Information about the collection of personal data

In the following we inform you about the collection and, if necessary, further processing (storage, etc.) of personal data in accordance with Art. 13 and Art. 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Information about the person responsible

Responsible according to Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR Koop Edgar und Stadter Jonas ACIDSOUP GbR based in Mannheim. Further information and contact details can be found in the imprint.

Collection and further processing of personal data as well as type and purpose of processing

Below we inform you in which cases we collect personal data and for what purposes. In principle, there is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your data; When using certain services, however, it may be necessary to process certain data for the purpose of providing our services or due to legal obligations (e.g. tax or professional regulations, GWG).

1. Processing of personal data when visiting our website

If you only use the website for informational purposes, we collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you would like to view our website, we collect the following data on the basis of legitimate interests, which are technically mandatory for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR):

IP address

Date and time of the request

Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Content of the request (specific page)

Access Status/HTTP Status Code

amount of data transferred

Website from which the request comes

Browser, operating system and its interface

Browser software language and version.

The data is stored in log files and is not merged with other data. The data is regularly deleted after one month at the latest.

2. Contact

If you have any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on the website. You can also contact us by e-mail or telephone. If you contact us via the contact form, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and saved.

The processing of the personal data that is transmitted in the context of contacting and provided by you in this respect serves to establish contact quickly and thus to process your request quickly. This enables us to provide good customer service (the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR or your consent, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

The personal data collected by us for contact inquiries will be deleted after your inquiry has been dealt with, provided no legitimate interests require longer storage (e.g. due to announced further inquiries, etc.). If your request leads to the conclusion of a contract, your data will be deleted immediately after the statute of limitations and the statutory retention periods have expired.

3. Newsletter registration

When you register to receive the newsletter, we use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. Providing an email address is sufficient to receive the newsletter. The legal basis is your voluntary consent, Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you can send your unsubscribe request at any time to the email address given in our imprint.

4.Cookies

When you use our website, cookies are stored on your computer. Cookies are small files that are stored on your hard drive, assigned to the browser you are using, and through which certain information flows to the place that sets the cookie (here from us). Cookies serve to make the internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.

We use cookies that are technically necessary for the operation of the website. The purpose is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For this it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change (the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO)

We need the following cookies to operate the website:

Google Tag Manager

This is a tag management system for managing JavaScript and HTML tags used to implement tracking and analytics tools.

Company that processes the data

Google Ireland Limited Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

data processing purposes

– Manage website tags

Legal basis

Legal Basis Infotext – Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR

place of processing

United States of America

retention period

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the processing purposes.

data receiver

-Alphabet Inc.

Transfer to third countries

United States of America

Data Protection Officer

Infotext:

HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/POLICIES/TROUBLESHOOTER/7575787?HL=EN

More information and opt-out

Click here to opt out of this processor for all domains: HTTPS://SAFETY.GOOGLE/PRIVACY/PRIVACY-CONTROLS/

Click here to read the data processor’s privacy policy: HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/INTL/DE/TAGMANAGER/FAQ.HTML

Cookie Policy UR: HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/INTL/DE/TAGMANAGER/USE-POLICY.HTML

Google Analytics

This is a web analytics service.

Company that processes the data

Google Ireland Limited

Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

data processing purposes

– Marketing

– Advertising

– Web Analytics

Technologies used

– cookies

– Pixel tags

data attributes

– IP address (anonymized)

– Browser information (browser type, referrer/exit pages, files viewed on our website, operating system, date/time stamp and/or clickstream data)

– Usage data (views, clicks)

Data collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service:

– IP address

– Date and time of the visit

– usage data

– Click path

– App updates

– Browser Information

– device information

– JavaScript support

– Visited pages

– Referrer URL

– Downloads

– Flash version

– location information

– Purchase activities

– Widget interactions

Legal basis

Legal basic info text

– Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR

place of processing

European Union

retention period

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the processing purposes.

data receiver

– Alphabet Inc.

Transfer to third countries

United States of America

More information and opt-out

HTTPS://TOOLS.GOOGLE.COM/DLPAGE/GAOPTOUT?HL=DE

Click here to opt out of this processor for all domains: HTTPS://SAFETY.GOOGLE/PRIVACY/PRIVACY-CONTROLS/

Click here to read the data processor’s privacy policy: HTTPS://POLICIES.GOOGLE.COM/PRIVACY?HL=EN

Cookie Policy URL: HTTPS://POLICIES.GOOGLE.COM/TECHNOLOGIES/COOKIES?HL=EN

Facebook pixels

This is a tracking technology offered by Facebook and used by other Facebook services such as Facebook Custom Audiences.

