Privacy Policy

(last update: 2023-05-17 15:01)
Privacy Policy

Responsible for data processing is:
Dario Marjanovic
Bahnhofstrasse 10
9711 Paternion
Austria
dsgvo@rc-pt.com

We are pleased that you are interested in our online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data. Your data will be processed on the basis of the GDPR and in accordance with Section 96 (3) TKG.

1. Access data and hosting

You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Each time a website is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains e.g. the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of the call, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

2. Data processing for contract processing and contact

2.1 Data processing for contract execution

For the purpose of contract processing (including inquiries about and processing of any existing warranty and non-performance claims as well as any statutory update obligations) in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we collect personal data if you provide it to us voluntarily as part of your order. Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data to process the contract and we cannot send the order without providing it. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms.

Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration. After the contract has been completed, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the tax and commercial retention periods in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

Merchandise management system

We use merchandise management systems from external service providers to process orders and contracts. Our service providers work for us within the framework of order processing. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

Our service providers are based and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and EEA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

2.2 Customer Account

If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit future orders on our website. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or using a function in the customer account provided for this purpose. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit which we inform you in this statement.

2.3 Contacting

As part of customer communication, we collect personal data to process your inquiries in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR if you voluntarily provide us with this when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data to process your contact. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. After your request has been fully processed, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit about which we inform you in this statement.

Bitrix Live Chat

On our website we use a live chat from Bitrix Inc., 901 N. Pitt St, Suite 325, Alexandria VA 22314, USA. You can use live chat to communicate with our staff in near real time. When you start the chat, personal data is collected.

If you use the live chat tool to contact us, the data you voluntarily enter there (name, email address, message) will be used in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of answering processed by us as part of the contract processing. In addition, the use of this tool serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in effective and improved customer communication in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

As part of processing on our behalf, the third-party provider Bitrix Inc. provides the services for us to provide the live chat tool. All data collected when using the chat tool is processed on its servers.

3. Data processing for the purpose of shipping processing

In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods ordered.

Data transfer to shipping service providers for the purpose of shipping notification

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order, we will pass on your e-mail address and telephone number to the selected shipping service provider on the basis of this in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. so that he can contact you before delivery for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination.

The consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data you have provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond that, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

Spedition Gebrüder Weiss GmbH
Logistikpark 1
9063 Maria Saal
Austria

4. Data processing for payment processing

When processing payments in our online shop, we work together with these partners: technical service providers, banks, payment service providers.

4.1 Data processing for transaction processing

Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers who work for us within the framework of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary for processing the payment is required. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required for processing the payment themselves, e.g. B. on your own website or via a technical integration in the ordering process. In this respect, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies.

If you have any questions about our payment processing partners and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact options described in this data protection declaration.

4.2 Data processing for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimizing our payment processes

We may provide our service providers with additional data, which they use together with the data necessary for processing the payment as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and optimizing our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing disputed payments, accounting support). In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR, this serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in our protection against fraud and in efficient payment management, which are overriding in the context of a weighing of interests.

4.3 Identity and credit check when selecting Klarna payment services

Klarna Pay now (direct debit), Klarna Pay later (purchase on account), Klarna Slice it (hire purchase)

If you decide to use the payment services of Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter Klarna), we ask for your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO that we are allowed to transmit the data necessary for processing the payment and an identity and credit check to Klarna. In Germany, for identity and creditworthiness checks, the Privacy Policy by the credit agencies named by Klarna. Klarna uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option specified in this data protection declaration. As a result, we may no longer be able to offer you certain payment options. You can also revoke your consent to this use of personal data at any time by contacting Klarna.

Identity and credit check when choosing Mollie payment methods

If you choose one of the payment options from our partner Mollie B.V., you will be asked during the ordering process to to consent to the transmission of the data required for processing the payment and an identity and creditworthiness check to Mollie in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. If you give your consent, your data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, country, date of birth, telephone number and, if you purchased by direct debit, the specified account details) and the data in connection with your order will be transmitted to Mollie.

For the purpose of its own identity and creditworthiness check, Mollie or partner companies commissioned by Mollie transmit data to credit agencies (credit agencies) and receive information and, if necessary, creditworthiness information from them on the basis of mathematical-statistical processes, the calculation of which includes address data, among other things. Detailed information on this and the credit agencies used can be found in Mollie GmbH's data protection regulations. Mollie B.V. uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment. for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship.

