Data protection

Thank you for your interest in our company. Due to our business activities, data protection is of a particularly high priority for our management.

Our website can generally be used without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to make use of our company's special services via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the person concerned.

The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, email address or telephone number of a data subject, is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations for our company. With this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data processed by us. Furthermore, data subjects are informed about their rights by means of this data protection declaration.

As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to transmit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions
Our data protection declaration is based on the terminology used by the European legislator for directives and regulations when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted. Our data protection declaration should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

We use the following terms in this data protection declaration and on our website:

a) Personal data

Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). A natural person is considered to be identifiable who, directly or indirectly, in particular by means of assignment to an identifier such as a name, to an identification number, to location data, to an online identifier or to one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person can be identified.

b) Affected person

The data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the person responsible for processing.

c) processing

Processing is any process carried out with or without the help of automated procedures or any such series of processes in connection with personal data, e.g. collecting, recording, organizing, arranging, storing, adapting or changing, reading out, querying, the use, disclosure by transmission, distribution or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction.

d) restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing.

e) Profiling

Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data that consists of using this personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation and health to analyze or predict personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or change of location of this natural person.

f) pseudonymization

Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in a way in which the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is stored separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data cannot be assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) controller or controller

The person responsible or the person responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. If the purposes and means of this processing are specified by Union law or the law of the member states, the person responsible or the specific criteria for his appointment can be provided for in accordance with Union law or the law of the member states.

h) Processors

Processor is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the person responsible.

i) recipient

The recipient is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body to which personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether it is a third party or not. Authorities that may receive personal data as part of a specific investigation under Union law or the law of the member states are not considered recipients.

j) third party

A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the person responsible, the processor and the persons who are authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the person responsible or the processor.

k) Consent

Consent is any voluntary, informed and unambiguous declaration of intent given by the person concerned for the specific case in the form of a declaration or other unambiguous affirmative action with which the person concerned indicates that they consent to the processing of their personal data is.

2. Name and address of the person responsible
The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

Proricon GmbH
Kornbühlstrasse 2
D-70806 Kornwestheim
Phone 49 7154 800515 0
Domain www.proricon.de
Email info@proricon.de

3. Name and address of the data protection officer
Due to the size of our company, the level of detail of the person-related data to be processed and the business area, there is no obligation to appoint a data protection officer.

4. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored and stored on a computer system via an internet browser.

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a string of characters through which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the person concerned from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, we can provide users of our website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

Using a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized in the interests of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. The user of a website that uses cookies, for example, does not have to re-enter their access data every time they visit the website because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. (Another example is the cookie for a shopping cart in the online shop - the online shop uses a cookie to remember the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart).

The person concerned can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the person concerned deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

5. Collection of general data and information
Our website collects a range of general data and information each time it is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. These general data and information are stored in the server's log files. The following can be recorded: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites which be controlled via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing Systems and (8) other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly deliver the content of our website, (2) optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and ( 4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyber attack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore statistically and further evaluated by us with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data in the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

6. Registration
The data subject has the option of registering on the website of the person responsible for processing by providing personal data. Which personal data are transmitted to the person responsible for processing results from the respective input mask that is used for registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the person responsible for processing and for their own purposes. The person responsible for processing can arrange for the data to be passed on to one or more processors (for example a parcel service provider) who also use the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the person responsible for processing.

By registering on the website of the person responsible for processing, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the person concerned, the date and time of registration are also saved. This data is stored against the background that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to enable us to investigate criminal offenses and copyright violations. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary to protect the person responsible for processing. A transfer of this data to third parties does not take place unless there is a legal obligation to transfer or the transfer is used for criminal or legal prosecution.

The registration of the data subject with the voluntary provision of personal data enables the data controller to offer the data subject content or services which, due to the nature of the matter, can only be offered to registered users. Furthermore, the registration of the person concerned serves to monitor the use of the texts we issue and are protected by copyright, as well as to check the link setting and the author designation, as well as our own documentation purposes. In addition, we use the collected data for customer acquisition, in particular for establishing contact by telephone and sending advertising by post and email. Registered persons are free to have the personal data provided during registration completely deleted from the database of the person responsible for processing.

The person responsible for processing provides information to each person concerned at any time upon request about which personal data is stored about the person concerned. Furthermore, the person responsible for the processing corrects or deletes personal data at the request or advice of the person concerned, provided that there are no statutory retention requirements. The data protection officer named in this data protection declaration and the entirety of the employees of the person responsible for processing are available to the data subject as contact persons in this context.

7. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The person responsible for processing processes and stores personal data of the person concerned only for the period of time that is necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this is specified by the European directives and regulations or another legislator in laws or regulations, which the person responsible for the processing is subject to, was provided.

If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European directives and regulations or another responsible legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

8. Rights of the data subject
a) Right to confirmation

Every person concerned has the right granted by the European directive and regulation giver to request confirmation from the person responsible for the processing as to whether personal data concerning them are being processed. If a person concerned wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time.

b) Right to information

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation giver to receive free information about the personal data stored about him as well as a copy of this information from the person responsible for the processing at any time. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:

the processing purposes
the categories of personal data that are processed
the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations
if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
the existence of a right to correction or deletion of the personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the person responsible or a right to object to this processing
the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
if the personal data are not collected from the data subject:
All available information about the origin of the data
the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.
Furthermore, the data subject has a right to information as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject has the right to receive information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transmission.

If a person concerned wishes to exercise this right to information, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time.

c) Right to rectification

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directives and regulations to demand the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data - including by means of a supplementary declaration.

If a data subject wishes to make use of this right to correction, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time.

d) Right to deletion (right to be forgotten)

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation giver to demand that the person responsible delete the personal data concerning them immediately, provided that one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
The data subject revokes their consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR or Art. 9 Paragraph 2 Letter a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Paragraph 1 GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects in accordance with Art. 21 Paragraph 2 GDPR to the Processing a.
The personal data was processed unlawfully.
The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the member states to which the person responsible is subject
The personal data was collected in relation to the information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 Para. 1 GDPR.
If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to have personal data stored by us deleted, he or she can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time. Our data protection officer or another employee will arrange for the deletion request to be complied with immediately.

If the personal data has been made public by us and our company, as the person responsible, is obliged to delete the personal data in accordance with Art. 17 Paragraph 1 GDPR, we will take appropriate measures (including technical measures), taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, in order to inform other data processors who process the published personal data that the data subject has requested that these other data processors delete all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data, as far as the processing is not necessary. Our data protection officer or another employee will arrange the necessary in individual cases.

e) Right to restriction of processing

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to require the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

The correctness of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period that enables the person responsible to check the correctness of the personal data
The processing is unlawful, the person concerned refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests that the use of the personal data be restricted
The person responsible no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the person concerned needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims
The data subject has an objection to the processing acc. Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh those of the person concerned
If one of the above conditions is met and a person concerned would like to request the restriction of personal data that is stored by us, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time. Our data protection officer or another employee will arrange for the processing to be restricted.

f) Right to data portability

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to receive the personal data relating to them, which have been made available to a responsible party by the person concerned, in a structured, common and machine-readable format.

You also have the right to transfer this data to another person responsible without hindrance from the person responsible to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter a GDPR or Art. 9 Para 2 letter a) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 letter b) GDPR and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest lies or takes place in the exercise of public authority which has been assigned to the person responsible.

Furthermore, when exercising their right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 (1) GDPR, the person concerned has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one person responsible to another, insofar as this is technically feasible and if this does not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

To assert the right to data portability, the person concerned can contact the data protection officer appointed by us or another employee at any time.

g) Right to object

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to them, which is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter e or f DS-GVO takes place to object. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

In the event of an objection, we will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims .

If we process personal data in order to operate direct mail, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct mail. If the data subject objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her that is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 Para. 1 GDPR To object, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task in the public interest.

To exercise the right to object, the person concerned can contact our data protection officer or another employee directly. The data subject is also free, in connection with the use of information society services, regardless of Directive 2002/58 / EC, to exercise their right of objection by means of automated procedures in which technical specifications are used.

h) Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which has a legal effect on them or significantly affects them in a similar manner, if the decision (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible, or (2) is permissible on the basis of Union or Member State legislation to which the person responsible is subject and these legislation take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject or (3) is made with the express consent of the data subject.

If the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible or (2) it is made with the express consent of the data subject, we will take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of to protect the person concerned, which includes at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the person responsible to express his own point of view and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to assert rights with regard to automated decisions, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time.

i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the person concerned wishes to assert their right to revoke their consent, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time.

9. Data protection in applications and in the application process
The person responsible for processing collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. The processing can also be done electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends the relevant application documents electronically, for example by email, to the person responsible for processing. If the person responsible for processing concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the person responsible for processing does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted six months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that deletion does not conflict with any other legitimate interests of the person responsible for processing. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

10. Data protection provisions for the application and use of Google Analytics with anonymization function)

The person responsible for processing has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service.

