PRIVACY POLICY

1. DATA PROTECTION AT A GLANCE

General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is defined as any data by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our data protection declaration listed below.

Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details of the operator are lined out in the imprint.

How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This happens, for example, when you enter your information in a contact form.
On the other hand, data is collected automatically by our system when you visit the website. Here we are talking mainly about technical data (e.g. which internet browser you are using, which operating system and what time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you open our website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. With other data we are analyzing the user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Above that, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. For further details, please refer to the privacy policy under “Right of restriction of processing my data”.

Analysis tools and third-party tools
When visiting our website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you.
You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. For detailed information about these tools and about your opt-out options, please see the following Privacy Policy.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION AND MANDATORY INFORMATION

Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note about the responsible party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

MC GmbH – Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Distribution
Phone: +49 7158 9157440
E-Mail: office@mc-gmbh.eu

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

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

Right to object to data collection in special cases and against direct marketing (art. 21 GDPR).
If the data processing is based on art. 6 (1) letter e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for any reason arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims (objection according to art. 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection according to art. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, persons concerned have the right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their usual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right of appeal exists regardless of other administrative or judicial remedies. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/anschriften_node.html (Germany) and https://www.dsb.gv.at/ueber-die-website/kontakt.html (Austria).

Right to data transferability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically possible.

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

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

Encrypted payment transactions
If there is an obligation to transmit your payment data (e.g. account number in the case of direct debit authorization) to us after signing a contract with costs resulting from it, this data is required for payment processing. Payment transactions via the common means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser address line. With encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Disclosure, blocking, deletion and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

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

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection according to art. 21 (1) GDPR, we have to consider both your and our interests. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. Also it can be proccessed for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

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

3. Data collection on our website

The Internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser in a way that it will inform you about new cookies and allow only certain cookies in individual cases. Furthermore, it can restrict the the acceptance of cookies for certain other cases or in general. You can activate an automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this data protection declaration.

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

browser type and browser version
Operating system used
referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources. The collection of this data is based on art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Contact form
When sending inquiries via the contact form to us, your data from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

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

If your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the processing of your data is based on art. 6 (1) letter b GDPR. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.

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

Registration on this website
You can register on our website in order to use additional functions on the page. We use the data entered in this case only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For important changes, for example in the scope of the offer or for technically necessary changes, we use the e-mail address provided during registration to send you further information.

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR). You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process and use personal data only to the extent that they are necessary for the establishment, content or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of art. 6 (1) letter b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process and utilize personal data about the use of our Internet pages (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable the visitor to use the service or to bill the customer.

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

Data transmission upon conclusion of the contract for online stores, dealers, and shipment of goods.
We transmit personal data to third parties only if this is necessary in the context of the contract, such as to the companies ordered with the delivery of the goods or the credit institution tasked with the payment processing. A further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have explicitly agreed to it. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent, for example for advertising purposes.

The basis for data processing is art. 6 (1) letter b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Data transfer upon conclusion of a contract for services and digital content
We transmit personal data to third parties only if this is necessary in the context of contract processing, such as to the credit institution commissioned with payment processing. Further transmission of data does not take place or only if you have explicitly consented to it. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent, for example for advertising purposes. The basis for data processing is art. 6 (1) letter b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Registration with Facebook Connect
Instead of registering directly on our website, you can register with Facebook Connect. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you decide to register with Facebook Connect and click on the “Login with Facebook”/”Connect with Facebook” button, you will automatically be redirected to the Facebook platform. There you can log in with your usage data. This links your Facebook profile to our website or services. Through this link, we gain access to your data on Facebook. These are mainly:

Facebook name
Facebook profile and title picture
Facebook cover picture
Email address deposited with Facebook
Facebook ID
Facebook friend lists
Facebook Likes (“Like” votes)
Birthday
Gender
Country
Language
This data is used to set up, provide and personalize your account.

Registration with Facebook Connect and the associated data processing operations are based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time with effect in the future.

For more information, please refer to the Facebook Terms of Use and the Facebook Privacy Policy. These can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/.

Comment function on this website
For the comment function on this site, in addition to your comment, information on the time of creation of the comment, your e-mail address and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen will be stored.

Storage of the IP address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not check comments on our site before they are activated, we need this data to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribe to comments
As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the info emails. In this case, the data entered in the context of subscribing to comments will be deleted; however, if you have transmitted this data to us for other purposes and at another point (e.g. newsletter order), it will remain with us.

