Data Protection Policy-

Data protection is of particular importance to our company. In principle, the website can be used without access to any personal data. However, if any special services provided by our company online are required, 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 seek to obtain the consent of the data subject.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective from 25 May 2018 and other applicable laws. With this data protection declaration, our company would like to make a statement about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data processed by us and inform affected persons (data subjects) about their rights.

Our company has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most comprehensive protection of processed personal data. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can suffer from security gaps, therefore absolute protection cannot be guaranteed.

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1- Definitions

Our company's data protection declaration is based on the GDPR. Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand. To ensure this, we explain the terms used in advance:

1.1 Personal data

Personal data is "all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identification such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identification or to one or more special features that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person" (GDPR Article 4 Section 1).

1.2 Data subject

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

1.3 Processing

Processing means any operation or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in relation to personal data, such as acquisition, collection, organisation, sorting, storage, adaptation or alteration, reading, retrieval, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, deletion or removal.

1.4 Limitation of processing

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

1.5 Profiling

Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data in which such personal data is used to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, conduct, whereabouts or relocation of that natural person.

1.6 Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in which the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information. This additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data is not assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

1.7 Controller or data controller

Data controller or controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, institution or any other body which alone or jointly with others makes decisions on the purposes and means of processing of personal data.

1.8 Processor

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

1.9 Recipient

Recipient is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or any other body to which personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether it is a third party or not. However, state authorities which may receive personal data under the EU law or the law of the member states within the framework of a particular investigation mandate shall not be regarded as recipients.

1.10 Third parties

A third party is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the data processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the data processor or the data processor.

1.11 Consent

Consent shall mean any informed and unequivocal expression of will voluntarily given by the data subject in a particular case in the form of a declaration or other clear affirmative act by which the data subject indicates their consent to the processing of personal data therewith.

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2 Controllers’ name and address

The controller in the sense of the GDPR is the following entity:

ITD GmbH
Sportplatzstr. 3
84381 Johanniskirchen

Tel.: +49 89 61 44 25-0
Fax: +49 89 61 44 25-200

Email:??sales@itd-cart.com

www.0591zs.net

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3 Contact details of our external data protection officer-

Herr Michael Gruber
BSP-SECURITY
Franz-Mayer-Str. 1
D-93053 Regensburg

Tel. +49 (0) 941 46 29 09 29
info@bsp-security.de
www.bsp-security.de

Any person concerned can contact our data protection officer directly with any questions and suggestions regarding data protection.

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4 Cookies

Our company's websites use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on a computer system using your Internet browser.

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of 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 data subject from all other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A particular Internet browser can be recognized and identified by its unique cookie ID. By using cookies, ITD GmbH can provide its website users with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without cookies.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized for the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to explore our website. For instance, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their access data each time they visit the website because this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the shopping basket cookie in the online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer placed in the virtual shopping basket via a cookie.

Data subjects can prevent the use of cookies on our website at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the Internet browser used, thus permanently objecting to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time using the relevant Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject disables the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

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5 Collection of general data and information

The ITD GmbH web server collects a series of general data and information each time a person or an automated system accesses the website. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. We may record the types and versions of browsers used, the operating system used by the accessing system, the website from which an accessing system accesses our website, the subwebsites accessed via an accessing system on our website, the date and time of access to the website, the Internet protocol address (IP address), the Internet service provider of the accessing system and other similar data and information which serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our IT systems.

No conclusions are drawn by ITD GmbH about the data subject when using this general data and information. Rather, this information is needed to correctly deliver the contents of our website, to optimize the contents as well as advertising for our website to ensure permanent functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by ITD GmbH both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, ultimately in order to ensure the optimum level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by the data subject.

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6 Contact via the website

Due to legal regulations, our company's website contains information that enables prompt and direct contact with our company, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the data controller via email or a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be stored automatically. Such personal data voluntarily provided by a data subject to the controller will be stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data is not passed on to third parties.

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7 Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The personal data of the data subject shall be processed and stored by the controller only for the time necessary to achieve the processing purpose or to the extent provided for by the legislature in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject. If the storage purpose is no longer applicable or if the storage period prescribed by law expires, the personal data will be blocked or deleted routinely and in accordance with the statutory provisions.

