Privacy Policy

We at Pressmaster DMCC (the “Company”, “we”, or “us”) are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our customers. This Privacy Policy entails the way in which your Personal Information or Usage Information will be collected, used, shared, stored, protected or disclosed by our service (including https://app.pressmaster.io). This Privacy Policy applies to the mobile application or website developed by us in relation to services provided to you by the Company from time to time (“Services”). By using our Services, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not accept the terms of the Privacy Policy, you are directed to discontinue accessing/using our application in any way. We strongly recommend that you read the policy carefully before proceeding with any transaction on our application. 

Why we collect your information?

We collect information about you for the following general purposes: For registration and to manage your account, including to facilitate your access to and use of our Services; to communicate with you in general, including to provide information about us; to enable us to publish your reviews, forum posts, and other content; to respond to your questions and comments, to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities and to enforce our Terms of Use.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

When you visit or use our Services, we collect information about your computer or mobile device. Some of the information we collect include:

  • Computer IP addresses mobile device ids (the unique identifier assigned to a device by a manufacturer), technical information about your computer or mobile device (such as type of device, web browser or operating system).
  • Your mobile device’s geographic location (specific geographic location if you’ve enabled collection of that information, or general geographic location automatically).
  • Cookies: If you are accessing our mobile application through computers we place “Cookies” on your computer to identify it. “Cookies” are identifiers we transfer to your computer or mobile device that allow us to recognize your browser or mobile device and tell us how and when pages and features in our Services are visited and by how many people. You may be able to change the preferences on your browser or mobile device to prevent or limit your computer or device’s acceptance of cookies, but this may prevent you from taking advantage of some of our features. If you click on a link to a third party website, such third party may also transmit cookies to you. You hereby agree that this Privacy Policy does not cover the use of cookies by any third parties.

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Usage and content generation Data

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • To deliver targeted advertising to You: We may use Your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third-party vendors who do so) tailored to Your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

With whom we share your information?

We neither rent nor sell your Information in personally identifiable form to anyone in order to monetize through ads or leads. However, we do share your Personal Information with third parties as described below:

  • Third-party vendors: We employ third party vendors to provide Services on our behalf for varied purposes like business analytics, customer service, marketing, distribution, payment processing, live chat etc. We may authorize such vendors to collect information on our behalf in order to operate features of our application or to deliver services tailored to your needs. We assure that such information used by third party vendors is only to perform their functions and they are not permitted to share or use that information for any other purpose.
  • Companies within our corporate family: We may be required to provide information about you to our parent or subsidiary company or corporate affiliates. To the extent our parent company or subsidiaries or corporate affiliates have information about you, they will follow the best practices as described in this Privacy Policy when using it.
  • Business Partners: We take the help of our Business Partners in conjunction with whom we offer our Services to you. If you choose to access these optional services provided by our Business Partners, we may share information about you, including your personal information, with those Partners. Please note that we do not control the privacy practices of these third-party Business Partners.
  • User Profiles and Submissions: Certain user profile information, including without limitation a user’s name, location, and any video or image content that such user has uploaded to the Services, may be displayed to other users to facilitate user interaction within the Services or address your request for Company’s services. Any content you upload to your public user profile, along with any Personal Information or content that you voluntarily disclose online in a manner other users can view (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, etc.) becomes publicly available, and can be collected and used by others. Your user name may also be displayed to other users if and when you send messages or comments or upload images or videos through the Services and other users can contact you through messages and comments. Again, we do not control the policies and practices of any other third party site or service which may interact with our Services.
  • Affiliated Websites: If you were referred to us from another website, we may have to share information pertaining to registration information including but not limited to name, e mail address, phone numbers etc. In such instances we encourage you to read and review their Privacy Policy of the website that referred you to us. We will not be responsible for the handling of such information by them.
  • Business Transfers: We may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that would be transferred. Also, if we (or our assets) are acquired, or if we go out of business, enter bankruptcy, or go through some other change of control, Personal Information would be one of the assets transferred to or acquired by a third party.
  • Government Bodies: We may disclose your Personal Information and Usage Information as and when required in response to a sub-poena, court order, government demand or to comply with any legal requirements for protecting our interest. We will contact you by e-mail when we have to adhere to such legal request. All communications sent by us at such email address shall be deemed to have been communicated to you.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

How do we protect your information?