Storage period of comments
The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

Legal basis
The storage of the comments is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR). You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

4. plugins and tools

Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers does not take place.

Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Ltd. (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Adobe Fonts
Our website uses web fonts from Adobe for the uniform display of certain fonts. The provider is Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe).

When you open our pages, your browser loads the required fonts directly from Adobe so that they can be displayed correctly on your terminal device. In doing so, your browser establishes a connection to Adobe’s servers in the USA. This enables Adobe to know that your IP address has been used to access our website. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when providing the fonts.

Adobe is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the United States of America and the European Union to ensure compliance with European data protection standards. For more information, please visit: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/eudatatransfers.html
The use of Adobe Fonts is necessary to ensure a consistent typeface on our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR.

You can find more information about Adobe Fonts at: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html
Adobe’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.adobe.com/privacy.html

YouTube with enhanced data protection
Our website uses plugins of the website YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

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

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

Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your end device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud attempts. Cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no control.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR.

For more information about data protection at YouTube, please see their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Vimeo
Our website uses plugins of the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. In the process, the Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR.

For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

SoundCloud
Plugins of the social network SoundCloud (SoundCloud Ltd., Berners House, 47-48 Berners Street, London W1T 3NF, United Kingdom) may be integrated on our pages. You can recognize the SoundCloud plugins by the SoundCloud logo on the pages concerned.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the SoundCloud server after the plugin is activated. SoundCloud thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the “Like button” or “Share button” while logged into your SoundCloud user account, you can link and/or share the content of our pages with your SoundCloud profile. This allows SoundCloud to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by SoundCloud.

The use of SoundCloud is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

For more information, please see SoundCloud’s privacy policy at: https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy.

If you do not want SoundCloud to associate your visit to our pages with your SoundCloud user account, please log out of your SoundCloud user account before activating the SoundCloud plugin content.

Spotify
On our pages, functions of the music service Spotify are integrated. The provider is Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm in Sweden. You can recognize the Spotify plugins by the green logo on our site. An overview of the Spotify plugins can be found at: https://developer.spotify.com.

This allows a direct connection between your browser and the Spotify server to be established via the plugin when you visit our pages. Spotify thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Spotify button while logged into your Spotify account, you can link the content of our pages on your Spotify profile. This allows Spotify to associate the visit to our pages with your user account.

The data processing is based on art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the appealing acoustic design of its website.

For more information, please see Spotify’s privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/privacy-policy/.

If you do not want Spotify to be able to associate the visit to our pages with your Spotify user account, please log out of your Spotify user account.

Zendesk
We use the CRM system Zendesk to process user requests. The provider is Zendesk, Inc., 1019 Market Street in San Francisco, CA 94103 USA.

We use Zendesk to process your requests quickly and efficiently. The legal basis for processing your data is our legitimate interest according to art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR.

Zendesk is Privacy-Shield certified as a US provider and is thereby committed to comply with EU data protection law. In addition, we have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with Zendesk. This ensures that Zendesk only uses user data within the framework of EU data protection standards exclusively for processing the requests and does not pass them on to third parties.

You can submit requests by only providing your email address without mentioning your name.

If you do not agree with processing your request with us via Zendesk, you can alternatively communicate with us by e-mail, phone or fax.

For more information, please see Zendesk’s privacy policy: https://www.zendesk.com/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/.

Google reCAPTCHA
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Ireland Ltd. (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data entry on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent by the visitor on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not made aware that an analysis is taking place.

The data processing is based on art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.

For more information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please refer to the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/v3.htmll.

5. social media

Social media plugins with Shariff
Plugins from social media are used on our pages (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, XING, LinkedIn, Tumblr).

You can usually recognize the plugins by the respective social media logos. To ensure data protection on our website, we only use these plugins together with the so-called “Shariff” solution. This application prevents the plugins integrated on our website from transmitting data to the respective provider when you first enter the page.

Only when you activate the respective plugin by clicking the associated button, a direct connection to the provider’s server is established (consent). As soon as you activate the plugin, the particular provider receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you are logged into your respective social media account (e.g. Facebook) at the same time, the respective provider can assign the visit to our pages to your user account.

Activating the plugin constitutes consent within the meaning of art. 6 (1) letter a GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect in the future.

