Privacy Policy

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Introduction

With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about which types of your personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") we process, for what purposes, and to what extent. This privacy policy applies to all personal data processing activities carried out by us, both within the scope of providing our services and particularly on our websites, mobile applications, and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (collectively referred to as "online services").

The terms used are not gender-specific.

Effective Date: August 1, 2024

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Contents Overview

• Introduction
• Controller
• Overview of Processing
• Legal Bases for Processing
• Security Measures
• Transfer of Personal Data
• Data Deletion
• Use of Cookies
• Provision of Online Services and Web Hosting
• Contact and Request Management
• Video Conferences, Online Meetings, Webinars, and Screen Sharing
• Newsletters and Electronic Notifications
• Online Marketing
• Social Media Presence
• Plugins and Embedded Functions & Content
• Amendments and Updates to the Privacy Policy
• Rights of Data Subjects
• Definitions of Terms

Controller

Thomas Hauer

Imprint: https://www.thx.vision/imprint

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Overview of Processing

The following overview summarizes the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing, as well as references to the relevant data subjects.

Types of Data Processed

• Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses)
• Content data (e.g., input in online forms)
• Contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers)
• Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses)
• Usage data (e.g., websites visited, interest in content, access times)

Categories of Data Subjects

• Communication partners
• Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services)

Purposes of Processing

• Provision of our online services and user experience
• Office and organizational procedures
• Direct marketing (e.g., via email or mail)
• Feedback (e.g., collecting feedback via online form)
• Marketing
• Contact requests and communication
• Profile creation with user-related information
• Contractual service provision and customer support

Legal Bases

Below, you will find an overview of the legal bases under the GDPR, which serve as the foundation for our processing of personal data. Please note that, in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or business. If specific legal bases apply in individual cases, we will inform you about them in the privacy policy.

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) – The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• Performance of a contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

National Data Protection Regulations in Austria:
In addition to the GDPR, national data protection regulations apply in Austria, notably the Federal Act on the Protection of Natural Persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data (Data Protection Act – DSG). This includes specific provisions on the right to access, rectification, or deletion of personal data, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes, and transfers as well as automated decision-making in individual cases.

Security Measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs, and the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing, as well as the varying degrees of probability and severity of risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.

These measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data through controls on both physical and electronic access, input, transmission, and availability of data, as well as its separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure data subjects' rights, data deletion, and responses to data breaches. Additionally, we incorporate data protection by design and by default into the development and selection of hardware, software, and procedures.

IP Address Masking:
In cases where IP addresses are processed by us or by service providers and technologies employed, and where processing the full IP address is not necessary, the IP address will be shortened (also referred to as "IP masking"). In this process, the last two digits or the last part of the IP address after a period are removed or replaced by placeholders. The shortening of the IP address is intended to prevent or significantly hinder the identification of an individual based on their IP address.

SSL-Verschlüsselung (https):
To protect the data you transmit via our online service, we use SSL encryption. You can recognize such encrypted connections by the prefix https:// in the address bar of your browser.

Transfer of Personal Data

In the course of processing personal data, it may occur that the data is transmitted to other entities, companies, legally independent organizational units, or individuals, or disclosed to them. Recipients of this data may include service providers tasked with IT-related responsibilities or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases, we comply with legal requirements and, in particular, conclude corresponding contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data that serve to protect your data.

Data Transfer Within the Organization:
We may transmit personal data to other entities within our organization or grant them access to this data. If this transfer is for administrative purposes, it is based on our legitimate business and operational interests or occurs if it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations or if there is consent from the data subjects or a legal permission.

Deletion of Data

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with legal requirements as soon as the consents allowed for processing are revoked or other permissions lapse (e.g., when the purpose of processing these data no longer exists or they are no longer necessary for the purpose).

If the data are not deleted because they are required for other legally permissible purposes, their processing will be limited to these purposes. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons or whose storage is necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for protecting the rights of another natural or legal person.