Mollie may also use third party tools to detect and prevent fraud. Data obtained with these tools may be stored in encrypted form by third parties so that only Mollie can read them. This data will only be used if you select a payment method from our cooperation partner Mollie, otherwise the data will automatically expire after 30 minutes.

You can withdraw your consent to Mollie at any time. However, Mollie may still be entitled to process, use and transmit your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing or is required by law or is ordered by a court or an authority.

4.4 Hire Purchase

If you select the "installment purchase" payment method and grant the necessary data protection consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit , gender) together with data required for transaction processing (article, invoice amount, due dates, total amount, invoice number, taxes, currency, order date and time of order) for the purpose of processing this payment method to our partner Santander Consumer Bank GmbH, Wagramer Straße 19, 1220 Vienna, Austria submitted.

To check the identity and creditworthiness of the customer, our partner carries out queries and information on publicly accessible databases and credit agencies. The providers from whom information and, if necessary, creditworthiness information is obtained on the basis of mathematical-statistical processes, as well as further details on the processing of your data after transmission to our partner Santander Consumer Bank GmbH, can be found in their data protection declaration, which you can find here: https://www .santanderconsumer.at/datenschutzzettel

Our partner Santander Consumer Bank GmbH uses the information received about the statistical probability of non-payment for a balanced decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. You have the option of presenting your point of view and contesting the decision by contacting our partner Santander Consumer Bank GmbH. The consent given in the ordering process to the transfer of data can be revoked at any time, even without giving reasons, with effect for the future.

4.5 Use of Collection Service Providers

We pass on your data to a debt collection service provider (ACREDIA Versicherung AG, Himmelpfortgasse 29, Austria) if our payment claim has not been settled despite a previous reminder. In this case, the claim will be collected directly by the debt collection service provider. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR and to safeguard our legitimate interests in an effective assertion or enforcement of our payment claim in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

5. Advertising by e-mail, post, telephone

5.1 E-mail newsletter with registration and newsletter tracking

If you register for our newsletter, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you in order to regularly send you our e-mail newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit .

Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter.

After unsubscribing, we will delete your e-mail address from the list of recipients, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit reserved, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behavior when sending the newsletter. For this purpose, we also analyze how you use our newsletter by measuring, storing and evaluating opening rates and click rates for the purpose of designing future newsletter campaigns (newsletter tracking?).

For this evaluation, the e-mails sent contain one-pixel technologies (e.g. so-called web beacons, tracking pixels), which are stored on our website. For the evaluations, we link in particular the following "newsletter data"

  • the page from which the page was requested (so-called referrer URL),

and the One-Pixel Technologies with your email address or your IP address and possibly a unique ID. Links contained in the newsletter can also contain this ID.

If you do not wish to receive newsletter tracking, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time - as described above.

The information will be stored for as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter.

5.2 E-mail newsletter without registration and your right to object

If we receive your e-mail address in connection with the sale of goods or services and you have not rejected this, in particular by being included in the list in accordance with Section 7 (2) ECG, we reserve the right to send you an email based on of § 174 paragraph 3 TKG to regularly send offers for similar products to those already purchased from our range by e-mail. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in advertising to our customers within the framework of a weighing of interests.

You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising e-mail, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. After you have unsubscribed, we will delete your e-mail address from the list of recipients, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

5.3 Newsletter delivery

The newsletter and the newsletter tracking shown above may also be sent by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

5.4 Sending review requests by email

If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit the rating system we use. This consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a link provided for this purpose in the review request.

5.5 Postal advertising and your right to object

In addition, we reserve the right to use your first and last name as well as your postal address for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to send interesting offers and information about our products by post. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in advertising to our customers in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. You can object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below.

5.6 Telephone Solicitation

If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a GDPR, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to provide information about interesting offers and our products. You can revoke your consent at any time either by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or by giving us a verbal message on every call. After revocation, we will delete your telephone number unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond that, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.

6. Cookies and Other Technologies

6.1 General Information

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies including so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically saved on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).

Protection of privacy for end devices

When using our online offer, we use technologies that are absolutely necessary in order to be able to provide the expressly requested telemedia service. The storage of information on your device or the access to information that is already stored on your device does not require your consent.