Web analysis is the gathering, collection and evaluation of data on the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data on the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. A web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for a cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.

The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The person responsible for processing uses the addition "gat._anonymizeIp" for web analysis via Google Analytics. By means of this addition, the IP address of the Internet connection of the person concerned is shortened and anonymized by Google if our Internet pages are accessed from a member state of the European Union or from another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the flow of visitors to our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. Every time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the person responsible for processing and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically triggered by the respective Google Analytics component To transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, Google gains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which Google uses, among other things, to track the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission accounting.

The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access originated and the frequency of visits to our website by the person concerned. Each time you visit our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the person concerned, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass this personal data collected through the technical process on to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as already shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to the collection of the data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google and to prevent this. To do this, the person concerned must download and install a browser add-on under the link tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data or information on website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology system of the person concerned is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later point in time, the person concerned must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the person concerned or another person who is attributable to their sphere of influence, there is the option of reinstalling or reactivating the browser add-on.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be found at

www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

and under

www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html

can be accessed.

Google Analytics is available at this link

www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/ more precisely

explained.

11. Data protection provisions on the application and use of Google AdWords

The controller has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place advertisements in Google's search engine results as well as in the Google advertising network. Google AdWords enables an advertiser to define certain keywords in advance by means of which an advertisement is only displayed in Google's search engine results if the user calls up a keyword-relevant search result with the search engine. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed to topic-related websites using an automatic algorithm and taking into account the previously defined keywords.

The operating company for the services of Google AdWords is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The purpose of Google AdWords is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and by displaying third-party advertising on our website.

If a person concerned reaches our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is stored on the information technology system of the person concerned by Google. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the person concerned. If the cookie has not yet expired, the conversion cookie is used to determine whether certain sub-pages, for example the shopping cart from an online shop system, have been accessed on our website. The conversion cookie enables both we and Google to understand whether a person concerned who came to our website via an AdWords ad generated sales, i.e. completed or canceled a purchase.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to compile visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are in turn used by us to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via AdWords advertisements, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords advertisement and to optimize our AdWords advertisements for the future . Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive any information from Google that could identify the person concerned.

The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, for example the websites visited by the person concerned. Every time you visit our website, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the person concerned, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass this personal data collected through the technical process on to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as already shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

The data subject also has the option of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google. To do this, the person concerned must call up the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each of the Internet browsers used and make the desired settings there.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be found at

www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

can be accessed.

12. Data protection provisions on the application and use of YouTube

The controller has integrated components from YouTube on this website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to post video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. YouTube permits the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television programs, but also music videos, trailers or videos made by users themselves can be accessed via the Internet portal.

YouTube is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the person responsible for processing and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically replaced by the respective YouTube component prompts you to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information on YouTube can be found at www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned.

If the person concerned is logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes which specific sub-page of our website the person concerned is visiting by calling up a subpage that contains a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the person concerned.

YouTube and Google always receive information via the YouTube component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged into YouTube at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on a YouTube video or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to YouTube and Google, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their YouTube account before calling up our website.

The data protection provisions published by YouTube, which can be found under

www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

are available, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

13. Data protection declaration for the use of Facebook plugins

Our website contains plugins from Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Facebook is a social network. The respective plugin can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button. You can view the complete overview of all Facebook plugins under the following link:

developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

As soon as you visit our website, the Facebook plug-in establishes a direct connection between your Internet browser and the Facebook servers. In this way, Facebook is informed that our website has been visited with your IP address. In the event that you are logged in to Facebook, you can use the "Like" button to link the relevant content on our website in your Facebook profile. It is then possible for Facebook to assign your visit to our website to your Facebook account. We, as the provider of our website, are not informed by Facebook about the content of the transmitted data or the data usage. You can find more information under the following link:

de-de.facebook.com/policy.php

In the event that you are a member of Facebook, but do not want Facebook to receive data about you via our website and link it to your member data, you must log out of Facebook before you access our website.