In the context of our privacy notices, we may provide users with additional information on data deletion and retention specific to the respective processing processes.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are text files that contain data from visited websites or domains and are stored on the user's computer by a browser. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user during or after their visit to an online offering. The stored information may include, for example, language settings on a website, login status, a shopping cart, or the point at which a video was watched. The term "cookies" also encompasses other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g., when user data is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as "user IDs").

The following types of cookies and functions are distinguished:

• Temporary Cookies (also: Session Cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offering and closed their browser.
• Permanent Cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the browser is closed. For example, they can save the login status or display preferred content directly when the user visits a website again. They can also store user interests, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes.
• First-Party Cookies: First-party cookies are set by us directly.
• Third-Party Cookies (also: Third-Party Cookies): Third-party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (i.e., third parties) to process user information.
• Necessary (also: Essential or Absolutely Required) Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of a website (e.g., to store logins or other user inputs, or for security reasons).
• Statistical, Marketing, and Personalization Cookies: Cookies are also typically used for reach measurement and when user interests or behavior (e.g., viewing specific content, using functions, etc.) are stored in a user profile on individual websites. Such profiles are used to display content that matches the user's potential interests. This process is also referred to as "tracking," meaning tracking the potential interests of users. If we use cookies or "tracking" technologies, we will inform you separately in our privacy policy or when obtaining consent.

Notes on Legal Grounds:
The legal basis for processing your personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask for your consent. If we do request your consent and you agree to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing your data is the consent you have provided. Otherwise, the data processed through cookies will be based on our legitimate interests (e.g., in the operational management of our online offering and its improvement) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations.

Storage Duration:
If we do not provide you with explicit information about the storage duration of permanent cookies (e.g., in the context of a so-called cookie opt-in), please assume that the storage duration can be up to two years.

General Notes on Revocation and Objection (Opt-Out):
Depending on whether the processing is based on consent or legal permission, you have the right to revoke any given consent at any time or to object to the processing of your data through cookie technologies (collectively referred to as "opt-out"). You can initially declare your objection through your browser settings, for example, by disabling cookies (which may also limit the functionality of our online offering). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be made through various services, especially in the case of tracking, on the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Additionally, you can receive further information on objection options in the context of the details provided about the services and cookies used.

Processing of Cookie Data Based on Consent:
We use a cookie consent management procedure in which users' consents for the use of cookies, as well as the processing and providers mentioned in the cookie consent management procedure, are obtained, managed, and can be revoked by the users. The consent declaration is stored to avoid having to request it again and to provide evidence of consent as required by law. Storage may occur server-side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie or similar technologies) to associate the consent with a user or their device. Subject to specific details about the cookie management service providers, the following notes apply: The duration of consent storage can be up to two years. This involves creating a pseudonymous user identifier along with the time of consent, details of the scope of consent (e.g., which categories of cookies and/or service providers), and information about the browser, system, and device used.

• Processed Data Types:
  Usage Data: (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times); Meta/Communication Data: (e.g., device information, IP addresses)
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• Affected Persons:
  Users: (e.g., website visitors, users of online services)
  

• Legal Grounds:
  Consent: (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); Legitimate Interests: (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)

Provision of the Online Offering and Web Hosting

To ensure that our online offering is provided securely and efficiently, we use the services of one or more web hosting providers, from whose servers (or servers they manage) the online offering can be accessed. For these purposes, we may utilize infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space, and database services, as well as security and technical maintenance services.

The data processed in connection with the provision of the hosting service may include all information related to users of our online offering that arises during usage and communication. This regularly includes the IP address, which is necessary to deliver the content of online offerings to browsers, and all inputs made within our online offering or on websites.

Collection of Access Data and Log Files:
We (or our web hosting provider) collect data on every access to the server (so-called server log files). The server log files may include the address and name of the accessed web pages and files, the date and time of access, the amount of data transmitted, a message about successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), and generally IP addresses and the requesting provider.