In the case of functions that are not absolutely necessary, the storage of information on your device or the access to information that is already stored on your device requires your consent. We would like to point out that if you do not give your consent, parts of the website may not be fully usable. Any consent you may have given will remain in place until you adjust or reset the respective settings in your device.

Any downstream data processing using cookies and other technologies

We use technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. shopping cart function). These technologies collect and process the IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website (e.g. information about the contents of the shopping cart). Within the framework of a weighing of interests, this serves overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We also use technologies to fulfill the legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g. to be able to prove consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration.

You can find the cookie settings for your browser under the following links: Microsoft Edge / Safari / Chrome / Firefox / Opera

Functional - Cookies

These cookies are used for certain functionalities of our website, e.g. to suggest a better navigation flow on our website, to show you personalized and relevant information (e.g. "interest-based advertisements")

Necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. This includes, for example, cookies that enable you to log into the customer area or put something in the shopping cart.

Analytical / performance cookies

These cookies make it possible to collect anonymous data about the usage behavior of our visitors. These are then evaluated by us, for example to improve the functionality of the website and to show you interesting offers.

Targeting - Cookies

These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to tailor our website and the advertisements you see to your interests.

Third party cookies

These cookies from some of our advertising partners help to make the internet offer and our website more interesting for you. Therefore, when you visit our website, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive. These are temporary cookies that are automatically deleted after the specified time. Cookies from partner companies are usually deleted after a few days or up to 24 months, in individual cases even after several years. The cookies from our partner companies do not contain any personal data either. Data is only collected under a user ID pseudonym. This pseudonymous data will never be merged with your personal data.

If you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the data protection declaration. Alternatively, you can also access the following link: https://www.rp-tools.com/. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

6.2 EU Cookie Consent Management

We use a consent management solution that enables us to obtain and manage the consent of website users for data processing. The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation (Art. 7 Para. 1 GDPR) to which we are subject (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR). The following data is processed for this:

  • Date and time of access Browser information Device information
  • Geographical location
  • Cookie preferences URL of the visited page

The functionality of the website cannot be guaranteed without the processing. The processing takes place in the European Union. The data will be deleted after 30 days.

7. Use of cookies and other technologies

If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. After the end of the use of the respective technology by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. You can find more information about your revocation options in the "Cookies and other technologies" section. See each technology for more information, including how we work with each vendor. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.

7.1 Use of Google services

We use the following technologies from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. If your IP address is collected via Google technologies, it will be shortened before it is stored on Google's servers by activating IP anonymization. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened there. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement concluded between jointly responsible persons for the respective technology in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in the Google data protection notice.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of website analysis, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored with Google Analytics, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies can be used. In principle, your IP address will not be merged with other Google data. The data is processed on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Google.

For the purpose of optimizing the marketing of our website, we have activated the data sharing settings for "Google products and services". This allows Google to access the data collected and processed by Google Analytics and then use it to improve Google services. Data release to Google as part of these data release settings is based on an additional agreement between those responsible. We have no influence on the subsequent data processing by Google.

For the purpose of optimizing the marketing of our website, we use the so-called User ID function. With the help of this function, we can assign a unique, permanent ID to your interaction data for one or more sessions on our online presence and thus analyze your user behavior across devices and sessions.

For web analysis, the extension function of Google Analytics Google Signals enables so-called "cross-device tracking". If your Internet-enabled devices are linked to your Google account and you have activated the "Personalized advertising" setting in your Google account, Google can create reports on your usage behavior (in particular the number of users across devices), even if you change your device. We do not process personal data in this respect; we only receive statistics based on Google Signals.

For web analysis and advertising purposes, the extension function of Google Analytics enables the so-called DoubleClick cookie to recognize your browser when you visit other websites. Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website use.

Google Ads

For advertising purposes in the Google search results and on the websites of third parties, the so-called Google Remarketing cookie is set when you visit our website, which is automatically generated by collecting and processing data (IP address, time of the Visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you visit enables interest-based advertising. Any further data processing will only take place if you have activated the "Personalized advertising" setting in your Google account. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing.

For website analysis and event tracking, we use Google Ads Conversion Tracking to measure your subsequent usage behavior if you came to our website via a Google Ads advertisement. For this purpose, cookies can be used and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter) can be recorded, from which pseudonyms are used User profiles are created.

Google Maps

For the visual representation of geographic information, Google Maps collects data about your use of the Maps functions, in particular the IP address and location data, transmits it to Google and then processes it. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.