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8 Rights of the data subject
8.1 Right to confirmation

Any data subject shall have the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed. Should a data subject wish to exercise this right of confirmation, they may contact our data protection officer or another employee of the data controller at any time.

8.2 Right to information

Any data subject concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller, free of charge, information on the stored personal data and a copy of this information alongside with the following:

• aims of processing
• categories of personal data to be processed
• recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or is still being disclosed, in particular, the recipients in third countries or international organisations
• if possible, planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
• whether there is a right of rectification or deletion of personal data concerning them or of a restriction on processing by the controller or of a right of opposition to such processing
• whether there is a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
• if the personal data is not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
• whether there is an automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22, Section 1 and 4 GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject

Furthermore, the data subject has the right of access to information as to whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information on the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.

If the data subject wishes to make use of this right of information, they can contact our data protection officer at any time.

8.3 Right to correction

A data subject concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to request an immediate correction of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to request completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.

If the data subject wishes to make use of this right of correction, they are entitled to contact our data protection officer at any time.

8.4 Right to cancellation (right to be forgotten)

Any data subject concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right to require the controller to delete the personal data concerning them with an immediate effect, provided that one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

• The personal data was collected or otherwise processed for such purposes for which it is no longer required.
• The data subject withdraws their consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6 Section 1a GDPR or Article 9 Section 2a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• The data subject opposes processing under Article 21 Section 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing or the data subject opposes processing under Article 21 Section 2 GDPR.
• The personal data was processed unlawfully.
• The deletion of personal data is required to fulfil a legal obligation under the EU law or the law of the member states to which the data controller is subject.
• The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 Section 1 GDPR.

If one of the above-mentioned reasons applies and a data subject wishes to have personal data stored at our company deleted, they are entitled to contact our data protection officer at any time. Our data protection officer will ensure that the request for deletion is complied with without delay.

If the personal data has been made public by our company and if our company, as the data controller, is required to delete the personal data pursuant to Article 17 Section 1 GDPR, our company shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account available technology and implementation costs, to inform other data processors who process the published personal data, that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data from these other data processors, insofar as processing is not necessary. The data protection officer will take the necessary steps in individual cases.

8.5 Right to limitation of processing

Any data subject concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to require the controller to restrict the processing if one of the following conditions is met:

• The accuracy of the personal data is disputed by the data subject for a period that enables the data controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful; the data subject refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests that the use of the personal data be restricted.
• The data controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
• The data subject has filed an objection to the processing pursuant to Article 21 Section 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the data controller outweigh those of the data subject.

If one of the above conditions is met and the data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by our company, they are entitled to contact our data protection officer at any time. The Data Protection Officer will arrange for processing to be restricted.

8.6 Right to data transferability

Any data subject concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to receive the personal data concerning them provided by the data subject to a controller in a structured, current and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit this data to another data controller without obstruction by the controller to whom the personal data has been made available, provided that the processing is based on the consent provided for in Article 6 Section 1a GDPR or Article 9 Section 2a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 Section 1b GDPR and that the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of public authority entrusted to the data controller.

Furthermore, in exercising their right to data transferability pursuant to Article 20 Section 1 GDPR, the data subject has the right to affect that the personal data be transferred directly by a data controller to another data controller, provided this is technically feasible and provided that the rights and freedoms of other persons are not affected thereby.

To assert the right to data transferability, the data subject can contact our appointed data protection officer at any time.

8.7 Right to appeal

Any data subject concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them on the basis of Article 6 Section 1e or f GDPR for reasons arising from their particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

Our company will no longer process personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can prove compelling grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, 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 connected with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to our company processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning them for scientific or historical research purposes at our company or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 Section 1 GDPR for reasons arising from their particular situation, unless such processing is necessary for the fulfilment of a task in the public interest.

To exercise the right of objection, the data subject is entitled to contact the Data Protection Officer directly.

