Data protection

With the following information, we would like to give you an overview of the processing of personal data when using our website or other digital media from prodot.

 

1 Who is responsible and who can I contact?

The controller responsiblefor data processing is

prodot GmbH
Schifferstraße 196
 47059 Duisburg
 Germany
Phone: +49 (203) 39 65 08 - 0
Email: info@prodot.de

You can contact our data protection officer at any time at datenschutz@prodot.deif you have any questions about this data protection notice and to assert your rights .

 

2. what do we process your data for and on what legal basis?

a. Server log files

When using the website purely for information purposes, i.e. if you do not transmit information to us in any other way, we collect the (possibly personal) data that your browser transmits to our server. Accordingly, if you wish to view our website,we collect the following data

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • amount of data transferred in each case
  • Website from which the request originates
  • browser
  • operating system
  • Language and version of the browser software

For security reasons, this data is stored in server log files for a maximum of 3 days and then deleted. If data must be retained for reasons of proof, it will not be deleted until the incident has been finally clarified.

The legal basis for the data processing described is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in processing the server log files to ensure the security of the website and to investigate cases of misuse.

 

b. Cookies

In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device and assigned to the browser you are using. When you visit our website, it stores information that is transmitted back to us on subsequent visits.

We use the following cookies on our website:

[acceptBaseCookies]

First-party cookie. Function: Saves your answer to the question of whether you agree to the use of cookies on this website. It contains the digits 0 or 1 (No or Yes). The cookie is stored for one year and is a so-called first-party cookie, i.e. a cookie that is controlled by our website. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a technically error-free and user-friendly design in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

[acceptGACookies]

First-party cookie. Function: Saves your answer to the question of whether you agree to the use of analysis cookies on this website. It contains the digits 0 or 1 (No or Yes). The cookie is stored for one year and is a so-called first-party cookie, i.e. a cookie that is controlled from our website. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a technically error-free and user-friendly design in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

[_ga]

Third-party cookie Google Analytics. Function: This cookie is part of Google Analytics (see below) and is used to identify a user. It contains a sequence of numbers and is stored for two years. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on Google Analytics.

[_ga_<container-id>]

Third-party cookie Google Analytics. This cookie is set to identify you as a visitor, but does not contain any personal information and is created based on a random routine. It has a lifespan of two years. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on Google Analytics.

[_gac_ UA-55149615-2]

Third-party cookie Google Ads. This cookie is set when a user accesses the website by clicking on a Google ad. It contains information about which ad was clicked so that successes achieved, such as orders or contact requests, can be assigned to the ad. The cookie has a lifespan of 90 days. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on online marketing.

[__hs_opt_out]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. This cookie is set to give website visitors the choice to opt-out of cookies. It contains the string "Yes" or "No". The cookie has a lifespan of 13 months. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[__hs_d_not_tracking]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie is used to set that the tracking code does not send any information to HubSpot. It contains the character string "Yes". The cookie has a lifespan of 13 months. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[__hs_initial_opt_]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie is used to prevent banners from being displayed every time visitors visit the website in strict mode. It contains the string "Yes" or "No". The cookie has a lifespan of 7 days. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[__hs_cookie_cat_pref]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie is used to record the categories to which a visitor has consented. It contains data on these categories. The cookie has a lifespan of 13 months. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[hs_ab_test]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie is used to always show visitors the same version of an A/B test page that was previously displayed. It contains the ID of the A/B test page and the ID of the variant selected for the visitor. The cookie expires at the end of the session. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[hs-messages-hide-welcome-message]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie ensures that the welcome message is not displayed again for one day after closing. It contains the boolean value True or False. The cookie has a lifespan of 1 day. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[__hsmem]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie is set when visitors log in to a website hosted by HubSpot. It contains encrypted data that identifies the membership user when they are logged in. The cookie has a lifespan of 1 year. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[hs-membershem-csrf]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be falsified. It contains a random string of letters and numbers that is used to check whether a membership login is authentic. The cookie expires at the end of the session. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[hs_langswitcher_choice]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie is used to store the visitor's language selection when pages are accessed in multiple languages. It is set when an end user selects a language from the language switcher and is used as a language preference to redirect the user to websites in their selected language, if available, in the future. It contains a colon-separated string with the ISO639 language code selection on the left and the private top-level domain on the right. An example is "DE-DE:hubspot.com". The cookie has a lifespan of 2 years. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[__hstc]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. The main cookie for visitor tracking. It contains the domain, the user token (utk), the first timestamp (of the first visit), the last timestamp (of the last visit), the current timestamp (for this visit) and the session number (increases with each subsequent session). If you are a visitor to a website supported by HubSpot, you can opt out of these cookies by not giving consent. The cookie has a lifespan of 13 months. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[hubspotutk]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie tracks the identity of a visitor. This cookie is transferred to the HubSpot software when a form is submitted and is used when contacts are duplicated. It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor. If you are a visitor to a HubSpot-supported website, you can opt out of these cookies by not giving consent. The cookie has a lifespan of 13 months. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[__hssc]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. This cookie tracks sessions. It is used to determine whether the HubSpot software needs to increment the session count and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, the number of page views (viewCount, increases with each page view [pageView] in a session) and the session start timestamp. If you are a visitor to a website supported by HubSpot, you can opt out of these cookies by not giving your consent. The cookie expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[__hssrc]