Google Tag Manager

The Google Tag Manager allows us to manage various codes and services on our website. When implementing the individual tags, Google may also process personal data (e.g. IP address, online identifiers (including cookies)). The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Google.

By using the Google Tag Manager, various services/technologies can be integrated.
If you do not want individual tracking services to be used and have therefore deactivated them, the deactivation remains for all affected tracking tags that are integrated by the Google Tag Manager.

YouTube Video Plugin

In order to integrate third-party content, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information) is collected via the YouTube video plugin in the extended data protection mode we use, transmitted to Google and then processed by Google, only when they play a video.

7.2 Use of Microsoft services

We use the following technologies from Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd., One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland ("Microsoft"). Data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. The information automatically collected by Microsoft technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Further information about data processing by Microsoft can be found in the Microsoft's privacy policy.

Microsoft Advertising

For advertising purposes in the Bing, Yahoo and MSN search results and on the websites of third parties, the so-called Microsoft Advertising Remarketing cookie is set when you visit our website, which is automatically created by collecting and processing data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) and by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you visit enables interest-based advertising.

For website analysis and event tracking, we use Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) to measure your subsequent usage behavior if you came to our website via an advertisement from Microsoft Advertising. For this purpose, cookies can be used and data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter) can be recorded, from which pseudonyms are used User profiles are created. If your Internet-enabled devices are linked to your Microsoft account and you have not deactivated the "Interest-based advertising" setting in your Microsoft account, Microsoft can create reports on usage behavior (in particular the number of users across devices), even if you change your device, so-called "Cross Device Tracking". We do not process personal data in this respect; we only receive statistics based on Microsoft UET.

Microsoft Clarity

We use Microsoft Clarity. "Microsoft Clarity" refers to a Microsoft process that enables user analysis based on a pseudonymous user ID and thus on the basis of pseudonymous data, such as the evaluation of data on mouse movements or performance data on certain Internet presentations.

In particular, we process usage data (e.g. internet presentations visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), location data (information on the geographic position of a device or a person), Movement data (mouse movements, scroll movements) in pseudonymised form. We have made the appropriate settings in such a way that the data collection to and by Microsoft is already pseudonymised, in particular in the form of IP masking (pseudonymisation of the IP address).

All users of our website who have consented to the corresponding use via our EU Cookie Consent Management are affected by this data processing. The data processing takes place solely on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR.

The purpose of processing is tracking (e.g. interest/behavioral profiling, use of cookies), remarketing, conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures), interest-based and behavioral marketing, profiling (creating user profiles), range measurement (e.g . access statistics, recognition of returning users), cross-device tracking (cross-device processing of user data for marketing purposes).

Your rights of objection according to this data protection declaration will be pointed out to you. You can also set an opt-out with the respective provider.

Please note that we have concluded an AV contract with Microsoft to enable this activity, including the necessary standard contractual clauses.

7.3 Use of Facebook services

Use of Facebook Pixel

We use the Facebook pixel as part of the technologies of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. presented below , 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook (by Meta)" or "Meta Platforms Ireland"). With the Facebook pixel, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter) are automatically collected and stored, from which using User profiles are created by pseudonyms.

As part of the so-called extended data comparison, hashed information is also collected and stored for comparison purposes, with which individuals can be identified (e.g. names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers).

For this purpose, a cookie is automatically set by the Facebook pixel when you visit our website, which automatically enables your browser to be recognized when you visit other websites by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID. Facebook (by Meta) will combine this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website use, in particular personalized and group-based advertising.

The information automatically collected by Facebook (by Meta) technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. If we are responsible for data transmission to the USA, our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Further information about data processing by Facebook can be found in the privacy policy of Facebook (by Meta).

Facebook Analysis

As part of the Facebook Business Tools, statistics on visitor activities on our website are generated from the data collected with the Facebook pixel about your use of our website. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Facebook (by Meta). Your analysis serves the optimal presentation and marketing of our website.

Facebook Ads (ads manager)

We use Facebook Ads to promote this website on Facebook (by Meta) and other platforms. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. Facebook (by Meta) is responsible for the precise implementation, in particular the decision on the placement of the ads with individual users. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of the data and its transmission to Meta Platforms Ireland. Subsequent data processing by Meta Platforms Ireland is not covered by this.