8.8 Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

Any data subject shall have the right not to be subject 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, provided that the decision is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or is admissible under the EU or member state law to which the controller is subject, and such law contains appropriate measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject or is taken with the data subject's express consent.

Where a decision is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the data controller or is taken with the express consent of the data subject, our company shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to effect the intervention of a person by the data controller, to state their own position and to challenge the decision.

If the data subject wishes to assert rights with regard to automated decisions, they are entitled to contact our data protection officer at any time.

8.9 Right to revoke consent under data protection law

Any data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to revoke their consent, they are entitled to contact our data protection officer at any time.

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9 Data protection for applications and in the application process

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends corresponding application documents to our company by electronic means, for example by email or via an online form on the website. If our company concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with legal regulations. If our company does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted 6 months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that there are no other legitimate interests of the data controller in deletion the data. A burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) may serve as a legitimate interest in this sense.

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10 Data Protection Definitions-: Tracking Tools

10.1 Data protection definition for the use of Google Analytics

The data controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with an anonymisation function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the acquisition, collection and evaluation of data on the behaviour of visitors to web pages. A web analysis service collects, among other things, the data on which web page a data subject accessed before arriving to the current web page (a so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimize a web site and for cost-benefit analysis of online advertising.

The Google Analytics component is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The data controller uses the extension "_gat._anonymizeIp" for the web analysis via Google Analytics. By means of this extension, Google shortens and anonymizes the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject when accessing our web pages from a member state of the European Union or from another contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

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

Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. It has already been clarified what cookies are. By placing its cookie, Google is enabled to analyse the use of our website. Every time one of the individual pages of this website is called up, which is operated by the data controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which is used by Google, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently enable commission statements.

Cookies are used to store personal information, such as access time, the location from which access came and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. Whenever you visit our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the US. These personal data is stored by Google in the US. Google may disclose personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.

As indicated above, data subjects can prevent the use of cookies on our website at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the Internet browser used, thus permanently objecting to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing 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, it is possible for the data subject to object to and prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on from the link?tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information on visits to web pages may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered an objection by Google. If the data subject’s information technology system is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later time, they must reinstall the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person within their control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.

Further information and Google current privacy policy can be found at?www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/?and?www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html?Google Analytics is explained in more detail here https://www.google.com/intl/de_en/analytics/.

10.2?Data-protection regulations regarding the use of newsletters

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If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need you to provide an e-mail address as well as information that allows us to make sure that you are the owner of the stated e-mail address and that you consent to receive the newsletter. We only use this data in order to send the requested information and offers.

The newsletter software used is?Newsletter2Go. In connection with this, your data is sent to Newsletter2Go GmbH. Newsletter2Go is prohibited from selling your data and from using it for purposes other than the sending of newsletters. Newsletter2Go is a German, certified provider that was selected in line with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the German Federal Data Protection Act.

Further information is available here:?https://www.newsletter2go.co.uk/information-for-newsletter-recipients/?_ga=2.151468351.781810373.1533556987-1924543483.1533556987

You can withdraw your granted consent to the storage of data, the e-mail address and use thereof for the sending of the newsletter at any time, for instance via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

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11 Competent data protection supervisory authority

Bavarian State Authority for Data Protection Supervision

Promenade 27 (Schloss)
D-91522 Ansbach
Germany

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Phone: +49 (0) 981 53 1300
Fax: +49 (0) 981 53 98 1300
Email: poststelle@lda.bayern.de

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12 Changes to the data protection definitions-

We reserve the right to change these security and data protection measures as far as this becomes necessary due to technical development. In this case, we will also adjust our data protection policy accordingly. Please therefore note the respective current version of our data protection policy.

