Facebook”) on our website.
Meta Platforms Ireland and we are jointly responsible for the collection of your data when the service is integrated and the transfer of this data to Facebook. This is based on an agreement between us and Meta Platforms Ireland regarding the joint processing of personal data, which sets out the respective responsibilities. The agreement can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Accordingly, we are responsible in particular for the fulfillment of the information obligations pursuant to Art. 13, 14 of the GDPR, for compliance with the security requirements of Art. 32 of the GDPR with regard to the correct technical implementation and configuration of the Service, and for compliance with the obligations pursuant to Art. 33, 34 of the GDPR, insofar as a personal data breach affects our obligations pursuant to the Joint Processing Agreement. Meta Platforms Ireland has the responsibility to enable the data subject rights according to Art. 15 - 20 GDPR, to comply with the security requirements of Art. 32 GDPR with regard to the security of the service and the obligations according to Art. 33, 34 GDPR as far as a personal data breach affects Meta Platforms Ireland's obligations according to the Joint Processing Agreement. This feature allows website visitors to log in üto the website through their existing Facebook account. The data processing serves the purpose of verification during registration, personalization and interest-based advertising targeting.
. To offer the function on the website, a connection to the Facebook server is established. Cookies are used for this purpose. In the process, the following information, among other things, can be collected and transmitted to Facebook: IP address, browser information, referrer URL (website from which you have accessed our website), location data. This applies regardless of whether you are registered or logged in to the social network. Even for non-registered or non-logged-in users, a transfer takes place. If you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the collected information can also be assigned to your corresponding profiles. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your social media accounts before visiting our website and before activating the buttons. Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum.
When using the single sign-on function, the Facebook profile of the website visitor is linked to a customer account for this website. In this process, we receive personal data of the user through Facebook, as specified in the login process. This may include, but is not limited to, the following information: Name, address, öpublic profile information (e.g. name, profile picture, age, gender), email address, friend lists, “Like-me”information.
The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest in the design of the website to meet the needs and objectives. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
. More information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
 

Using Cloudflare
We use on our website the content delivery network Cloudflare CDN of Cloudflare Inc (101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; “Cloudflare”). This is a überregional network of servers in various data centers to which our web server connects and üover which certain content of our website is delivered.
. The data processing serves the purpose of optimizing the loading times of our website and thus to make our offer more user-friendly.
In doing so, the following information can be collected, among other things: IP address, system configuration information, information über the traffic from and to customer websites (so-called server log files). 
Your data may be transferred to the USAwhere appropriate. For the USA, no adequacy decision of the EU Commission is available. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de.
The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interestin the demand-oriented and targeted design of the website. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
. Nähere information on data protection when using Cloudflare can be found at https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/privacypolicy/.
 

Use of YouTube
. We use on our website the function to embed YouTube videos of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; „YouTube“).YouTube is a company affiliated with Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).
The function displays videos deposited with YouTube in an iFrame on the website. In this case, the option „Extended Privacy Mode“ is activated. This means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video is information about it transmitted to YouTube and stored there. Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from our überwiegende legitimate interest in the needs-oriented and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
. More information on the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google, your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy can be found in the privacy policy of YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy.

Use of Google Fonts
. We use Google Fonts from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “Google”) on our website.
The data processing serves the purpose of uniform display of fonts on our website. In order to load the fonts, a connection to Google servers is established when the page is called up. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Among other things, your IP address and information about the browser you are using will be processed and transmitted to Google. This data will not be linked to your Google account.
. Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, viewable at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO from ouroverriding legitimate interest in a user-friendly and ästhetic design of our website. You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO by notifying us.
. Nähere information on data processing and data protection can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ as well as at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.
 

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

Rights of the data subject
. You are entitled to the following rights in accordance with Art. 15 to 20 DSGVO if the legal requirements are met: right to information, to rectification, to deletion, to restriction of processing, to data portability.
In addition, you have the right to object to processing based on Article 6 (1) f DSGVO and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing in accordance with Article 21 (1) DSGVO.
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Right of complaint to the supervisory authority
. Pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of your personal data is not carried out lawfully.
Right of objection
. If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future.
. After the objection has been made, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
If the personal data processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you may object to this processing at any time by notifying us. After successful objection, we terminate the processing of the data concerned for the purpose of direct marketing.
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Last update: 29.11.2022
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