The server log files may be used for security purposes, such as to prevent server overloads (especially in the case of abusive attacks, known as DDoS attacks), and to ensure the server load and its stability.

• Processed Data Types:
  Content Data: (e.g., entries in online forms) Usage Data: (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times) Meta/Communication Data: (e.g., device information, IP addresses)
  
• Affected Persons:
  Users: (e.g., website visitors, users of online services)
  
• Purposes of Processing:
  Provision of our online offering and user friendliness
  
• Legal Grounds:
  Legitimate Interests: (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)

Contact and Request Management

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form, email, phone, or social media) and in the context of existing user and business relationships, the information provided by the requesting persons will be processed to the extent necessary to respond to the contact inquiries and any requested measures.

The response to contact inquiries and the management of contact and inquiry data in the context of contractual or pre-contractual relationships is carried out to fulfill our contractual obligations or to respond to (pre)contractual inquiries and, in addition, on the basis of legitimate interests in responding to inquiries and maintaining user or business relationships.

• Types of processed data::
  Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses), contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers), content data (e.g., entries in online forms).
  
• Affected persons:
  Communication partners.
  
• Purposes of processing:
  Contact inquiries and communication.
  
• Legal basis:
  Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR).

Video Conferences, Online Meetings, Webinars, and Screen Sharing

We use platforms and applications from other providers (hereinafter referred to as "conference platforms") for conducting video and audio conferences, webinars, and other types of video and audio meetings (collectively referred to as "conference"). When selecting conference platforms and their services, we comply with legal requirements.

Data processed by conference platforms:
In the context of participating in a conference, the conference platforms process the personal data of the participants as listed below. The scope of the processing depends, on the one hand, on the specific data required for the conference (e.g., providing access data or real names) and on the optional information provided by the participants. In addition to processing for conducting the conference, participants' data may also be processed by the conference platforms for security purposes or service optimization. The processed data includes personal information (first name, last name), contact information (email address, phone number), access data (access codes or passwords), profile pictures, job title/position, IP address of the internet connection, information about participants' devices, operating systems, browsers, and their technical and language settings, information on the content of the communications, i.e., entries in chats as well as audio and video data, and the use of other available features (e.g., surveys). The content of communications is encrypted to the extent technically provided by the conference providers. If participants are registered as users with the conference platforms, additional data may be processed in accordance with the agreement with the respective conference provider.

Logging and recordings:
If text entries, participation results (e.g., from surveys), as well as video or audio recordings are logged, participants will be informed transparently in advance, and their consent will be requested if necessary.

Privacy measures for participants:
Please refer to the privacy notices of the conference platforms for details on how your data is processed and select the security and privacy settings that are optimal for you within the platform settings. Please also ensure data and personal privacy in the background of your recording during a video conference (e.g., by informing housemates, locking doors, and using, if technically possible, the feature to blur the background). Links to conference rooms and access data must not be shared with unauthorized third parties.

Legal basis notes:‍

If we process users' data in addition to the conference platforms and request users' consent to use the conference platforms or certain features (e.g., consent to record conferences), the legal basis for processing is this consent. Furthermore, our processing may be required to fulfill our contractual obligations (e.g., in participant lists, in the case of post-conference review of conversation results, etc.). Otherwise, users' data will be processed based on our legitimate interests in efficient and secure communication with our communication partners.

• Types of processed data:
  Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses), contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers), content data (e.g., entries in online forms), usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).
  
• Affected persons:
  Communication partners, users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
  
• Purposes of processing:
  Provision of contractual services and customer service, contact inquiries and communication, office and organizational procedures.
  
• Legal basis:
  Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR).

Services and service providers used:

• Google Hangouts / Meet:
  Messenger and conference software; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://hangouts.google.com/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
  
• Microsoft Teams:
  Messenger and conference software; service provider: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA; Website: https://products.office.com; Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement, Security Information: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter.
  