13 Data Protection Regulations: External Services

Use of Hotjar

This website uses Hotjar. The provider is Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe (website: https://www.hotjar.com). Hotjar is a tool used to analyze your user behavior on this website. Hotjar allows us to record your mouse movements, scrolling movements and clicks, among other things. Hotjar can also determine how long you have remained with the mouse pointer on a certain place. From this information, Hotjar creates so-called heat maps, which can be used to determine which website areas are viewed preferentially by the website visitor. Furthermore, we can determine how long you stayed on a page and when you left it. We can also determine at which point you abandoned your input in a contact form (so-called conversion funnels). In addition, Hotjar can be used to obtain direct feedback from website visitors. This function serves to improve the website operator's web offerings. Hotjar uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g. cookies or use of device fingerprinting). Insofar as consent has been obtained, the use of the aforementioned service is based exclusively on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the use of this service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO; the website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

Data Protection Regulations Governing the Use of Google Analytics

The data controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with an anonymisation function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the acquisition, collection and evaluation of data on the behaviour of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data on the website accessed by a data subject prior to visiting another website (a so-called referrer), which sub-pages of the website are accessed or how often and for how long a sub-page is viewed. Web analysis is mainly used for website optimisation purposes and for carrying out cost-benefit analyses of online advertising measures.

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

The controller uses the extension "_gat._anonymizeIp" for the web analysis via Google Analytics. Google uses this extension to shorten and render anonymous the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject when our website is accessed from a member state of the European Union or from another contracting state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyse the flow of visitors to our website. Google uses the data and information gained in this manner, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website in order to compile online reports for us showing the activity on our website and to provide other services in connection with the use of our website.

Google Analytics sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. We have already explained what cookies are in the foregoing. Setting its cookie enables Google to analyse the use of our website. Every time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, is accessed, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the Google Analytics component in question to transmit data to Google for the purposes of online analysis. Over the course of this technical process, Google acquires knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which is used by Google, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable the drawing-up of commission statements.

Cookies are used to store personal information, for example the time of access, the location from which our website was accessed and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. Whenever a data subject visits our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by that data subject, is transmitted to Google in the US. Such personal data is stored by Google in the US. Google may disseminate the personal data collected by way of this technical process to third parties.

As has already been indicated above, a data subject can prevent the setting of cookies on our website at any time by selecting the corresponding setting for the Internet browser used, thereby communicating his or her permanent objection to the setting of cookies. The selection of such a setting for the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the data subject's information technology system. In addition, cookies which have already been set by Google Analytics may be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programmes.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to and thus preventing the collection of data relating to the use of this website generated by Google Analytics and the processing of this data by Google. In order to do so, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on which can be obtained via this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.? This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data or information pertaining to visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. Google will view such any installation of the browser add-on as an objection. Should the data subject’s information technology system be deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later point in time, he or she must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. Where the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person within the latter's sphere of control, it may be reinstalled or reactivated.

Further information and the applicable data protection regulations of Google can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html (in German). A more detailed explanation of Google Analytics can be found via this link: https://www.google.com/intl/de_en/analytics/.

The legal basis for this processing is the consent granted pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR by way of cookie banners.

Data Protection Regulations Governing the Application and Use of LinkedIn

The controller has integrated components of the LinkedIn Corporation into this website. LinkedIn is an Internet-based social network which enables users with existing business contacts to connect and to make new business contacts. There are more than 400 million registered users of LinkedIn based in more than 200 countries.? LinkedIn is therefore currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites worldwide.

The operating company of LinkedIn is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland is responsible for data protection matters outside of the US.

Every time our website, which is furnished with a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in), the browser used by the data subject is prompted by said component to download a representation of the LinkedIn component. Further information on the LinkedIn plug-ins can be found at: https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. Over the course of this technical process, LinkedIn acquires knowledge of the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is simultaneously logged in to LinkedIn, LinkedIn is able, every time our website is accessed by the data subject and during the entire duration of the latter's visit to our website, to identify the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject. This information is collected by the LinkedIn component and attributed by LinkedIn to the LinkedIn account of the data subject in question. If the data subject clicks on a LinkedIn button which is integrated into our website, LinkedIn attributes this information to the data subject's personal LinkedIn user account and stores this personal data.

LinkedIn is informed via the LinkedIn component whenever the data subject visits our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to LinkedIn when accessing our website. This will occur regardless of whether or not the data subject clicks on the LinkedIn component. Should the data subject not wish to have this information transmitted to LinkedIn, he or she may prevent such transmission by logging out of his or her LinkedIn account prior to accessing our website.