Facebook plugins (Like & Share button).
Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like button” (“Like”) on our page. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our page with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the page, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/previous

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account. The use of Facebook plugins is based on art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

Use of juicer.io
On this website, we have used a tool to implement social media content from the provider saas.group LLC, 304 S. Jones Blvd #1205, Las Vegas NV 89107, USA. Details of the data processing that takes place in connection with the service can be found in the provider’s privacy policy, https://www.juicer.io/privacy. The legal basis for the integration of the tool is art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimizing the user-friendliness of the website and enabling the integration of social media posts.

Twitter Plugin
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In the process, data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/privacy.

The use of the Twitter plugin is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Google+ plugin
The provider is Google Ireland Ltd. (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Collection and sharing of information: Using the Google+ button, you can publish information worldwide. Through the Google+ button, you and other users receive personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you have given +1 for a content as well as the information about the page you were viewing when you clicked +1. Your +1s may be displayed as notices along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results or your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads on the Internet.

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

Use of Collected Information: In addition to the uses explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with Google’s applicable privacy policy. Google may publish aggregate statistics about users’ +1 activities or share them with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers or affiliated websites. The use of the Google+ plugin is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

Instagram plugin
Functions of the service Instagram are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA integrated.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

The use of the Instagram plugin is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

For more information, please see Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Tumblr plugin
Our pages use buttons of the Tumblr service. The provider is Tumblr, Inc, 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA.

These buttons allow you to share a post or page on Tumblr or follow the provider on Tumblr. When you visit one of our websites with a Tumblr button, the browser establishes a direct connection with Tumblr’s servers. We have no influence on the scope of the data that Tumblr collects and transmits with the help of this plugin. According to the current status, the IP address of the user and the URL of the respective website are transmitted.

The use of the Tumblr plugin is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

Further information on this can be found in Tumblr’s privacy policy at: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy.

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

Each time you access one of our pages that contains functions of LinkedIn, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages with your IP address. If you click the “Recommend button” of LinkedIn and are logged into your account at LinkedIn, it is possible for LinkedIn to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by LinkedIn.

The use of the LinkedIn plugin is based on Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

For more information, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

XING Plugin
Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Each time one of our pages containing XING functions is accessed, a connection to XING servers will be established. As far as we are aware, no personal data is stored in the process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated.

The use of the XING plugin is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

For more information on data protection and the XING Share button, please refer to the XING privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

Pinterest plugin
On our website, we use social plugins of the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc, 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”).

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

The use of the Pinterest plugin is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media.

For more information on the purpose, scope, and further processing/use of the data by Pinterest, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy.

6. analysis tools and advertising

Hotjar
This website uses Hotjar. The provider is Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe (website: https://www.hotjar.com).

Hotjar is a tool used to analyze your user behavior on our website. Among other things, Hotjar allows us to record your mouse movements, scrolling movements and clicks. Hotjar can also determine how long you have remained with the mouse pointer on a particular spot. From this information, Hotjar creates so-called heat maps, which can be used to determine which website areas are viewed preferentially by the website visitor.

Furthermore, we can determine how long you stayed on a page and when you left it. We can also determine at which point you abandoned your input in a contact form (so-called conversion funnels).

In addition, Hotjar can be used to obtain direct feedback from website visitors. This function serves to improve the website operator’s web offerings.

Hotjar uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. They serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. In particular, these cookies allow us to determine whether our website has been visited with a particular device or whether the functions of Hotjar have been deactivated for the browser in question. Hotjar cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

You can set your browser in a way that you are informed about the particular cookie setting and that cookies are only allowed in individual cases. It’s also possible to exclude certain cookies in other cases and to activate automated deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

The use of Hotjar and the storage of Hotjar cookies is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

How to disable Hotjar
If you would like to disable data collection by Hotjar, click on the following link and follow the instructions there: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out

Please note that disabling Hotjar must be done separately for each browser or device.

For more information about Hotjar and the data it collects, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy at the following link: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

Order processing contract
We have entered into an order processing contract with Hotjar to strictly implement the European data protection regulations.

Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union and in other countries that are part of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity/internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.

Browser Plugin
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that by doing this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookies and related to your use of the website (including your IP address). To do so, you have to download and install the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Objection to data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Google Analytics opt-out.

More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

Order processing
We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google and completely fullfill the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics with Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time in the ad settings of your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the paragraph “Objection to data collection”.

Storage period
Data stored by Google at user and event level linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g. User ID) or advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) is anonymized or deleted after 14 months. For details, please see the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196

Google Analytics Remarketing
Our website uses the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in connection with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

This function makes it possible to link the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g. cell phone) can also be displayed on other devices (e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history with your Google account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be displayed on every device on which you log in with your Google account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad targeting.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising; follow this link: https://adssettings.google.com/.