• TeamViewer:
  Conference software; service provider: TeamViewer GmbH, Jahnstr. 30, 73037 Göppingen, Germany; Website: https://www.teamviewer.com/en; Privacy Policy: https://www.teamviewer.com/en/privacy-policy.

Newsletters and Electronic Notifications

We send newsletters, emails, and other electronic notifications (hereinafter "newsletters") only with the consent of the recipients or a legal permission. If the content of the newsletter is specifically described during registration, it is decisive for the consent of the users. Otherwise, our newsletters contain information about our services and us.

To subscribe to our newsletters, it is generally sufficient to provide your email address. However, we may ask you to provide a name for personal addressing in the newsletter or other information if necessary for the purposes of the newsletter.

Double-opt-in procedure:
Subscription to our newsletter generally occurs in a double-opt-in process. This means you will receive an email after registering in which you will be asked to confirm your subscription. This confirmation is necessary to ensure that no one can subscribe using someone else's email address. Newsletter registrations are logged to prove that the registration process complies with legal requirements. This includes storing the registration and confirmation times as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored with the email service provider are also logged.

Deletion and restriction of processing:
We may retain unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests to prove a previously given consent. The processing of this data will be limited to defending potential claims. A deletion request is possible at any time, provided that the previous existence of consent is confirmed at the same time. In the event of obligations to permanently observe objections, we reserve the right to store the email address solely for this purpose in a blocklist ("blocklist").The logging of the registration process is carried out based on our legitimate interests for the purpose of proving its proper execution. If we engage a service provider to send emails, this is done based on our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure email system.

Legal basis notes:
The sending of the newsletters is based on the consent of the recipients or, if consent is not required, on our legitimate interests in direct marketing, provided and to the extent this is legally permitted, e.g., in the case of customer advertising. If we engage a service provider to send emails, this is based on our legitimate interests. The registration process is logged based on our legitimate interests to demonstrate that it was conducted in compliance with the law.

Content: Information about us, our services, promotions, and offers.

Measurement of open and click rates:
The newsletters contain a "web beacon," i.e., a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server, or, if we use an email service provider, from their server when the newsletter is opened. As part of this retrieval, technical information such as information about your browser and system, as well as your IP address and the time of retrieval, is collected.

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This information is used for the technical improvement of our newsletters based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined using the IP address) or access times. This analysis also includes determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened, and which links are clicked. This information is assigned to individual newsletter recipients and stored in their profiles until deleted.

The evaluations help us understand the reading habits of our users and adapt our content to them or send different content according to the interests of our users.
The measurement of open and click rates and the storage of the measurement results in the users' profiles and their further processing are based on the users' consent.
Unfortunately, a separate revocation of performance measurement is not possible; in this case, the entire newsletter subscription must be canceled, or objection must be raised against it. In this case, the stored profile information will be deleted.

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• Types of Data Processed:
  Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses), contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers), meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses), usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times).
• Data Subjects:
  Communication partners.
  
• Purposes of Processing:
  Direct marketing (e.g., via email or postal mail).
  
• Legal Basis:
  Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR).
  
• Opt-Out Option:
  You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time, i.e., withdraw your consent or object to further receipt. A link to unsubscribe from the newsletter can be found either at the end of the newsletter or in other communications.

Online Marketing

We process personal data for the purposes of online marketing, which may include the marketing of advertising space or the display of advertising and other content (collectively referred to as "content") based on potential user interests and the measurement of their effectiveness.

For these purposes, user profiles are created and stored in a file (so-called "cookie") or similar methods are used to store information relevant to the presentation of the aforementioned content. This information may include, for example, viewed content, visited websites, used online networks, but also communication partners and technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used, and information on usage times. If users have consented to the collection of their location data, this may also be processed.

Users' IP addresses are also stored. However, we use available IP masking procedures (i.e., pseudonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear data of users (such as email addresses or names) is stored in the context of online marketing processes, but rather pseudonyms. This means that neither we nor the providers of online marketing procedures know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles.The information in the profiles is usually stored in cookies or by using similar procedures.

