Data protection

General information

The following instructions provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed under this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data on this website is processed by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the “Information about the controller” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

We collect some of your data when you provide it to us, for example by entering data in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page call). The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behaviour. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders or other order requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time for this as well as for further questions on data protection.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programmes.

Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Raidboxes

The provider is Raidboxes GmbH, Hafenstr. 32, 48153 Münster (hereinafter Raidboxes) When you visit our website, Raidboxes records various log files including your IP addresses.

For details, see Raidboxes Privacy Policy: https://Raidboxes.io/legal/privacy/.

Raidboxes is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. If the relevant consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, to the extent that consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Processing on our behalf

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This agreement is required by data protection law and ensures that the provider processes our website visitors’ personal data only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Cloudflare

We use the Cloudflare service. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (‘Cloudflare’).

Cloudflare offers a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the transfer of information between your browser and our website is managed via Cloudflare’s network. This enables Cloudflare to analyze traffic between your browser and our website and serve as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious traffic from the Internet. Cloudflare can also use cookies or other technologies for the recognition of Internet users, but these are used solely for the purpose described here.

The use of Cloudflare is based on our legitimate interest in providing our website with the most accurate and secure possible (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Data transmission to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details and further information on security and data protection at Cloudflare can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5666.

Processing on our behalf

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This agreement is required by data protection law and ensures that the provider processes our website visitors’ personal data only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

If you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy statement explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may have security gaps. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the controller

The party responsible for processing data on this website is:

Holger Weidmann
Krautzberger GmbH
Stockbornstraße 13
65343 Eltville

Phone: +49 6123 698 0
E-mail: mail@krautzberger.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar).

Storage period

Insofar as no more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you make a legitimate request to delete or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have any other legally permissible reasons for the storage of your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion takes place after the expiry of these reasons.

General information on the legal bases for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR where special categories of data under Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. If you expressly consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you consent to storing cookies or accessing information on your device, for example through device fingerprinting, processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. If your data is necessary to perform a contract or take pre-contractual measures, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. If processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, it is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The following paragraphs of this privacy policy explain the legal bases that apply in each case.

Data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer.

Andreas Lotz

Krautzberger GmbH
Stockbornstraße 13
65343 Eltville am Rhein

Telephone: +49 (6123) 698-0
E-mail: mail@krautzberger.com

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business activities, we work with various external bodies. In some cases, it is also necessary to transfer personal data to these external bodies. We will only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary in the context of a contract performance, if we are legally obliged to do so (for example, passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in passing on data in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR or if another legal basis allows the transfer of data. When using processors, we only pass on our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing shall be concluded.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF YOUR DATA IS PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING IS STATED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, the parties concerned shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement. The right of appeal shall be without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive, or have a third party receive, data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or to perform a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer to another controller, this takes place only where technically feasible.

Access, rectification and erasure

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to rectification or deletion of these data. You can contact us at any time for this as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data took place/takes place unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
• If you have filed an objection in accordance with Article 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be made between your and our interests. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may, apart from storage, be processed only with your consent, for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the website operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser address changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

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

Objection to marketing emails

The use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby contradicted. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal steps in case of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

Cookies

Our websites use cookies. Cookies are small data packets and do not damage your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser deletes them automatically.

Cookies may be set by us (first-party cookies) or by other companies (third-party cookies). Third-party cookies allow certain third-party services to be integrated into websites, for example cookies used to process payment services.

Cookies have different functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (for example, the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

Cookies necessary for electronic communication, for providing specific functions you request, such as a shopping cart, or for optimising the website, such as cookies measuring the website audience, are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies to provide technically reliable and optimised services. If consent has been requested for storing cookies and similar recognition technologies, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of that consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG). Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general as well as activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses the consent technology of Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent to store certain cookies in your browser or to use certain technologies, and to document that consent in compliance with data protection law. The provider is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter “Borlabs”).

When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie will be stored in your browser, where the consents you have given or the revocation of these consents will be stored. This data will not be passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie.

The collected data is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. Details of data processing by Borlabs Cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The Borlabs Cookie Consent technology is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Server log files

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

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data will not be merged with other data sources.

This data shall be collected on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website – for this the server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form including the contact details provided by you will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass this data on without your consent.

The processing of this data shall take place on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided that your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of requests addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) if requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing it no longer applies, for example after your enquiry has been handled. Mandatory legal provisions, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.

Enquiries by email, telephone or fax

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

The processing of this data shall take place on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided that your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of requests addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) if requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send us when making an enquiry remains with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing it no longer applies, for example after your enquiry has been handled. Mandatory legal provisions, particularly statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, stores no cookies and does not perform independent analyses. It serves only to manage and play out the tools involved in it. However, Google Tag Manager collects your IP address, which can also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.

Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in quickly and simply integrating and managing various tools on the website. If the relevant consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, to the extent that consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google Analytics

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

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. The website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, residence time, operating systems used and the origin of the user. This data is assigned to the respective end device of the user. There is no assignment to a user ID.

We can also use Google Analytics to record your mouse movements, scrolling and clicks. Google Analytics uses various modelling approaches to supplement the collected datasets and employs machine learning technologies to analyse data.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This service is used on the basis of your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/sccs/.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

IP anonymisation

Google Analytics IP anonymization is activated. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser plugin

You can prevent the collection and processing of your 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 find more information on how to handle user data at Google Analytics in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (Google), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

With the help of Google conversion tracking, Google and we can see if the user has performed certain actions. For example, we can evaluate which buttons on our website are clicked as often and which products have been viewed or bought particularly frequently. This information is used to create conversion statistics. We learn the total number of users who clicked on our ads and what actions they have performed. We do not receive any information with which we can personally identify the user. Google itself uses cookies or similar recognition technologies for identification.