We want you to have full faith in having your information safe and secure with us. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the Personal Information and Usage Information submitted to us. While no Services can guarantee full-proof security, we have appropriate administrative, technical and security procedures to keep your information intact, secure and confidential. Your information is handled only for the purposes required by authorized employees or agents or third party vendors and the like and we employ appropriate firewalls, encryption technologies and intrusion detection systems to keep your information secure and safe from any unauthorized use. 

What happens when you use our Services from outside your region?

If you are accessing our application from outside the United States, please be mindful that such information may be transferred, stored or processed in the United States where our servers or central databases are located. Even though you access it from a foreign land we ensure we will follow the best practices in keeping your information protected. By using our Services you understand that we are governed by the United States Privacy and Data Protection Laws which are very different from the laws of your country.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Email Marketing

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us. Here's Active Campaign's privacy policy - https://www.activecampaign.com/legal/privacy-policy

Payments

We may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors) such as Stripe.‍

We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
  • Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
  • Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
  • Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.

You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

  • Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
  • Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
  • Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
  • Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

CCPA Privacy

This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from You. For example, from the forms You complete on our Service, preferences You express or provide through our Service, or from Your purchases on our Service.
  • Indirectly from You. For example, from observing Your activity on our Service.
  • Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our Service.
  • From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors to provide advertising on our Service, third-party vendors to deliver targeted advertising to You, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You.

Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose personal information We collect for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples:

  • To operate our Service and provide You with our Service.
  • To provide You with support and to respond to Your inquiries, including to investigate and address Your concerns and monitor and improve our Service.
  • To fulfill or meet the reason You provided the information. For example, if You share Your contact information to ask a question about our Service, We will use that personal information to respond to Your inquiry. If You provide Your personal information to purchase a product or service, We will use that information to process Your payment and facilitate delivery.
  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
  • As described to You when collecting Your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
  • For internal administrative and auditing purposes.
  • To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activities.

Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the "Use of Your Personal Data" section.

If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We will update this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information of Minors

If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us to delete that information.

Your Rights under the CCPA

The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:

  • The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
  • The right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose to You:
  • The categories of personal information We collected about You
  • The categories of sources for the personal information We collected about You
  • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information
  • The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal information
  • The specific pieces of personal information We collected about You
  • If we sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You:
  • The categories of personal information categories sold
  • The categories of personal information categories disclosed
  • ‍The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To submit an opt-out request please contact Us.‍
  • The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
  • Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal information, provide a good or service that You requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with You.
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
  • Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
  • Comply with a legal obligation.
  • Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
  • The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer's rights, including by:
  • Denying goods or services to You
  • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
  • Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You
  • Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:

  • By email: support@presssmaster.io

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us at support@pressmaster.io

I. General Information on Data Protection & Data Subject Rights

§1 General information

Data protection is an important topic. In the following, we provide information about the collection and processing of personal data. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally.

Person responsible according to Art. 4 para. 7 DSGVO

BV Bestseller Verlag GmbH

Universitätsstraße 60

44787 Bochum

Data Protection Officer

You can reach the personally appointed data protection officer of our company at the following address:


Herr Patrick Grihn
grihn@dsb.ruhr
DSB Ruhr
℅ nextindex GmbH & Co. KG
Grabenstr. 12
44787 Bochum


If you have any questions about processing, security or a request for information, you can contact them directly in confidence.