Based on the statistics on visitor activity on our website generated via Facebook Pixel, we operate group-based advertising on Facebook (by meta) via Facebook Custom Audience by determining the characteristics of the respective target group.

In the context of the extended data comparison (see above) that takes place to determine the respective target group, Facebook (by Meta) acts as our processor.

On the basis of the pseudonymous cookie ID set by the Facebook pixel and the data collected about your usage behavior on our website, we operate personalized advertising via Facebook pixel Remarketing.

We use Facebook Pixel Conversions to measure your subsequent usage behavior for web analysis and event tracking if you came to our website via an advertisement from Facebook Ads. The data is processed on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Facebook (by Meta).

Use of Facebook Conversion API

We use the Facebook Conversion API on our website. This is a server-side event tracking interface through which we transmit data about your behavior on our website to Facebook for analysis. This allows us to show you advertisements that match your user behavior on our website.

We do not pass on your data to third parties. In the area of the Facebook Conversion API, however, we work together with Facebook, who create user statistics together with us. Data is also processed in the USA. As a basis for this data processing, we use the standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission.

The Meta Conversion API is an offer from Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. Further information on the purpose of data processing and general data protection questions about and the Facebook Conversion API can be found at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy and https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

You can revoke your consent to data processing at any time by adjusting your cookie settings and deselecting the associated cookie from the "Marketing" area.

7.4 Third party cookies and technologies

Use of Lead Forensics for web analysis

Products and services from LeadForensics (http://www.leadforensics.com) are used on this website for marketing and optimization purposes. LeadForensics' head office is at Communication House 26 York Street, London, W1U 6PZ United Kingdom. Lead Forensics determines details of your organization including phone number, web address, SIC code, a description of the company. Lead Forensics shows the actual course of your visit to this website, including all pages that you visited and viewed and how long you spent on this page. Under no circumstances will the data be used to personally identify an individual visitor. If IP addresses are collected, they will be anonymized immediately after collection. On behalf of the operator of this website, Lead Forensics will use the information collected to evaluate your visit to the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. If you do not agree to this, you can object to the collection, processing and storage of data at any time with effect for the future. The European Commission has issued an adequacy decision for the United Kingdom, which means that it is considered a safe third country. Since the level of data protection in the third country is appropriately high for a data transfer from the scope of the GDPR, it enables unimpeded data traffic from the EU to the safe third country.

8. Social media

Our online presence on Facebook (by Meta), Twitter, Instagram (by Meta), Youtube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Xing

If you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit Automatically collected and stored for advertising purposes, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. Cookies are usually used for this. For detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the respective social media operator as well as a contact option and your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the data protection notices of the providers linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook (by Meta) is an offer from Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta Platforms Ireland"). The information automatically collected by Meta Platforms Ireland about your use of our online presence on Facebook (by Meta) is usually transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting a Facebook (by Meta) fan page is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. More information (information about Insights data) can be found here.

Twitter is an offer from Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland ("Twitter"). The information automatically collected by Twitter about your use of our online presence on Twitter is usually transferred to a server operated by Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

Instagram (by Meta) is an offer from Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta Platforms Ireland") The information automatically collected by Meta Platforms Ireland about your use of our online presence on Instagram is usually sent to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting an Instagram (by Meta) fan page is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. More information (information about Insights data) can be found here.

YouTube is an offer from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The information automatically collected by Google about your use of our online presence on YouTube is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

Pinterest is an offer from Pinterest Europe Ltd. , Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Pinterest"). The information automatically collected by Pinterest about your use of our online presence on Pinterest is usually transferred to a server of Pinterest, Inc., 505 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

LinkedIn is an offer from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland ("LinkedIn"). The information automatically collected by LinkedIn about your use of our online presence on LinkedIn is usually transferred to a server of LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.

Xing is an offer from New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany.

9. Contact options and your rights

9.1 Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • according to Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified there;
  • according to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • according to Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is required
    • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
    • to comply with a legal obligation;
    • for reasons of public interest or
    • is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
  • according to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
    • the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
    • the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure;
    • we no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or
    • You have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
  • according to Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another person responsible;
  • according to Art. 77 GDPR the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters.

Right to object

Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to safeguard our legitimate interests, which outweigh the interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you only have the right to object if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation.

After you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.

9.2 Contact options

If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, restriction or deletion of data and revocation of consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our imprint.