GDPR – securenergy GmbH
Privacy Policy
securenergy GmbH
Version: March 2026
Table of Contents
- Name and address of the controller
- Contact details of the data protection officer
- General information on data processing
- Rights of the data subject
- Provision of the website and creation of log files
- Use of cookies
- Email contact
- Contact form
- Applications by email
- Company presences
- Use of company presences in career-oriented networks
- Hosting
- Plugins / third-party services used
Name and Address of the Controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data protection regulations is:
securenergy GmbH
Kurfürstendamm 40/41
10719 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 30868001070
Email: info@securenergy.de
Website: www.securenergy.de
Contact Details of the Data Protection Officer
The controller’s data protection officer is:
DataCo GmbH
Thomas Regier
Dachauer Straße 65Sandstraße 33
80335 Munich
Germany
Phone: 089 740045840
Email: datenschutz@dataguard.de
Website: www.dataguard.de
General Information on Data Processing
1. Scope of the Processing of Personal Data
As a rule, we process our users’ personal data only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The processing of our users’ personal data regularly takes place only with the user’s consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by statutory provisions.
2. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data
Where we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis.
Where the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures.
Where the processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, and those interests are not overridden by the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.
3. Data Erasure and Storage Duration
The personal data of the data subject shall be erased or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by European or national legislators in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data shall also be blocked or erased when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract.
Rights of the Data Subject
If your personal data are processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR. You have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:
1. Right of Access
You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you are being processed.
If such processing is taking place, you may request the following information from the controller:
- the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
- the categories of personal data being processed;
- the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
- the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information cannot be provided, the criteria used to determine that period;
- the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
- the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
- all available information on the origin of the data, if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
- the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22 para. 1 and 4 GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
You have the right to request information on whether the personal data concerning you are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.
2. Right to Rectification
You have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification and/or completion of personal data concerning you if they are inaccurate or incomplete.
3. Right to Restriction of Processing
Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of processing of personal data concerning you:
- if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
- if the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
- if the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
- if you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds.
Where the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
If the restriction of processing has been imposed according to the above conditions, you shall be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.
4. Right to Erasure
5 a) Obligation to Erase
You may request that the controller erase personal data concerning you without undue delay, and the controller shall be obliged to erase such data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
- the personal data concerning you are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
- you withdraw your consent on which the processing was based according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing;
- you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR;
- the personal data concerning you have been unlawfully processed;
- the erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject;
- the personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.
1 b) Information to Third Parties
Where the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.
1 c) Exceptions
The right to erasure shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary:
- for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
- for compliance with a legal obligation requiring processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
- for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
- for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to under section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing; or
- for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
5. Right to Notification
If you have exercised your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the controller, the controller shall be obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of such rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
You have the right to be informed by the controller about those recipients.
6. Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, where
- the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR; and
- the processing is carried out by automated means.
In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. The rights and freedoms of others must not be adversely affected thereby.
The right to data portability shall not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
7. Right to Object
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on those provisions.
The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Where personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, including profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you shall no longer be processed for such purposes.
In connection with the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
8. Right to Withdraw Your Data Protection Consent
You have the right to withdraw your data protection consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
9. Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing — including profiling — which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This shall not apply if the decision
- is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between you and the controller;
- is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or
- is based on your explicit consent.
However, such decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data referred to in Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or b GDPR applies and suitable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject have been taken.
With regard to the cases referred to above, the controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.
10. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.
The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.
Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer.
The following data are collected:
- browser type and browser version
- operating system used
- referrer URL
- hostname of the accessing computer
- date and time of the server request
- IP address
These data are stored in the log files of our system. These data are not stored together with other personal data of the user.
2. Purpose of Data Processing
Storage in log files is carried out in order to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serve to optimise the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. The data are not evaluated for marketing purposes in this context.
These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
3. Legal Basis for Data Processing
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
4. Duration of Storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected. In the case of collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.
5. Right to Object and Removal Option
The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files are absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no option for the user to object.
Use of Cookies
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in or by the internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is accessed again.
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can still be identified after a page change.
The following data are stored and transmitted in the cookies:
- language settings
- log-in information
- frequency of page views
The user data collected in this way are pseudonymised by technical measures. Therefore, it is no longer possible to assign the data to the accessing user. The data are not stored together with other personal data of the users.
2. Purpose of Data Processing
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these functions, it is necessary that the browser can be recognised again after a page change.
We require cookies for the following applications:
- adoption of language settings
The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.