Third-party cookie HubSpot. Whenever the HubSpot software changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set. This is used to determine whether the visitor has restarted the browser. If this cookie is not present when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. It contains the value "1", if present. If you are a visitor to a website supported by HubSpot, you can opt out of these cookies by not giving consent. The cookie expires at the end of the session. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[__cFroid]

Third-party cookie Cloudflare. This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider based on their rate limit policies. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies (https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170156-Understanding-the-Cloudflare-Cookies). It expires at the end of the session. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[<id>_key]

When you visit a password-protected page, this cookie is set so that you no longer need to log in when you visit the page with the same browser in the future. The cookie name is unique for each password-protected page. It contains an encrypted version of the password so that future visits to the site do not require the password again. The cookie has a lifespan of 14 days. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on HubSpot.

[IDE]

Third-party cookie Google Marketing Platform and Google Ad Manager. We also use one or more cookies for advertising that we deliver in various places on the web. "IDE" is an ad preferences cookie for non-Google websites. It is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net. The cookie contains a randomly generated user ID. Google can use this ID to recognize the user across different websites and display personalized advertising. The cookie has a lifespan of one year. The cookie is a so-called third-party cookie. The legal basis can be found below in the separate section on online marketing.

 

c. Making contact by e-mail

When you contact us by e-mail, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name and telephone number if applicable, the content of your message) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer required, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as it concerns the initiation of a contractual relationship and our legitimate interest in answering your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, insofar as it concerns other inquiries.

 

d. HubSpot

We use the HubSpot service on our website, which is provided by our processor HubSpot Germany GmbH, Am Postbahnhof 17, 10243 Berlin and its US parent company HubSpot Inc (hereinafter "HubSpot").

HubSpot also transfers the data to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (so-called third countries). For some of these third countries, in particular the United States of America (hereinafter "USA"), no adequate level of data protection has been established by the European Commission. These third countries therefore do not offer data protection law that is comparable to that of the European Union. The appropriate guarantees for the transfer of data to third countries are achieved through the conclusion of so-called EU standard contractual clauses in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR, which - where necessary - have been supplemented by additional measures.

 

We use HubSpot for the following specific purposes:

Newsletter

On our website, we offer you the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter, which we use to inform you at regular intervals about our products and the latest news with the help of HubSpot. All you need is your e-mail address. Optionally, you can enter your title, first name and surname so that we can address you personally in the newsletter.