§2 General overview of data and processing operations

We want to offer you the required clarity according to Art. 12 DSGVO. Therefore, the following overview of the processing:‍

Types of data processed:

  • Usage data Communication data (When accessing a website, IP address, device information, access time and access time, etc.)
  • Contact details when registering or entering data
  • Inventory data (name, company, address)
  • Communication data (if applicable, meta data on calls, e-mails)
  • Content data (especially when sending mails)

Furthermore (internally) the following additional data for our customers, interested parties, suppliers and business partners for the provision of services in the area of offers and contracts, service and marketing, direct advertising and customer care:

  • Contract data
  • Customer inventory data (CRM)
  • Supplier data
  • Payment data
  • Order data and invoice data

Persons concerned (categories)

  • Users of this website (also called visitors)
  • Customers
  • Suppliers

Purposes

  • Operating the website and providing the information
  • Ensuring the operation of the website and our systems (e.g. firewall)
  • Communication with our customers
  • Answering inquiries
  • Website optimization and analysis
  • Providing information for our (potential) customers

§3 Your rights

You have the following rights with respect to us regarding the personal data concerning you:

Shortly:

  • Right to information,
  • Right of rectification or erasure,
  • Right to restriction of processing,
  • Right to object to processing,
  • Right to data portability,
  • Right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.

Detailed rights:

  • in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
  • in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO to immediately demand the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us;
  • pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
  • to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO;
  • pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller;
  • to revoke your consent at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) DSGVO. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future, and
  • complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office.

Exceptions:

The right to erasure does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary to

  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  • for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and Art. 9(3) DSGVO;
  • for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing, or
  • for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims

§4 General legal basis

When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.If the processing is necessary for the protection of a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO serves as the legal basis for the processing.Insofar as processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c DSGVO serves as the legal basis.In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6 (1) lit. d DSGVO serves as the legal basis.Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO serves as the legal basis.


II. Website

§5 Provisions for users of the website

General data when calling the page

In the case of mere informational use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server in order to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interest).

Logfiles

The storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, we use the data to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interest).The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or alienated so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

Cookies

In addition to the previously mentioned data, cookies may be stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files through which certain information can flow to us.We use technically necessary cookies for the purpose of security and technical implementation of the website. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interest).These cookies are usually deleted after logging out or when closing the browser.In addition, we use cookies for the purpose of analyzing user behavior or for marketing purposes.These cookies are deleted after a specified period.Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interest). Otherwise, on the basis of consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVOSe can delete the cookies stored on your computer at any time in the browser settings.Furthermore, you can configure browsers so that it either deletes cookies when you close the browser, or generally rejects cookies.We point out that you may not be able to use some features of our website properly without cookies.‍.

§6 Third party services

a) General services

We use services of third-party providers to make the internet offer as a whole more user-friendly, effective and secure. This also includes the use of analysis tools. We use analytics tools for the purpose of analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website.Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, the use of analytics tools is based on the legal basis of legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. This is particularly the case if the service data is only collected pseudonymously and the respective service does not use the data for its own purposes.

Google-Services 

We use various services of the provider Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland on our website. A company registered and operated under the laws of Ireland (registration number: 368047). ‍The use of Google services takes place only after your informed consent on the basis of Art. 6. para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. ‍Google uses cookies in connection with the services and functions, which may be stored on your terminal device. The information generated by the cookies (e.g. about your use of the website) may be transmitted to a server in the USA and stored there. This may also include your IP address. As a rule, your IP address is stored anonymously. In the case of a transfer to the USA, no sufficient level of data protection can be guaranteed. In particular, access by authorities in the USA cannot be ruled out. The transfer takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent).

We use the following services and features from Google:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user.‍We use Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()". This means that IP addresses are processed in abbreviated form, thus excluding any reference to a person. Insofar as the data collected about you has a personal reference, this is therefore immediately excluded and the personal data is thus immediately deleted.‍This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. You can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under "My data", "Personal data".

Google Ads

We use the offer of Google Ads to draw attention to our website on external websites or search engines. ‍As part of this, we use the remarketing function of Google Ads. With the remarketing function, we can present users of our website with advertisements based on their interests on other websites within the Google advertising network. For this purpose, Google stores cookies to uniquely identify a web browser on a specific end device. We do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.In addition, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking.Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across Google Ads customers' websites. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Ads customers. We do not receive any information that personally identifies users as part of this.

Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager. This service is used to efficiently manage so-called "tags" (small code elements on the website). Through this service, we can more easily use other Google services, among others.