LinkedIn gives users the option of unsubscribing from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted advertisements, as well as managing advertisement settings, at: www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua and Lotame, which may set cookies. You may object to the setting of such cookies at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The applicable data protection regulations of LinkedIn can be accessed at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. LinkedIn's cookie policy can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.

The legal basis for this processing is the consent granted pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR by way of cookie banners.

Data Protection Regulations Governing the Application and Use of Xing

The controller has integrated Xing components into this website. Xing is an Internet-based social network which enables users with existing business contacts to connect and to make new business contacts. Individual users can set up personal profiles on Xing. Companies can set up corporate profiles or post job advertisements on Xing, for example.

The operating company of Xing is XING AG, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Every time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the data controller and into which a Xing component (Xing plug-in) has been integrated, is accessed, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the Xing component in question to download a representation of the Xing component in question from Xing. Further information on Xing plug-ins can be found at: https://dev.xing.com/plugins. Over the course of this technical process, Xing acquires knowledge of the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Xing, Xing is able, every time our website is accessed by the data subject and during the entire duration of the latter's visit to our website, to identify the specific sub-page of our website visited by the data subject. This information is collected by the Xing component and attributed by Xing to the Xing account of the data subject in question. If the data subject clicks on one of the Xing buttons which are integrated into our website, for example the "Share" button, Xing attributes this information to the data subject's personal Xing user account and stores this personal data.

Xing is informed via the Xing component whenever the data subject visits our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Xing when accessing our website. This will occur regardless of whether or not the data subject clicks on the Xing component. Should the data subject not wish to have this information transmitted to Xing, he or she may prevent such transmission by logging out of his or her Xing account before prior to accessing our website.

The data protection regulations published by Xing, which can be accessed at: https://www.xing.com/privacy, provide information on Xing's collection, processing and use of personal data. Xing has furthermore published data protection information with regard to the XING Share button at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

The legal basis for this processing is the consent granted pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR by way of cookie banners.

Google Maps

We use Google Maps on our website for the purposes of showing our location and giving directions to said location. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter simply referred to as "Google".

Google's certification in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees compliance with the EU data protection requirements even in the context of the processing of data in the US.

In order to enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the US is established whenever our website is accessed. If you access the Google Maps components integrated into our website, Google will store a cookie on your terminal via your Internet browser. Your user settings and data are processed to enable us to show you our location and give directions to said location. We cannot exclude the possibility that Google may use servers in the US in this connection.

The connection to Google established in this manner enables Google to identify the website from which your inquiry has been sent and the IP address to which the directions are to be transmitted.

Should you not wish to have your data processed in this way, you have the option of preventing the installation of the cookies by selecting the corresponding settings in your Internet browser. Further details can be found in the "Cookies" section above.

In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is governed by the Google Terms of Use?https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=en and the Terms and Conditions for Google Maps www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

The legal basis for this processing is the consent granted pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR by way of cookie banners.

Cookiebot

We keep you informed about the cookies used on our website. In addition, you have the option of deactivating cookie groups apart from functional cookies (which are necessary for the smooth presentation of our website). Pursuant to Art. 7(1) of the GDPR, we are obligated to document your consent. In order to do so, we use the service provided by cookiebot.com. The following information is stored in our cookiebot account:

• The IP address of users in an anonymised form (the final three numbers are set at "0").
• The date and time of the granting of consent.
• The user's browser.
• The URL from which the notification of consent was transmitted.
• An anonymous, randomly generated and encrypted key value.
• The user's consent status, which serves as evidence of his or her consent.

The key and and the consent status are also saved in the user's browser, in the "CookieConsent" cookie, which enables the website to automatically read and honour the user's granting of consent in connection with all subsequent site enquiries and future user sessions for a period of up to 12 months. You have the option of viewing and changing your degree of consent at any time.

The legal basis for this processing is the consent granted pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and the assumption of legal obligation pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) of the GDPR by way of cookie banners.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit a page with an integrated YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which of our pages you have accessed.

YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile if you are logged into your YouTube account. You can prevent this by logging out first.