These cookies can later generally be read on other websites that use the same online marketing procedure, analyzed for the purpose of displaying content, and supplemented with additional data and stored on the server of the online marketing provider.Exceptionally, clear data can be assigned to the profiles. This is the case if the users are, for example, members of a social network whose online marketing procedure we use, and the network connects the profiles of the users with the mentioned information. We ask you to note that users can make additional agreements with the providers, e.g., by giving consent during registration.We generally only have access to aggregated information about the success of our advertisements.

However, we can check in the context of so-called conversion measurements which of our online marketing procedures have led to a so-called conversion, i.e., for example, to a contract conclusion with us. Conversion measurement is solely used to analyze the success of our marketing measures.Unless otherwise specified, please assume that the cookies used are stored for a period of two years.

Legal Basis Information:
If we ask users for their consent to the use of third-party providers, the legal basis for data processing is consent. Otherwise, user data is processed based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in efficient, economic, and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we also refer to the information on the use of cookies in this privacy policy.

• Types of Data Processed:
  Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).
  
• Data Subjects:
  Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
  
• Purposes of Processing:
  Marketing, profiles with user-related information (creating user profiles).
  
• Security Measures:
  IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).
  
• Legal Basis:
  Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR).
  
• Opt-Out Option:
  We refer to the privacy notices of the respective providers and the opt-out options provided by the providers (so-called "Opt-Out"). If no explicit opt-out option has been specified, there is the possibility that you can disable cookies in your browser settings. However, this may restrict the functionality of our online offering. Therefore, we also recommend the following opt-out options, which are offered for specific regions:a) Europe: https://www.youronlinechoices.eub) Canada: https://www.youradchoices.ca/choicesc) USA: https://www.aboutads.info/choicesd) Cross-regional: https://optout.aboutads.info

Services and Service Providers Used:

• Google Tag Manager:
  Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage website tags via an interface and thus integrate other services into our online offering (we refer to further details in this privacy policy). Google does not create any user profiles or store cookies through the Tag Manager itself (which only implements the tags). Google only receives the user's IP address, which is necessary to execute the Google Tag Manager. Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Types of processing and processed data: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices; Data Processing Terms for Google Advertising Products and Standard Contractual Clauses for Third Country Data Transfers: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms.
  

• Google Analytics:
  Online marketing and web analytics; Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/en/about/analytics/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy;Opt-Out Option: Opt-Out Plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en, Settings for Ad Display: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated; Types of processing and processed data: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices; Data Processing Terms for Google Advertising Products and Standard Contractual Clauses for Third Country Data Transfers: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms.

Social Media Presence

We maintain online presences within social networks and process users' data in this context in order to communicate with the users active there or to offer information about us.

We point out that in this context, users' data may be processed outside the territory of the European Union. This can result in risks for users, as the enforcement of users' rights could be made more difficult, for example.In addition, users' data within social networks is generally processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created based on the usage behavior and resulting interests of the users.

These usage profiles can, in turn, be used to display advertisements within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the users' computers, in which the usage behavior and interests of the users are stored. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the usage profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and logged in).

For a detailed description of the respective processing methods and the opt-out options, we refer to the privacy policies and information of the operators of the respective networks.In the case of information requests and the assertion of data subject rights, we also point out that these can be most effectively exercised with the providers. Only the providers have access to the users' data and can take appropriate measures and provide information. Should you still require assistance, you can contact us.

• Types of Data Processed:
  Contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers), content data (e.g., entries in online forms), usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).
  
• Data Subjects:
  Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
  
• Purposes of Processing:
  Contact requests and communication, feedback (e.g., collecting feedback via online forms), marketing.
  
• Legal Basis:
  Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR).