Company that processes the data

Facebook Ireland Limited

4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin, D02, Ireland

data processing purposes

– Advertising

– Marketing

– Retargeting

– Analysis

– Tracking

Technologies used

– cookies

data attributes

– Pixel specific data

– Http header

– Optional parameters

Data collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service:

– Facebook user ID

– Browser Information

– usage data

– Device information

– Non-sensitive custom data

– Referrer URL

– Pixel ID

– Location information

– Pixel specific data

– user behavior

– Ads viewed

– Interactions with advertising, services and products

– Marketing information

– Viewed content

– IP address

Legal basis

Legal basic info text

– Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR

place of processing

European Union

retention period

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the processing purposes.

data receiver

Facebook Inc.

Transfer to third countries

Worldwide

Data Protection Officer

Infotext: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HELP/CONTACT/540977946302970

More information and opt-out

Click here to opt out of this processor for all domains: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ADS/PREFERENCES/?ENTRY_PRODUCT=AD_SETTINGS_SCREEN

Click here to read the data processor’s privacy policy: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PRIVACY/EXPLANATION

Cookie Policy URL: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/POLICIES/COOKIES

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to us by it. Therefore, as a user, you also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all the functions of the website to their full extent. The session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. If we also use cookies, we will inform you about this at the appropriate point in this data protection declaration.

5. Services of the company Google

We use the following services from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). We would like to point out that we have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) with Google to ensure secure data transmission. Google has also committed to complying with the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement on the collection, use and storage of personal information from EU member states. Google, including Google LLC. and its wholly owned US subsidiaries, has certified that it adheres to applicable Privacy Shield Principles. More information about the certification can be found here: HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/ANALYTICS/ANSWER/7105316

This website uses the Google Tag Manager. This service allows website tags to be managed via an interface. The Google Tool Manager only implements tags. This means: No cookies are used and no personal data is recorded. The Google Tool Manager triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. However, the Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been carried out at domain or cookie level, it remains in place for all tracking tags, insofar as these are implemented with the Google Tag Manager. For more information, see the usage guidelines at HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.DE/TAGMANAGER/USE-POLICY.HTML

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by cookies about your use of our website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on our website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on website activity in our legitimate interest (legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) and to do other things related to website activity and internet usage provide services to us.

We would like to point out that the code „gat._anonymizeIP();“ has been added to Google Analytics on our website in order to ensure anonymous recording of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). We have shortened the storage period of tracking data to the shortest possible period of 14 months. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly.

This website may use the Google Maps API to visually display geographic information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data about the use of the map functions by visitors. You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google data protection information.

6. Use of YouTube Videos

“We have integrated components from YouTube on our website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that allows video publishers to post video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. The service on Youtube is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The videos are integrated in YouTube’s extended data protection mode, which blocks the setting of YouTube cookies until you actively click on playback. By clicking on the play button, you give your consent for YouTube to set cookies on the end device you are using, which can also be used to analyze usage behavior for market research and marketing purposes. The legal basis is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

You can find more information about the use of cookies by YouTube in Google’s cookie policy at HTTPS://POLICIES.GOOGLE.COM/TECHNOLOGIES/TYPES?HL=DE. You can find more information on this at http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_guidelines and under the data protection regulations published by YouTube, which are available at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ . These provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Google.“

7. Use of Vimeo Videos

Plugins of the video portal Vimeo of Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA are integrated on our website. If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Vimeo servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by Vimeo and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged in to Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Vimeo account. If you interact with the plugins (such as pressing the start button of a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.

The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of Vimeo’s legitimate interest in market research and the needs-based design of the Vimeo service. If you do not want Vimeo to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Vimeo as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Vimeo’s data protection information: https://vimeo.com/privacy

Vimeo, Inc., based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

The Google Analytics tracking tool from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, is automatically integrated into videos from Vimeo that are integrated on our site. This is Vimeo’s own tracking, to which we have no access and which cannot be influenced from our side. Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies“ for tracking, 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 and stored there; this may also result in transmission to the Google LLC server. come in the US.

In the event that personal data is transmitted to Google LLC. based in the USA, Google LLC. certified for the US-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

This processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of Vimeo’s legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes. Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above.

8. Facebook page

Therefore, Facebook Ireland Ltd. is jointly responsible with us for the operation of this Facebook page. (hereinafter „Facebook“), 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

We operate this page to draw attention to our services and to get in touch with you as a visitor and user of this Facebook page and our website.

The operation of this Facebook page, including the processing of users‘ personal data, is based on our legitimate interests in a contemporary and supportive opportunity for information and interaction for and with our users and visitors in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR . Facebook processes user data for advertising purposes (analysis, creation of personalized advertising), creation of user profiles and market research.