In addition to sending the newsletter, we also measure success, i.e. the newsletters contain a so-called web beacon, a small pixel that is retrieved when the newsletter is opened. The information obtained with the help of the web beacon is used to determine your reading behavior based on the retrieval locations and access times. Through this performance measurement, we also know whether you have opened the newsletter, when you opened the newsletter and which links were clicked. This data is not evaluated individually, but only in aggregated form, i.e. we try to find out in general (and not specifically related to you) what reading habits and interests the newsletter subscribers have. Details of the categories of data processed for this purpose can be found below under Marketing analysis.

Please note that we also register you for our newsletter using the so-called double opt-in procedure and log this registration for the newsletter in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with the legal requirements. This includes storing the time of registration and confirmation as well as the IP address. In order to be able to provide this proof even after you have unsubscribed from the newsletter, we will store your e-mail address and the registration data for up to three years after you unsubscribe.

Your personal data is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time, for example in the case of a newsletter via HubSpot via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The only exception is the processing of your data in order to be able to prove your consent in the so-called double opt-in procedure. The legal basis for this data processing is our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in proving registration and defending against claims by data subjects.

 

Contact form

When you contact us via the contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name, your telephone number and the content of your message) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer required, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as it concerns the initiation of a contractual relationship and our legitimate interest in answering your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, insofar as it concerns other inquiries.

 

Marketing analysis

We use HubSpot to analyze our marketing activities when you visit our website or subscribe to our newsletter. So-called "web beacons" are used and cookies are stored on the device you are using. The information collected and the content of our website are stored on HubSpot servers and analyzed in order to constantly optimize the website and make it more user-friendly. We also use the information to determine which of our services are of interest to customers and newsletter subscribers and to contact them for advertising purposes.

As part of the optimization of our marketing measures, the following data may be collected and processed via Hubspot:

- Geographical location

- Browser type

- Navigation information

- Reference URL

- Performance data

- Domain names

- Pages viewed

- Aggregated usage

- Version of the operating system

- Internet service provider

- IP address

- Device identifier

- Duration of the visit

- Operating system

- Events that occur within the application

- Access times

- Clickstream data

- Device model and version

The cookies have a standard lifetime of 13 months. In addition, we delete the personal data collected via HubSpot as soon as the purpose for which it was collected has been achieved, unless statutory retention periods prevent deletion.

Your personal data is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

 

e. Content order

On our website, we offer the option of ordering or participating in content (e-books, white papers, guides, events, webinars) without having to pay a fee. In this case, the consideration for the content is your consent to receive a newsletter subscription and the associated data processing. The processing of your personal data when subscribing to our newsletter is explained in detail under "d. Hubsport - Newsletter". The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in this case, in addition to letter "d.", is the fulfillment of the existing contract with you (provision of content against consent to data processing for the newsletter subscription) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking on "Unsubscribe newsletter" at the end of the respective newsletter.

 

f. Google Analytics

Our website uses the web analysis service Google Analytics 4 from our processor Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").

Google Analytics 4 uses JavaScript, pixels and cookies (see above under "Cookies") to store and read information on your end device. The data collected is summarized in pseudonymous user profiles and used to evaluate website usage and website activity. The purpose of the processing is therefore to measure reach and evaluate visitor activity. Google Analytics 4 also uses machine learning functions to automatically analyze and enrich the data. Further information on this can be found here https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9443595?hl=de and here https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

The following data can be processed as part of Google Analytics 4:

  • IP address;
  • User ID and device ID;
  • Referrer URL (previously visited page);
  • Pages accessed (date, time, URL, title, duration of visit);
  • downloaded files;
  • clicked links to other websites;
  • Achievement of specific goals (conversions);
  • technical information (operating system; browser type, version and language; device type, brand, model and resolution)
  • approximate location (country, region and, if applicable, city, based on anonymized IP address).

Please note that your IP address is automatically anonymized and not stored by Google. The data collected that could possibly be linked to you will be deleted 14 months after collection.