The aggregation of the collected data in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can give or revoke on Google’s website (art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR). In the case of data collection processes that are not merged with your Google Account (e.g. because you do not have a Google Account or have objected to the merging), the collection of the data is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

Further information and the privacy policy can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Inc (“Google”). The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google AdSense uses “cookies” (which are text files placed on your computer) to help the website analyze how visitors are using it. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on these pages can be analyzed. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) as well as about providing advertising formats will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data about you. The storage of AdSense cookies is based on art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both the web offering and its advertising. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the particular settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google for the purposes lined out above.

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

As part of Google AdWords, we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify the user. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the website operator recognizes that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

As part of Google AdWords, we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify the user. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of the customers of AdWords. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted in to conversion tracking. The customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can object to this use by deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie in your internet browser settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of “conversion cookies” and the use of this tracking tool are based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

More information on Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

You can change the settings of your browser to be informed about the storage of cookies and to allow cookies only in some cases. You can also block cookies in other cases or generally activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

IONOS WebAnalytics
This website uses the analysis services of IONOS WebAnalytics (hereafter: IONOS). The provider is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, D – 56410 Montabaur. Analysis performed by IONOS includes but is not limited to visitor numbers and behavior (e.g. number of page views, duration of a website visit, bounce rates), visitor sources (i.e. from which page the visitor comes), visitor locations and technical data (browser and operating system versions). For this purpose, IONOS stores the following data in particular:

Referrer (previously visited website)
requested website or file
browser type and browser version
operating system used
type of device used
time of access
IP address in anonymized form (used only to determine the location of the access).
According to IONOS, the data collection is completely anonymized, so it cannot be traced back to individual persons. Cookies are not stored by IONOS WebAnalytics.
The storage and analysis of the data is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For further information on data collection and processing by IONOS WebAnalytics, please refer to the IONOS data protection declaration at the following link:

https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/index.php?id=6

Order processing
We have concluded an order processing contract with IONOS. This contract is intended to ensure data protection compliant handling of your personal data by IONOS.

WordPress Stats
This website uses the WordPress tool Stats to statistically analyze visitor traffic. The provider is Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.

WordPress Stats uses cookies that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website. The information generated by the cookies about the use of our website is stored on servers in the USA. Your IP address is anonymized after processing and storing it.

“WordPress Stats” cookies remain on your device until you delete them. The storage of “WordPress Stats” cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

You can set your browser to inform you about the storage of cookies and to allow cookies only in some individual cases. You can also block cookies for certain other cases or generally activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When deactivating cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

You can object to the collection and use of your data for the future by setting an opt-out cookie in your browser by clicking on this link: https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/.

If you delete the cookies on your computer, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Facebook Pixel
Our website uses the visitor action pixel from Facebook, Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”) for conversion measurement.

This makes it possible to track the behavior of site visitors after they have been redirected to the provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This allows the effectiveness of the Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes as well as for future advertising measures to be optimized.

The collected data is anonymous for us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook Data Use Policy. This allows Facebook to enable the placement of advertisements on Facebook pages as well as outside of Facebook. This use of the data cannot be influenced by us as the site operator.

The use of Facebook Pixel is based on art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in effective advertising measures including social media.

You can find further information on protecting your privacy in Facebook’s privacy notices: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

You can also deactivate the “Custom Audiences” remarketing function in the Advertising Settings section at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. To do this, you must be logged into Facebook.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can deactivate usage-based advertising from Facebook on the website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices

7. newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify you as the owner of the e-mail address provided. You also need to consent to receiving the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” button in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted thereafter. Data stored by us for other purposes remain unaffected by this.

8. own services

Applications
We offer you the option to apply for a job in our company (e.g. by e-mail, by post or via an online application form). In the following, we inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data will be carried out in accordance with the data protection law and all other statutory provisions. Your data will be treated as strictly confidential.

Scope and purpose of data collection
If you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during interviews, etc.) to the extent that it is necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG-neu under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR (general contract initiation) and – if you have given your consent – art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data you submitted will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of section 26 BDSG-neu German law and art. 6 (1) letter b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship.

Retention period of the data
If we are unable to offer you a job, you reject a job offer, withdraw your application, revoke your consent to data processing or request us to delete the data, the data you have submitted, including any remaining physical application documents, will be stored or retained (retention period) for a maximum of 6 months in order to be able to trace the details of the application process in the event of discrepancies (art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR).