Facebook uses cookies to store and further process this information. If the user has a Facebook profile and is logged in to it, the storage and analysis also takes place across devices. Facebook’s data protection declaration contains further information on data processing: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Objection options (so-called opt-out) can be set here:

HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SETTINGS?TAB=ADS and here HTTP://WWW.YOURONLINECHOICES.COM

Facebook Inc., the US parent company of Facebook Ireland Ltd., is registered under the EU-US. Privacy Shield certified and thus promises to comply with European data protection guidelines. Further information on Facebook’s Privacy Shield status can be found here:

HTTPS://WWW.PRIVACYSHIELD.GOV/PARTICIPANT?ID=A2ZT0000000GNYWAAC&STATUS=ACTIVE.

The transmission and further processing of personal user data in third countries, such as the USA, and the associated possible risks for the user cannot be ruled out by us as the operator of the site.

Statistical data of different categories can be called up for us via the so-called “Insights” on the Facebook page. These statistics are generated and provided by Facebook. As the operator of the site, we have no influence on the generation and presentation. We cannot switch off this function or prevent the generation and processing of the data. Due to the constant development of Facebook, the availability and processing of the data changes, so that we refer to the above-mentioned data protection declaration of Facebook for further details. We use this data, which is available in aggregate form, to make our posts and activities on our Facebook page more attractive to users.

Since only Facebook has full access to user data, we recommend that you contact Facebook directly if you want to request information or ask other questions about your rights as a user (e.g. right to erasure). If you need support or have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you no longer want the data processing described here in the future, please cancel the connection of your user profile to our site by using the “I no longer like this site” and/or “Unsubscribe from this site” function.

Our social media appearances should ensure the widest possible presence on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

For more information on how Facebook handles user data, please see Facebook’s privacy policy:

HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ABOUT/PRIVACY/

Facebook Pixel for creating Custom Audiences

Within our online offer, the so-called „Facebook Pixel“ of the social network Facebook is used, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland („Facebook“).

If a user clicks on an advertisement placed by us, which is played on Facebook, the URL of our linked page is added by Facebook Pixel. If our site allows data to be shared with Facebook via pixels, this URL parameter is written to the user’s browser via a cookie, which our linked site sets itself. This cookie is then read by Facebook Pixel and enables the data to be forwarded to Facebook.

With the help of the Facebook pixel, Facebook is on the one hand able to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called „Facebook ads“). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to only display the Facebook ads we have placed to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products, which are based on the visited website). websites are determined), which we transmit to Facebook (so-called “Custom Audiences”). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interests of users and are not annoying. This allows us to further evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by understanding whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called „conversion“).

The data collected is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. 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 usage guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook. The data processing associated with the use of the Facebook pixel only takes place if you consent to it (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

The information generated by Facebook is usually transmitted to a Facebook server and stored there. This can also result in transmission to the Facebook Inc. servers in the USA. Facebook Inc. based in the USA is certified for the US-European data protection agreement „Privacy Shield“, which ensures compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.

10. Other processing and disclosure of data

Beyond the cases mentioned in this data protection declaration, we only process your data if:

you have consented to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR,

This is necessary according to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you (e.g. transmission to service providers required for the execution of the contract, in particular post, authorities, tax consultants, etc.),

there is a legal obligation for the processing according to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR (in particular professional, tax and commercial law storage and transmission obligations), as well as

the processing according to Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f GDPR is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of us or third parties, in particular the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims (e.g. transfer to courts, debt collection, lawyers). unless your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms, which require the protection of personal data, prevail.

Recipients of the data can also be service providers whose services we rely on to operate our company (e.g. technical service providers for the maintenance of the software and IT landscape) and to fulfill our contractual obligations and who process the data exclusively in accordance with instructions; Such service providers work for us as part of an order processing.

11. Deletion of Data

Unless otherwise stated in this declaration, personal data will be stored after the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies and provided that there are no retention periods (e.g. 10-year retention period due to tax regulations with regard to all data relevant to the tax case or 6-year Retention period based on commercial and professional regulations) or e.g. B. statutes of limitations for data that may be useful for legal prosecution are deleted immediately.

Your rights

With regard to the personal data concerning you, you have the right to information, correction or deletion if necessary, restriction of processing if necessary, objection to the processing (see below for more details) and data portability. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority. You have the right to revoke a declaration of consent under data protection law at any time with effect for the future.

Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit exist that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without specifying a particular situation. If you would like to make use of your right of revocation or objection, an e-mail to us is sufficient.

Notes on e-mail communication

E-mail communication with us is unencrypted by default. If you send us an unencrypted e-mail or make an inquiry and ask for a reply by regular e-mail, we will initially assume that you agree to unencrypted communication.

If you would like encrypted communication, please let us know. We would like to point out that certain technical requirements must be met on your part (e.g. implementation of encryption software in your mail program or use of a corresponding service provider). On request, we can also send you certain documents, e.g. B. send as password-protected PDF files or .zip containers; Please check your spam folder as such attachments are often classified as unwanted messages.