This service is used on the basis of your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

You can find more information about Google Conversion Tracking in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Newsletter data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require your email address and information allowing us to verify that you own that email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or it is provided only voluntarily. We use the newsletter service providers described below to handle the newsletters.

CleverReach

This website uses CleverReach for sending newsletters. The provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Schafjückenweg 2, 26180 Rastede, Germany (hereinafter ‘CleverReach’). CleverReach is a service with which the newsletter dispatch can be organized and analyzed. The data entered by you for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address) will be stored on CleverReach’s servers in Germany or Ireland.

Our newsletters sent with CleverReach enable us to analyse the behaviour of newsletter recipients. Among other things, it can be analyzed how many recipients have opened the newsletter message and how often which link has been clicked on in the newsletter. With the help of the so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed whether a pre-defined action (e.g. purchase of a product on this website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. Further information on data analysis by CleverReach newsletter is available at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktionen/reporting-und-tracking/.

The data will be processed on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing to the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

If you do not want an analysis by CleverReach, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message.

The data you provide to us for receiving the newsletter is stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe, and is deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blocklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The blocklist data is used only for this purpose and is not combined with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Storage in the blocklist is not subject to a time limit. You can object to storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

For more information, see CleverReach’s privacy policy at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.

Processing on our behalf

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This agreement is required by data protection law and ensures that the provider processes our website visitors’ personal data only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

YouTube with enhanced privacy

This website integrates videos of the website YouTube. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited (Google), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our pages containing YouTube, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. Videos that are played in extended data protection mode are not used to personalize the surfing on YouTube, according to YouTube. Ads that are played in extended data protection mode are also not personalized. No cookies are set in extended data protection mode. Instead, so-called local storage elements are stored in the user’s browser, which, similar to cookies, contain personal data and can be used for recognition. Details about the extended data protection mode can be found here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

If necessary, further data processing processes can be triggered after the activation of a YouTube video, which we have no influence on.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If the relevant consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, to the extent that consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Further information on data protection on YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google Fonts (local hosting)

This site uses so-called Google Fonts, which are provided by Google, to uniformly display fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers does not take place.

Further information on Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Font Awesome (local hosting)

This page uses Font Awesome to uniformly display fonts. Font Awesome is installed locally. There is no connection to Fonticons, Inc. servers.

Further information on Font Awesome can be found in the Privacy Policy for Font Awesome at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.

Google Maps

This page uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (Google), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. With the help of this service, we can integrate maps on our website.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. If Google Maps is enabled, Google can use Google Fonts for the uniform presentation of fonts. When calling Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

Google Maps is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online services and to make the locations specified on our website easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If the relevant consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, to the extent that consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

You can find more information on how to handle user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Cloudflare Turnstile

We use Cloudflare Turnstile (hereinafter “Turnstile”) on this website. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter “Cloudflare”).

Turnstile checks whether data entered on this website, for example in a contact form, is entered by a human or an automated program. It does this by analysing the website visitor’s behaviour using various characteristics.

This analysis begins automatically as soon as a visitor enters a website with Turnstile enabled. Turnstile evaluates various information, for example the IP address, the time spent on the website, and the user’s mouse movements. The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Cloudflare.

Data is stored and analysed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website against abusive automated scraping and spam. If the relevant consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, to the extent that consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device, for example device fingerprinting, within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data processing is based on standard contractual clauses that you can find here: https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-scc/.

Further information on Cloudflare Turnstile is available in the privacy information at https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-dpa/.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5666.

Handling of applicant data

We offer you the opportunity to apply with us (for example by e-mail, postal or via online application form). In the following, we will inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other legal provisions and that your data will be treated strictly confidentially.

Scope and purpose of data collection

If you send us a job application, we process the related personal data, for example contact and communication details, application documents and interview notes, to the extent necessary to decide whether to establish an employment relationship. The legal bases are § 26 BDSG under German law (preparation of an employment relationship), Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (general pre-contractual measures) and, if you have given consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. Within our company, your personal data is shared only with people involved in handling your application.

If your application is successful, the data you submitted is stored in our data processing systems on the basis of § 26 BDSG and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purpose of carrying out the employment relationship.

Data retention period

If we cannot offer you a job, you reject a job offer, or you withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you submitted for up to 6 months after the application process ends (rejection or withdrawal), on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The data is then deleted and physical application documents are destroyed. Retention serves in particular as evidence in a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period, for example because of an imminent or ongoing legal dispute, deletion takes place only when the purpose for continued retention no longer applies.

A longer retention may also take place if you have given your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) or if legal retention obligations prevent deletion.

Inclusion in the applicant pool

If we do not offer you a job, it may be possible to include you in our applicant pool. If you are included, all documents and information from your application are added to the pool so that we can contact you if suitable vacancies arise.

Inclusion in the applicant pool takes place only on the basis of your express consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Giving consent is voluntary and is unrelated to the current application process. The data subject may revoke his consent at any time. In this case, the data in the applicant pool is permanently deleted unless there are statutory grounds for retention.

Data in the applicant pool is permanently deleted no later than two years after consent is given.