We use YouTube to make the presentation of our online offers more appealing. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR.

You can find details on how to handle user data in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Vimeo

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

When you access a page with an integrated Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. This tells Vimeo which of our pages you have accessed. Vimeo sees your IP address even if you are not logged into the video portal or do not have an account there. The information recorded by Vimeo is transmitted to the video portal servers in the USA.

Vimeo can assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out first.

We use Vimeo to make the presentation of our online offers more appealing. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR.

You can find details on how to handle user data in Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

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MS Teams video conference system

The purpose of processing of personal data (MS Teams) is to conduct audio and video conferences.

The legal basis for this is fulfilment of the contract (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR) and a legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR).

Microsoft Teams is used within the framework of a processing contract (Art. 28 GDPR). Accordingly, Microsoft may only use personal information in accordance with our instructions and for our purposes, and not for its own purposes – i.e. neither for advertising nor to pass this information on to third parties. In terms of data protection law, there is therefore no transfer to third parties.

The files, content and comments posted by users in MS Teams are accessible to the people with whom they are shared.

All participants in a video conference have access to the content of the video conference, chats, shared files and screen sharing. In a chat, all participants have access to content that is entered and files that are shared.

Microsoft has access to the data that arises when Teams is used, to the extent that this is necessary for it to fulfil its obligations arising from the processing contract it has concluded with us.

This data is deleted within12 months. It is then deleted from Microsoft's systems 93 days after the time of this deletion.

You can find details on handling user data in Microsoft’s privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement

14 Changes to Data Protection Regulations

We reserve the right to change these security and data protection measures should this becomes necessary due to technological developments. In this case, we will also adjust our data protection policy accordingly. Please take note of the current version of our Data Protection Policy. Last updated: 10/10/2019

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Data Protection Regulations Governing the Application and Use of Google AdWords

The controller has integrated Google AdWords into this website. Google AdWords is an Internet advertising service which allows advertisers to place advertisements both in Google search engine results and in the Google advertising network. Google AdWords enables advertisers to stipulate specific keywords in advance, by means of which an advertisement is only displayed in Google search engine results where the user utilises the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, the advertisements are distributed among topically relevant websites using an automatic algorithm and having regard to the previously stipulated keywords.

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

We use Google AdWords to promote our website by means of the presentation of relevant, interest-based advertising on the websites of third parties and in the search engine results of the Google search engine, and the presentation of third-party advertising on our website.

Should a data subject arrive at our website by way of a Google advertisement, Google will deposit a so-called conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject through Google. We have already explained what cookies are in the foregoing. Conversion cookies lose their validity after 30 days and they are not used to identify the data subject.? Provided that the conversion cookie in question has not yet expired, it is used to ascertain whether certain sub-pages, for example the shopping cart of an online shop system, have been accessed from our website.? The conversion cookie enables both us and Google to ascertain whether any sales have been generated, i.e. whether a purchase of goods has been completed or abandoned, by a data subject visiting our website by way of an AdWords advertisement.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to compile visit statistics for our website. We in turn use these visit statistics to determine the total number of users who have been directed to us via AdWords advertisements, i.e. with a view to ascertaining the degree of success or failure of each AdWords advertisement and to optimising our AdWords advertisements in the future. Neither our company nor any other advertisers who are customers of Google AdWords receive information from Google which could be used to identify the data subject.

The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, for example on the websites visited by the data subject. Thus, whenever a data subject visits our website, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by that data subject, is transmitted to Google in the US. Such personal data is stored by Google in the US. Google may disseminate the personal data collected by way of this technical process to third parties.

As indicated above, a data subject can prevent the use of cookies on our website at any time by means selecting the corresponding setting for the Internet browser used, thereby communicating his or her permanent objection to the setting of cookies. The selection of such a setting for the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the data subject's information technology system. In addition, cookies which have already been set by Google AdWords may be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programmes.

The data subject furthermore has the option of objecting to the placement by Google of interest-based advertising. In order to do so, the data subject must access www.google.de/settings/ads from the link in each of the Internet browsers used by him or her and then select the desired settings.

Further information and the applicable data protection regulations of Google can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.