Youtube
We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offer, which are stored on https://www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. These are all embedded in "extended data protection mode", which means that no data about you as a user is transmitted to YouTube if you do not play the videos. Only when you play the videos, data is transmitted. We have no influence on this data transmission.Objection options:You have several options to object to the collection and processing of your data by Google, or to restrict you.

  • You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
  • You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .(Applies only to data collected and processed as part of Google Analytics).
  • You can at any time revoke the consent you have given for the processing of data by Google services. You can do this by deleting the cookies from your browser and not giving your consent the next time you visit our website.
  • If you have a Google account, you can make settings regarding the type, scope, and storage of data by Google in the account management under the menu item "Data & Personalization".

For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing, please refer to Google's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de).

Facebook-Pixel and Custom Audiences

We use the Facebook Pixel and Custom Audiences of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.By using the Facebook Pixel, we can see whether a Facebook ad was successful and led to a purchase. Furthermore, we receive statistical data from Facebook to optimize the effectiveness of our ads. We use Facebook Custom Audiences with the remarketing function so that, for example, interest-based advertisements from us can be displayed to you when you visit Facebook. The use is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent). It is possible that data will be transferred to the USA. In the case of a transfer to the USA, no sufficient level of data protection can be guaranteed. In particular, access by authorities in the USA cannot be ruled out. The transfer takes place on the basis of Art. 49 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent). For more information, please refer to the data protection information of Meta https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ .

Vimeo

On this page, videos of the platform "Vimeo" of the provider Vimeo.com, Inc. 330 West 34th Street, 5th Floor. New York, New York 10001, USA. Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy. The use of Vimeo is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent).When using Vimeo, data may be transmitted to the USA.In the case of transmission to the USA, no sufficient level of data protection can be guaranteed. In particular, access by authorities of the USA cannot be excluded. The transmission takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent).

Webflow

This website is hosted on Webflow's Content Delivery Network (CDN). This is a service provided by Webflow Inc,398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California, 94103. The Webflow CDN makes duplicates of a website's data available on various Webflow servers distributed around the world. This provides faster website load times, increased resilience, protection against brute force attacks, and increased protection against data loss. A large part of the elements and source code of this website are retrieved from the Webflow CDN when the page is called up. Through this retrieval, your IP address is transferred anonymously to Webflow's servers in other EU countries and stored there for 24 hours. This anonymized storage for 24 hours serves as protection against brute force attacks. Tracking or other further processing of this data does not take place. The use of the Webflow CDN is in the interest of a higher reliability of the website, increased protection against data loss, protection against brute force attacks and a better loading speed of this website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. When using Webflow, data may also be transferred to the USA. The transfer to the USA is based on Art. 46 DSGVO (EU standard contractual clauses).

Matomo

We use the open source web analytics tool Matomo. The use is necessary for the maintenance of our systems and scaling of resources and is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interest). In order to form statistics of visitor flows, Matomo sets cookies on your terminal device to be able to recognize you. The data we store include IP address, operating system, time of call, etc.IP addresses are anonymized by six digits in our configuration and do not allow any conclusion about the actual connection. We operate Matomo independently on our web servers, so the data is not passed on to third parties. You can object to this processing using the opt-out window below or activate the "Do-Not-Track" setting in your browser. The data will be deleted when they are no longer needed to achieve the processing purposes. This is usually the case after 6 months at the latest.

Calendly

On our website you have the possibility to make an appointment with us. We use "Calendly" for this purpose. Calendly is a service of Calendly, LLC, 1315 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, https://calendly.com.

The processing is carried out for the purpose of booking appointments on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit a DSGVO (consent). Your consent is voluntary and can be revoked at any time.  If used, data may also be transmitted to the USA.  In the case of a transfer to the USA, no sufficient level of data protection can be guaranteed. In particular, access by authorities in the USA cannot be ruled out. The transfer to the USA takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent).

Further information can also be found at https://calendly.com/pages/dpa .