Services and Service Providers Used:

• LinkedIn:
  Social network;Service Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland;Website: https://www.linkedin.com;Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy;Opt-Out Option: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Plugins and Embedded Functions and Content

We integrate function and content elements into our online offering, which are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers"). These may include, for example, graphics, videos, or city maps (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").The integration always requires that the third-party providers of this content process the users' IP addresses, as they would not be able to send the content to their browser without the IP address.

The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of these contents or functions. We strive to only use content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also referred to as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to analyze information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website.

The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visiting times, and other details about the use of our online offering, as well as being linked to such information from other sources.

Notes on Legal Basis:
If we ask users for their consent to use Third-Party Providers, the legal basis for data processing is the consent. Otherwise, the data of the users will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in efficient, economic, and user-friendly services). In this context, we also refer you to the information regarding the use of cookies in this Privacy Policy.

• Types of Data Processed:
  Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).
• Affected Persons:
  Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
  
• Purposes of Processing:
  Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness, performance of contractual services, and customer service.
  
• Legal Basis:
  Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Services and Service Providers Used:

• Google Fonts:
  We integrate the fonts ("Google Fonts") provided by Google, whereby the data of the users is used solely for the purpose of displaying the fonts in the users' browser. The integration is based on our legitimate interests in the technically secure, maintenance-free, and efficient use of fonts, their uniform presentation, and taking into account possible licensing restrictions for their integration.
  Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://fonts.google.com/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Amendment and Updating of the Privacy Policy:

We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our Privacy Policy. We will adjust the Privacy Policy as soon as changes in the data processing we perform make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require an action on your part (e.g., consent) or other individual notification.

If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in this Privacy Policy, please note that the addresses may change over time, and we ask you to check the information before contacting them.

Rights of the Affected Persons:

As an affected person, you have various rights under the GDPR, which are specifically derived from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR:

• Right to Object:
  You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If personal data concerning you is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
  
• Right to Withdraw Consent:
  You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  
• Right to Access:
  You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the relevant data is being processed and to request information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with legal requirements.
  
• Right to Rectification:
  You have the right, in accordance with legal requirements, to request the completion of data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.
  
• Right to Erasure and Restriction of Processing:
  In accordance with legal requirements, you have the right to request the immediate deletion of data concerning you, or alternatively, in accordance with legal requirements, to request a restriction of the processing of the data.
  
• Right to Data Portability:
  You have the right to receive the data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller, in accordance with legal requirements.
  
• Complaint to Supervisory Authority:
  In accordance with legal requirements and without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you also have the right to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, the supervisory authority of your workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR.
  

Definition of Terms:

This section provides an overview of the terminology used in this Privacy Policy. Many of the terms are derived from the law and are primarily defined in Art. 4 of the GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations are intended primarily to aid understanding. The terms are listed alphabetically.

• IP-Masking:
  "IP Masking" is a method in which the last octet, i.e., the last two numbers of an IP address, are deleted so that the IP address can no longer be uniquely assigned to a person. Therefore, IP masking is a means of pseudonymizing processing procedures, especially in online marketing.
  
• Personal Data:
  "Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "affected person"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., a cookie), or to one or more specific factors related to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
  
• Profiles with User-Related Information:
  The processing of "profiles with user-related information" or "profiles" refers to any form of automated processing of personal data that involves using this personal data to analyze, evaluate, or predict certain personal aspects relating to a natural person (depending on the type of profile, this may include various information concerning demographics, behavior, and interests, such as interaction with websites and their content, etc.). Cookies and web beacons are often used for profiling purposes.
  
• Controller:
  "Controller" refers to the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
  
• Processing:
  "Processing" means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data, whether it be collection, evaluation, storage, transmission, or deletion.

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The content of this online offering has been created with care and according to our current knowledge, but serves solely for informational purposes and does not have any legally binding effect unless it involves legally mandatory information (e.g., the legal notice, the privacy policy, GTC, or mandatory consumer information). We reserve the right to change or delete the content in whole or in part, provided that contractual obligations remain unaffected. All offers are non-binding and without obligation.

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