The collected data is usually sent to a Google server in the United States of America (USA) and stored there. There is no general adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA that certifies that the USA has an adequate level of data protection. By transferring your personal data, there is a risk that US authorities will access it and process it for their own purposes. The USA therefore does not offer data protection law that is comparable to that of the European Union. The appropriate guarantees for the transfer of data to the USA are achieved by concluding so-called EU standard contractual clauses in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR. In addition, we also obtain your express consent for the transfer of your data to third countries in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

The legal basis for this processing and the transfer of your personal data to the USA is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

If you have not given us your consent when visiting this website, Google Analytics will not be used by you. If you have given us your consent, you have the option of withdrawing your consent at any time. This is possible, for example, by adjusting your data protection settings for this website by accessing your cookie settings here and changing your selection there. This will set a cookie that prevents the further collection of this information when you visit our website.

 

g. LinkedIn Insight Tag

We use LinkedIn Insight Tag from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter "LinkedIn Tag") to enable detailed campaign reports and to obtain information about visitors to our website in order to track conversions and/or retarget our website visitors.

This LinkedIn tag collects the following data: page views on our website, including URL, referrer URL, IP address, device and browser characteristics (user agent) and timestamp. The IP addresses are shortened or (if they are used to reach members across devices) hashed. The members' direct identifiers are removed within seven days in order to pseudonymize the data. This remaining pseudonymized data is then deleted within 90 days. This data is encrypted, anonymized within seven days and the anonymized data is deleted within 90 days.

The data is also transmitted by LinkedIn Tag to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (so-called third countries). For some of these third countries, in particular the United States of America (hereinafter "USA"), no adequate level of data protection has been established by the European Commission. These third countries therefore do not offer data protection law that is comparable to that of the European Union. The appropriate guarantees for the transfer of data to third countries are achieved through the conclusion of so-called EU standard contractual clauses in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR, which have been supplemented by additional measures in each case.

LinkedIn Tag does not share any personal data with us, but only provides reports and notifications (in which you are not identified) about the website target group and ad performance. We therefore do not have access to the above-mentioned data about you.

You can find more information on data protection at LinkedIn Tag in the LinkedIn privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

 

h. Facebook Pixel

Functions of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"), are used within our online offering.

We use the Facebook pixel function to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the display of ads on Facebook (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to display the Facebook ads placed by us only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called "custom audiences"). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called "conversion"). The legal basis for this processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have not given us your consent when visiting this website, these Facebook functions will not be used when you visit our website. If you have given us your consent, you have the option of withdrawing your consent at any time. This is possible, for example, by making an adjustment, whichsets a cookie that prevents the further collection of this information when you visit our website.

Your data will also be transferred to Facebook in the United States of America ("USA") for these purposes. The European Union has not established an adequate level of data protection for the USA. The appropriate guarantees for the transfer of data to third countries are achieved by concluding so-called EU standard contractual clauses in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR.

You can find Facebook's data usage policy here: https://www.facebook.com/policy. Specific information and details about the Facebook pixel and how it works can be found in Facebook's help section: https://www.facebook.com/business/help. In addition to the opt-out options described above, you can also make settings for usage-based advertising directly on the page set up by Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings. These settings are platform-independent, i.e. they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

 

i. Online marketing

We use service providers to market advertising space on the Internet.

These are currently the services Google Ads and the Google Ad Manager of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Further information on the services and the privacy policy can be found here: https://marketingplatform.google.com and here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

As part of these online marketing measures, personal data may also be processed in that user profiles are created by these service providers. As a rule, however, neither we nor the service providers of these online marketing measures know your actual identity, but only the information stored in the profiles. We only create a cookie for you as described above, which registers the success or a sale based on the advertising space. This only gives us regular access to summarized information about the success of our advertisements and so-called conversions, i.e. whether an online marketing measure has led to the conclusion of a contract with us.

The legal basis for this processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Please note that this only applies to the data processing for which we are responsible and that the service providers may have their own legal basis, for example your consent in the context of registration on a platform.

If you have not given us your consent when visiting this website, we will not use any procedure that allows us or the service providers to analyze or measure conversions via our website. If you have given us your consent, you have the option of withdrawing your consent at any time. This is possible, for example, by adjusting your data protection settings for this website by clicking on Cookies at the bottom of the footer.