YOU MAY OBJECT TO THIS STORAGE IF YOU HAVE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS THAT OUTWEIGH OUR INTERESTS.

After expiry of the retention period, the data will be deleted, unless there is a legal obligation to retain the data or another legal reason for further storage. If it is evident that it will be necessary to retain your data after the retention period has expired (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), the data will not be deleted until it has become irrelevant. Other statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

9. online marketing and partner programs

Amazon Affiliate Program

The operators of the pages participate in the Amazon EU affiliate program. The Amazon advertisements and links to the site of Amazon.com are integrated on our websites. Here we can earn money through 23 / 27 advertising reimbursement. Amazon uses cookies to track the origin of orders. This allows Amazon to recognize that you have clicked the partner link on our website. The storage of “Amazon cookies” is based on art. 6 letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in this, as the amount of its affiliate remuneration can only be determined through the cookies. For more information on data usage by Amazon, please see Amazon’s privacy policy: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GX7NJQ4ZB8MHFRNJ

10. payment providers and resellers

PayPal
Among other things, we utilize PayPal as a payment method on our website. The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereafter “PayPal”).

If you select payment via PayPal, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal.

The transmission of your data to PayPal is based on art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR (consent) and art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the validity of past data processing operations.

Klarna
On our website we offer also payment with the services of Klarna. The provider is Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereafter “Klarna”).

Klarna offers various payment options (e.g. installment purchase). If you choose to pay with Klarna (Klarna checkout solution), Klarna will collect various personal data from you. You can read details about this in Klarna’s privacy policy at the following link: https://www.klarna.com/international/privacy-policy/.

Klarna uses cookies to optimize the use of the Klarna checkout solution. The optimization of the checkout solution constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and do not cause any harm. They remain on your end device until you delete them. For details on the use of Klarna cookies, please refer to the following link: https://www.klarna.com/pay-now/cookie-policy/

The transfer of your data to Klarna is based on art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR (consent) and art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the validity of past data processing operations.

Instant bank transfer
On our website we offer payment by “Sofortüberweisung”. The provider of this payment service is Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereafter “Sofort GmbH”).

With the help of the “Sofortüberweisung” procedure, we receive a payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH in real time and can immediately begin to fulfill our obligations.

If you have chosen the payment method “Sofortüberweisung”, you transmit the PIN and a valid TAN to Sofort GmbH, with which it can log into your online banking account. After logging in, Sofort GmbH automatically checks your account balance and carries out the transfer to us using the TAN you have transmitted. It then immediately sends us a transaction confirmation. After logging in, it also automatically checks your turnover, the credit line of the overdraft facility and the existence of other accounts and their balances.

In addition to the PIN and the TAN, the payment data you have entered as well as data about yourself are also transmitted to Sofort GmbH. Your personal data includes your first and last name, address, telephone number(s), email address, IP address and, if necessary, other data required for payment processing. The transmission of this data is necessary to establish your identity beyond doubt and to prevent fraud attempts.

The transmission of your data to Sofort GmbH is based on art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR (consent) and art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR (processing for the fulfillment of a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of past data processing operations.

For details on payment with Sofortüberweisung, please refer to the following links: https://www.sofort.de/datenschutz.html and https://www.klarna.com/pay-now/

Paydirekt
On our website we offer payment via Paydirekt. The provider of this payment service is Paydirekt GmbH, Hamburger Allee 26-28, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany (hereafter “Paydirekt”).

When you make payment using Paydirekt, Paydirekt collects various transaction data and forwards it to the bank with which you are registered with Paydirekt. In addition to the data required for the payment, Paydirekt may collect further data such as delivery address or individual items in the shopping cart as part of the transaction processing.

Paydirekt then authenticates the transaction using the authentication procedure stored with the bank for this purpose. The payment amount is then transferred from your account to ours. Neither we nor third parties have access to your account details.

For details on payment with Paydirekt, please refer to the General Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy of Paydirekt at: https://www.paydirekt.de/agb/index.html.

11. our social media appearances

Data processing by social networks
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The social networks used by us in detail can be found below.

Social networks such as Facebook, Google+, etc. can generally analyze your user behavior extensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g., like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media presences triggers numerous processing operations relevant to data protection. In detail:

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

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

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

Legal basis
Our social media profiles are intended to ensure the most comprehensive presence possible on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of art. 6 (1) letter f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which are to be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of art. 6 (1) letter a GDPR).