3. Legal Basis for Data Processing
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
4. Duration of Storage, Right to Object and Removal Option
Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted from there to our website. 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 stored 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 functions of the website to their full extent.
If you use the Safari browser from version 12.1 onwards, cookies are automatically deleted after seven days. This also affects opt-out cookies that are set to prevent tracking measures.
Email Contact
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
It is possible to contact us via the email address provided on our website. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the email are stored.
The data are used exclusively for processing the conversation.
2. Purpose of Data Processing
In the case of contact by email, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.
3. Legal Basis for Data Processing
The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given consent.
The legal basis for processing the data transmitted in the course of sending an email is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the email contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
4. Duration of Storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. For personal data sent by email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is deemed ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant matter has been conclusively clarified.
The additional personal data collected during the sending process shall be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.
5. Right to Object and Removal Option
The user has the option to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by email, they may object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.
Right to object:
If, within the framework of a balancing of interests, we process your personal data on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future on grounds relating to your particular situation.
If you make use of your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, further processing remains reserved if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If your personal data are processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of such advertising. If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.
All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.
Contact Form
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
A contact form is available on our website, which can be used for electronic contact. If a user makes use of this option, the data entered in the input form are transmitted to us and stored.
At the time the message is sent, the following data are stored:
- email address
- surname
- first name
- address
- telephone / mobile phone number
- date and time of contact
For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the sending process and reference is made to this privacy policy.
Alternatively, it is possible to contact us via the email address provided. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the email are stored.
The data are used exclusively for processing the conversation.
2. Purpose of Data Processing
The processing of personal data from the input form serves solely to handle the contact request. In the event of contact by email, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.
The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
3. Legal Basis for Data Processing
The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given consent.
The legal basis for processing the data transmitted in the course of sending an email is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. If the email contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.
4. Duration of Storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. For the personal data from the input form of the contact form and those sent by email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is deemed ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant matter has been conclusively clarified.
The additional personal data collected during the sending process shall be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.
5. Right to Object and Removal Option
The user has the option to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by email, they may object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.
Right to object:
If, within the framework of a balancing of interests, we process your personal data on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future on grounds relating to your particular situation.
If you make use of your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, further processing remains reserved if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If your personal data are processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising. If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.
All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.
Applications by Email
1. Scope of the Processing of Personal Data
You may send us your application by email. In doing so, we collect your email address and the data you provide in the email.
- salutation
- first name
- surname
- address
- telephone / mobile phone number
- email address
- information on education and schooling
- language skills
- CV / résumé
- references / certificates
- photo
2. Purpose of Data Processing
The processing of personal data from your application email serves solely to process your application.
3. Legal Basis for Data Processing
The legal basis for processing your data is the initiation of a contract at the request of the data subject, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b alt. 1 GDPR and Section 26 para. 1 sentence 1 BDSG.
4. Duration of Storage
After completion of the application process, the data are stored for up to six months. Your data will be deleted no later than after expiry of the six months. In the event of a legal obligation, the data will be stored in accordance with the applicable provisions.
5. Right to Object and Removal Option
The applicant has the right to object to the processing of personal data at any time. In such a case, the application can no longer be considered.
The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – where applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period.
Where personal data are processed on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, such data are stored until the data subject withdraws their consent.
If statutory retention periods exist for data processed in the context of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, such data are routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided they are no longer required for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.
Where personal data are processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, such data are stored until the data subject exercises their right to object under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, such data are stored until the data subject exercises their right to object under Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information contained in this policy regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
All personal data stored in the course of electronic applications will be deleted in this case.
Company Presences
Use of Company Presences on Social Networks
Instagram, Part of Meta PlatformsFacebook Ireland Ltd.
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2
Ireland
On our company page, we provide information and offer Instagram users the opportunity to communicate. If you perform an action on our Instagram company presence, such as comments, posts or likes, you may thereby make personal data public, for example your real name or your profile photo.
However, since we generally or largely have no influence on the processing of your personal data by Instagram, the companies jointly responsible for the securenergy GmbH company presence, we cannot provide binding information on the purpose and scope of the processing of your data.
Our company presence on social networks is used for communication and information exchange with potential customers. In particular, we use the company presence for:
- presenting current projects
Publications via the company presence may contain the following content:
- information about services
Each user is free to publish personal data through activities.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
The data generated via the company presence are not stored in our own systems.
You may object at any time to the processing of your personal data that we collect in the context of your use of our Instagram company presence and assert your rights as a data subject set out in this privacy policy. To do so, send us an informal email to info@securenergy.de.