 

j. Google reCAPTCHA

Websites with registration and contact options are often used by automated third-party programs (so-called bots) to send advertising or infiltrate malicious code via the website. To prevent this, we use Google reCAPTCHA on our website to check and prevent such bots. Google reCAPTCHA therefore determines whether the data entry on our website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter "Google").

You can find Google's privacy policy here https://policies.google.com/privacy.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, as we have a legitimate interest in being able to effectively prevent the distribution of advertising, malicious code, spam, etc. via the website.

 

k. YouTube

We use embedded videos on our website. These videos are not stored on our own servers, but we use the YouTube service of YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA (hereinafter referred to as "YouTube"). We use YouTube in an extended data protection mode, i.e. a connection between your browser and YouTube is only established when you start the video by clicking on the corresponding button.

Data processing by us does not take place. YouTube is responsible for data processing. Further information about this processing of your data by YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube.

 

l. Google Maps

We use embedded maps from Google Maps on our website. These maps are not stored on our own servers, but we use the Google Maps service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). We use Google Maps in extended data protection mode, which means that a direct connection between your browser and Google is only established when you click on the map.

Data processing by us does not take place. Google is responsible for data processing. Further information on the processing of your data by Google can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.


m. Cookie consent

To obtain your consent to cookies and similar technologies, we use the consent management tool Cookiebot from Usercentrics A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark (together "Cookiebot"). Cookiebot determines which cookies are used by our website and whether you have given or withdrawn your consent to the use of these cookies. This enables us to prevent cookies and similar technologies from being used if you have not given your consent. The cookie set by Cookiebot, which stores your preference settings, has a lifespan of one year.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, as we have a legitimate interest in being able to comply with the legal requirements of the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive through technical measures.

 

3 What applies to presences on social media platforms?

We maintain presences on selected social media platforms, each of which has its own privacy policy. The privacy policy for our presence on social media platforms can be found under the following links:

4 Who receives your data?

Within our company, only those departments that absolutely need your personal data to fulfill the above-mentioned purposes will have access to it. The aforementioned data may also be processed by processors who operate or maintain our website and systems. In addition, the data will be transmitted to the service providers expressly mentioned in section 2 with whom an agreement on order processing has been concluded, insofar as they act as processors for us.


5. is data transferred to countries outside the European Union?

Unless we expressly refer to a transfer of your data to countries outside the European Union in Section 2, your personal data will not be transferred to countries outside the European Union.


6 What rights do you have?

-Right to information. You have the right to access the personal data that we have stored about you in order to check it and get an idea of how we use your data.

-Right to rectification, erasure and restriction. Under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we correct, restrict or delete your personal data.

-Right to data portability. You have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit it directly from us to third parties, insofar as this is technically feasible.

- Right of revocation. You have the right to withdraw any consent you may have given. Please note that this withdrawal of consent does not affect the permissibility of data processing until your withdrawal. You can withdraw consent that you gave us when you first visited our website at any time by clicking on the following link: here <backlink to cookiebot settings>

-Right to object. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing.

-Right to lodge a complaint. If you believe that our data processing violates European data protection law, you can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent authority for this is, for example, the supervisory authority of the federal state in which you are resident. A list of all state data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html. However, you can also contact the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information for North Rhine-Westphalia, who is responsible for us.


7 When will my personal data be deleted?

As far as possible, we have informed you of the specific storage period or the time of deletion in section 2. Otherwise, the storage period is determined by the following criteria: We process and store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. If the processing of your personal data is no longer necessary for us, in particular because contractual obligations or our legitimate interests have been fulfilled, we will delete it, unless its further processing or archiving is required for legal reasons. These legal reasons include, for example, retention obligations under commercial and tax law (from the German Commercial Code and the German Fiscal Code). The data retention periods specified there are generally two to ten years.


8. is there an obligation to provide personal data?

You are neither legally nor contractually obliged to provide us with personal data. However, in some cases we are not able to offer all the functionalities of the website without this data.


9. does automated decision-making or profiling take place?

We do not carry out any automated decision-making or other profiling measures, unless expressly stated in section 2.