14. Further data protection declaration for the data protection-compliant integration of the Facebook Like button

a) Integration through the two-click method

This website uses Facebook social plugins, which are operated by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). The integration can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the terms “Like”, “Like”, “Share” in the colors Facebook (blue and white). You can find information about all Facebook plugins in the following link:

developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

The plugins are only activated when you click on the corresponding buttons. If these are grayed out, the plugins are inactive. You have the option of the

Activate plugins once or permanently. The plugins create a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. This only takes place after the plugin has been activated. The website operator has no influence whatsoever on the nature and scope of the data that the plugin transmits to the Facebook Inc. server. Information can be found here:

www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084

The plug-in informs Facebook Inc. that you as a user have visited this website. There is the possibility that your IP address will be saved. If you are logged into your Facebook account while visiting this website, the information mentioned will be linked to it.

b) Direct linking of the "like page"

This website can link to a Facebook “Like” page at the end of each page. With a click on this link you leave this website and establish a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. Information on the data that is subsequently collected by Facebook Inc. can be found here:

www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

15. Data protection declaration for the use of Google plugins ("Google Plus button")

Our website contains the Google 1 button. Google 1 is a social network. This is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. With Google 1 you have the possibility to publish personalized content on the Internet. However, Google will save information about the content that you clicked on with 1. Google will also save information about your visit to the website that you have viewed. Your 1 clicks can and are generally used in your 1 profile and in other Google services, e.g. in the search results of the Google search engine, or otherwise on pages on the Internet or Internet advertisements.

Google stores information about your activities on Google 1. In order to be able to use the 1 button, you need to create a public profile and profile name on Google. Google 1 and all Google services will use your profile name. Your identity behind the profile can be disclosed to all those users who have knowledge of your e-mail address or other information with which you can be identified.

According to its own information, Google uses the information you provide in compliance with its data protection regulations. Google also creates statistics on activities on Google 1. These may be published and passed on to third parties.

16. Data protection declaration for the use of a LinkedIn share button

On our website you will find plugins from the social network LinkedIn or the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as “LinkedIn”). You can recognize the LinkedIn plugins by the corresponding logo or the "Recommend" button. Please note that when you visit our website, the plug-in establishes a connection between your respective internet browser and the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn is thus informed that our website has been visited with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the same time, you have the option of linking content from our website to your LinkedIn profile page. In doing so, you enable LinkedIn to assign your visit to our website to you or your user account. You must know that we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted and how it is used by LinkedIn.

Further details on the collection of data and your legal options as well as setting options can be found on LinkedIn. These will be yours under

www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

made available.

17. Data protection declaration for the use of a Tumblr button

Our website uses plugins from Tumblr, easily recognizable by the word "Tumblr". These come from Tumblr, Inc., located at 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. The plugins make it possible to share the content of our website on the Tumblr platform or to follow us on Tumblr.

When you call up a page on our website that contains a Tumblr plug-in, your Internet browser connects to a Tumblr server. Here, data, in particular your IP address, is exchanged between the browser and Tumblr. We cannot influence the amount of data exchanged that Tumblr obtains through the plugins. We assume that only your IP address will be transmitted in connection with our website and that this will only be used to display the button. We also recommend this additional information from Tumblr:

www.tumblr.com/policy/de/privacy

18. Data protection declaration for the use of the functions of Twitter ("Tweet button")

Our website contains functions from Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. If you use Twitter and in particular the “Retweet” function, Twitter links your Twitter account to the websites you visit. This is announced to other users on Twitter, especially your followers. Data is also transmitted to Twitter in this way.

We, as the provider of our website, are not informed by Twitter about the content of the transmitted data or the data usage. You can find more information under the following link:

twitter.com/privacy

Please note, however, that you have the option of changing your data protection settings on Twitter in your account settings there

twitter.com/account/settings

to change.

19. Data protection declaration for the use of a XING button

This website uses the XING “share button”. Therefore, when you call up this website via your browser, a connection to the servers of XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany is established. This provides the share functions (e.g. the display of the counter value). Your personal data will not be saved when you access this website. In particular, XING does not save any IP addresses. Nor is your usage behavior evaluated. The current information on data protection with regard to the “share button” as well as other relevant information can be found at

www.xing.com/app/share

read up.

20. Data protection declaration due to the use of Matomo (formerly Piwik)

The web analysis service Piwik is used on our website. Piwik is an open source software that evaluates the accesses of the website visitors. The analysis is made possible by means of cookies, which are text files. The cookies collect information about your use of our website. These are stored on a Piwik server in Germany. Your IP address will be anonymized beforehand. However, you have the option of preventing Piwik cookies from being stored on your computer. To do this, you have to modify the settings on your internet browser accordingly. This can mean that you cannot use our website to the full extent.