Further information on the processing of your personal data by Instagram and the corresponding options to object can be found here:
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
Use of Company Presences in Career-Oriented Networks
1. Scope of Data Processing
We use the option of maintaining company presences on career-oriented networks. We maintain a company presence on the following career-oriented network:
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
Wilton Place
Dublin 2
Ireland
On our page, we provide information and offer users the opportunity to communicate.
The company presence is used for applications, information/PR and active sourcing.
We do not have any information on the processing of your personal data by the companies jointly responsible for the company presence. Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv
If you perform an action on our company presence, such as comments, posts or likes, you may thereby make personal data public, for example your real name or your profile photo.
2. Legal Basis for Data Processing
The legal basis for processing your data in connection with the use of our company presence is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
3. Purpose of Data Processing
Our company presence serves to inform users about our services. Each user is free to publish personal data through activities.
4. Duration of Storage
We store your activities and personal data published via our company presence until consent is withdrawn. In addition, we comply with statutory retention periods.
5. Right to Object and Removal Option
You may object at any time to the processing of your personal data that we collect in the context of your use of our company presence and assert your rights as a data subject set out in this privacy policy. To do so, send us an informal email to the email address stated in this privacy policy.
Further information on objection and removal options can be found here:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv
Hosting
The website is hosted on servers by a service provider commissioned by us.
Our service provider is:
checkdomain GmbH, a dogado group company
Große Burgstraße 27/29
23552 Lübeck
Germany
The servers automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits when you visit the website. The stored information includes:
- browser type and browser version
- operating system used
- referrer URL
- hostname of the accessing computer
- date and time of the server request
- IP address
These data are not merged with other data sources. The collection of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of the website — for this purpose, server log files must be recorded.
The server location of the website is geographically in Germany.
Plugins / Third-Party Services Used
We use plugins / third-party services for various purposes. The plugins / third-party services used are listed below:
Use of Google AdWords
1. Scope of the Processing of Personal Data
We use Google AdWords provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, D04 E5W5, Dublin, Ireland. With this service, we place advertisements. Google places a cookie on your computer. Personal data may thereby be stored and analysed, in particular:
- user activity, especially which pages have been visited and which elements have been clicked on,
- device and browser information, especially the IP address and operating system,
- data about the advertisements shown, especially which advertisements were displayed and whether the user clicked on them,
- data from advertising partners, especially pseudonymised user IDs.
Further information on Google’s data processing can be found here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=de
2. Purpose of Data Processing
We only receive information about the total number of users who have responded to our advertisement. No information is disclosed to us that would allow us to identify you. The use does not serve for tracking back individual users.
3. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data
The legal basis for the processing of users’ personal data is generally the user’s consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
4. Duration of Storage
Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this privacy policy or as required by law, for example for tax and accounting purposes.
5. Withdrawal and Removal Option
You have the right to withdraw your data protection consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You can prevent the collection and processing of your personal data by Google by preventing the storage of third-party cookies on your computer, using the “Do Not Track” function of a supporting browser, deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or installing a script blocker such as NoScript or Ghostery in your browser.
You can deactivate Google’s use of your personal data via the following link:
Further information on objection and removal options vis-à-vis Google can be found at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=de
Use of Google Analytics
1. Scope of the Processing of Personal Data
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, D04 E5W5, Dublin, Ireland. Google Analytics analyses, among other things, the origin of visitors, the time they spend on individual pages and the use of search engines, thus allowing better monitoring of the success of advertising campaigns. Google places a cookie on your computer.
Personal data may thereby be stored and analysed, in particular:
- user activity, especially which pages have been visited and which elements have been clicked on,
- device and browser information, especially the IP address and operating system,
- data about the advertisements shown, especially which advertisements were displayed and whether the user clicked on them,
- data from advertising partners, especially pseudonymised user IDs.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this online presence is transmitted to and stored by Google on a server in the USA. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this online presence, your IP address will first be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and shortened there.
On behalf of the operator of this online presence, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the online presence, to compile reports on the activities of the online presence and to provide the operator of the online presence with further services related to the use of the online presence and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all functions of this online presence to their full extent.
Further information on Google’s data processing can be found here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=de
2. Purpose of Data Processing
The purpose of the processing of personal data is the targeted addressing of a target group that has already shown initial interest by visiting the page.
3. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data
The legal basis for the processing of users’ personal data is generally the user’s consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
4. Duration of Storage
Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this privacy policy or as required by law. According to Google, advertising data in server logs are anonymised by deleting parts of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months respectively.
5. Withdrawal and Removal Option
You have the right to withdraw your data protection consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You can prevent the collection and processing of your personal data by Google by preventing the storage of third-party cookies on your computer, using the “Do Not Track” function of a supporting browser, deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or installing a script blocker such as NoScript or Ghostery in your browser.
You may also prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the online presence, including your IP address, as well as the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
You can deactivate Google’s use of your personal data via the following link:
Further information on objection and removal options vis-à-vis Google can be found at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=de
Use of WPML
1. Scope of the Processing of Personal Data
We use WPML provided by OnTheGoSystems Limited, 22/F 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. WPML is a multilingual plugin for WordPress. We use WPML to present our online presence in different languages. When you visit our online presence, WPML stores a cookie on your device in order to save the language setting you have selected.
As a result, personal data may be stored and analysed, especially user activity as well as device and browser information, in particular the IP address and the operating system.
Further information on WPML’s data processing can be found here:
https://wpml.org/de/documentation-3/privacy-policy-and-gdpr-compliance/
2. Purpose of Data Processing
The use of WPML serves to present our online presence in multiple languages.
3. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in addressing visitors to our online presence in their native language.
4. Duration of Storage
WPML stores cookies on your device. Information on the storage duration of cookies can be found at:
https://wpml.org/documentation/privacy-policy-and-DSGVO-compliance
5. Right to Object and Removal Option
You can prevent the collection and processing of your personal data by WPML by preventing the storage of third-party cookies on your computer, using the “Do Not Track” function of a supporting browser, deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or installing a script blocker such as NoScript or Ghostery in your browser.
Further information on objection and removal options vis-à-vis WPML can be found at:
https://wpml.org/de/documentation-3/privacy-policy-and-gdpr-compliance/
Use of Google Tag Manager
Use of Google Fonts
Scope of the Processing of Personal Data
We use Google Fonts, a service for the standardised display of fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Fonts is used to display fonts correctly on our website. In the course of this, personal data such as the user’s IP address may be processed, as a connection to Google servers may be established when the fonts are loaded.
Purpose of Data Processing
The processing is carried out for the standardised and appealing presentation of our website and to improve user-friendliness.
Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data
The processing of personal data by Google Fonts is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Consent is obtained in particular via our cookie banner and includes the integration of external fonts and the associated data transfer to Google.
Duration of Storage
The personal data collected by Google Fonts are stored only for as long as necessary for the stated purposes and for as long as your consent remains valid. As soon as the purpose no longer applies or you withdraw your consent, the data are deleted or anonymised, provided there are no statutory retention obligations.
Exercise of Your Rights
You have the right to withdraw your data protection consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
In addition, you can prevent the collection and processing of your personal data by Google Fonts by preventing the storage of third-party cookies on your computer, using the “Do Not Track” function of a supporting browser, deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or installing a script blocker such as NoScript (https://noscript.net/) or Ghostery (https://www.ghostery.com) in your browser.
Further information on how Google processes personal data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
1. Scope of the Processing of Personal Data
We use Google Tag Manager provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, D04 E5W5, Dublin, Ireland. Google Tag Manager can be used to manage tags from Google services and third-party providers and to embed them collectively in an online presence.
Tags are small code elements on an online presence that serve, among other things, to:
- measure visitor numbers and visitor behaviour,
- record the impact of online advertising and social channels,
- use remarketing and target audiences,
- test and optimise online presences.
When a user visits the online presence, the current tag configuration is sent to the user’s browser. It contains instructions on which tags should be triggered. Google Tag Manager ensures that other tags are triggered, which in turn may collect data. Information on this can be found in the sections on the use of the corresponding services in this privacy policy. Google Tag Manager does not access these data.
Further information on Google Tag Manager can be found at:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/
https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/faq.html
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
2. Purpose of Data Processing
The purpose of processing personal data is the consolidated and clear management as well as the efficient integration of third-party services.
3. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data
The legal basis for the processing of users’ personal data is generally the user’s consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
4. Duration of Storage
Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this privacy policy or as required by law. According to Google, advertising data in server logs are anonymised by deleting parts of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months respectively.
5. Withdrawal and Removal Option
You have the right to withdraw your data protection consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You can prevent the collection and processing of your personal data by Google by preventing the storage of third-party cookies on your computer, using the “Do Not Track” function of a supporting browser, deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or installing a script blocker such as NoScript or Ghostery in your browser.
You may also prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the online presence, including your IP address, as well as the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
You can deactivate Google’s use of your personal data via the following link:
Further information on objection and removal options vis-à-vis Google can be found at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=de
This privacy policy was created with the support of DataGuard.