§7 Provisions for the contact form and e-mail contact

Our website contains a contact form that can be used for electronic contact. If a user takes advantage of this option, the data entered in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored. These data are:

  • User name
  • E-Mail
  • Phone Number
  • Message
  • Address, company, position (voluntary)

The following data is also stored at the time the message is sent:

  • The IP address of the user
  • Date and time of registration

Alternatively, it is possible to contact us via the e-mail address provided. In this case, the personal data of the user transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.We process the respective personal data for the purpose of processing the conversation (contact, response) on the basis of legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6. para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.There is no disclosure of data to third parties in this context.The data will be deleted if they are no longer needed to fulfill the purpose of processing.

III. Newsletter subscribers

§8 Newsletter terms and conditions

We offer a newsletter to which you can subscribe on our site.Here we process your e-mail address for the purpose of sending the newsletter. Optionally, you can also voluntarily provide your name and title. We process this data for the purpose of personal address.We send the newsletter only after your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time. The revocation can be done by clicking on the link provided in each newsletter email or on our website.We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behavior when sending the newsletter. For this evaluation, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files stored on our website.  With the data obtained in this way, we create a user profile in order to tailor the newsletter to your individual interests.The creation and analysis of the user profile is carried out on the legal basis of legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit f DSGVO for the optimal and customer-oriented design of the newsletter.Your data will only be used for sending the newsletter.

IV. Applications

§9 Provisions for applicants

Purposes and legal bases of processing

We process your applicant data for the purpose of and within the scope of the application process and to find a suitable position in the company in accordance with the legal requirements. The processing of your data is carried out for the fulfillment of our (pre)contractual obligations within the scope of the application procedure in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO insofar as the data processing becomes necessary for us, e.g. within the scope of legal procedures (in Germany, § 26 BDSG also applies).

We only process the data provided by you. The necessary applicant data can be found in the respective job advertisements. This includes, for example, the information on personal master data, contact data, career history, qualifications and the documents belonging to the application, such as cover letter, resume and the certificates. In addition, you can sometimes and voluntarily provide us with additional information. By submitting the application to us, applicants consent to the processing of their data for the purposes of the application process in accordance with the nature and scope set out in this privacy policy. Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) DSGVO are voluntarily communicated within the scope of the application procedure, their processing is additionally carried out in accordance with Art. 9 (2) lit. b DSGVO (e.g. health data, such as severely disabled status or ethnic origin). Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) DSGVO are requested from applicants as part of the application process, their processing is additionally carried out in accordance with Art. 9 (2) a DSGVO (e.g. health data, if this is necessary for the exercise of the profession).

Disclosure of data (recipient)

Your data will not be disclosed to third parties. Furthermore, your data will only be processed and made available to the necessary units within the responsible unit.

Storage duration

The data provided by applicants may be further processed by us for the purposes of the employment relationship in the event of a successful application. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer is unsuccessful, the applicants' data will be deleted unless you have given us your consent to continue storing it (talent pool).The applicants' data will also be deleted if an application is withdrawn, which the applicants are entitled to do at any time. Subject to a justified withdrawal by the applicants, the data will be deleted after the expiry of a period of six months so that we can answer any follow-up questions about the application and meet our obligations to provide evidence under the Equal Treatment Act (AGG). Invoices for any reimbursement of travel expenses are archived in accordance with tax law requirements.

Talent Pool

As part of the application process, you have the opportunity to be included in the talent pool. In this case, we will continue to store the data provided in the application, even in the event of rejection, in order to inform you about other vacancies.The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent). The data will be deleted if you revoke your consent to the processing. Otherwise, they will be deleted at regular intervals if we think that the application is no longer relevant for us or too much time has passed.

Notes on e-mails

Applications may contain sensitive data. E-mails are usually not encrypted end-to-end. We therefore recommend that you apply via the application form or, if necessary, by mail.‍ If you do apply via e-mail, please only use the e-mail address provided for the application so that we can protect and handle the data in the best possible way.

V. Status of the privacy policy

The privacy policy is occasionally adapted to comply with changes in the business process and the legal side. You will always find the latest status on the website. Status: September 2023