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

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

Storage period
The data collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request us to delete it or revoke your consent to store it. Stored cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

Social networks in detail
Facebook
We have a profile on Facebook. The provider is Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook has certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield.

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

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

For details, see Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Facebook Fanpage Insights – Notice to our Facebook Fanpage users.
Facebook Ireland Ltd (“Facebook”) provides us as Facebook Fanpage operators with so-called “Facebook Insights” (“Insights”). The Insights are various statistics that provide us with information about the use of our Facebook Fanpage. Detailed information on this and which data processing takes place can be found at https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights and https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data.

Facebook Fanpage Insights may be based on personal data collected in connection with a visit or interaction of persons on or with our Facebook Fanpage and its content, so that personal data may also be processed by Facebook. The essential information of the agreement concluded between us and Facebook within the meaning of Article 26 of the General Data Protection Regulation can be found there: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

Jointly responsible for the processing Facebook Fanpage Insights are

Facebook Ireland Ltd.
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2, Ireland
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/2061665240770586
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

and

MC GmbH – Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Distribution
Siemensstrasse 14
73760 Ostfildern
Phone: +49 7158 9157440
Fax: +49 7158 91574444
E-mail: office@mc-gmbh.eu

Facebook Ireland primarily fulfills:

the information obligations from Articles 12, 13 GDPR, as well as…
the obligations from Articles 15 to 21 GDPR. The data subject rights can therefore be asserted against Facebook Ireland, as well as
the obligations from Articles 33 and 34 GDPR.
Of course, you can also assert your rights against us.

Facebook Ireland takes appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR to ensure the security of the processing operations using Facebook Fanpage Insights.

For the legal basis and purposes of processing on the part of Facebook Ireland, please refer to the information provided there: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/legal_bases and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

We process Facebook Fanpage Insights data based on our legitimate interest to evaluate the activities on our Fanpage and our marketing activities there (advertisements, campaigns, postings); article 6(1) sentence 1 f) GDPR.

Further information: Data protection: Facebook Fanpages and InSights – here are the answers.

You are not required by law to provide your personal data. However, the provision may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract or for functions of the Facebook Fanpage. Thus, if you do not provide it, a contract or a function on the Facebook Fanpage may not be offered.

The rights of data subjects arise in particular from the articles 15 to 23 and Article 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation as well as from sections 32 to 37 of the Federal Data Protection Act.

With regard to your personal data, you have the right to the following.

Information, Article 15 Basic Data Protection Regulation
Correction, Article 16 Basic Data Protection Regulation
Deletion, Article 17 Basic Data Protection Regulation
Restriction of processing, Article 18 Basic Data Protection Regulation and
Portability, Article 20 Basic Data Protection Regulation.
You also have the right to object to the processing of personal data

Objection, Article 21 Basic Data Protection Regulation
see further information separately below.

If you have given your consent to the processing of personal data, you have the right of

Revocation, Article 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation with effect in the future.

Please address all inquiries, requests and notifications to Facebook Ireland or to us, see above-.

If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the data protection law, you always have the

right to lodge a complaint
with the competent supervisory authority, see Article 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have this right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, workplace or the place of the alleged infringement. The responsible supervisory authority for Facebook Ireland is the Irish Data Protection Commission (https://www.dataprotection.ie/). For us the responsible authority is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia, Kavalleriestraße 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany.

INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 21 GDPR

1. you have the right to object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you on the basis of Article 6(1) sentence 1 f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests).

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

2. in individual cases, we process personal data in order to conduct direct marketing. If this is the case, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

The objection can be made form-free.

Google+
We have a profile on Google+. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google has been certified in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield:

You can independently adjust your advertising settings in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

For details, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Twitter
We use the short message service Twitter. The provider is Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter has certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield.

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

For details, see Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy.

Instagram
We have a profile on Instagram. The provider is Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. For details on how they handle your personal data, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

Pinterest
We have a profile on Pinterest. The operator is Pinterest Inc, 808 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”). For details on their handling of your personal data, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

XING
We have a profile on XING. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. For details on how they handle your personal data, please refer to XING’s privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy

LinkedIn
We have a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn has certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.

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

For details on their handling of your personal data, please see LinkedIn’s privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Tumblr
We have a profile on Tumblr. The provider is Tumblr, Inc, 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. For details on how they handle your personal data, please refer to Tumblr’s privacy policy: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy.