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Preamble

With the following data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about the types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as “data” for short) that we process, for what purposes and to what extent. The data protection declaration applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both as part of the provision of our services and, in particular, on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Online Offer”). The terms used are not gender-specific.

Status: March 20, 2023

Table of contents Preamble Person responsible Overview of processing operations Relevant legal basis Security measures Transfer of personal data Data processing in third countries Deletion of data Provision of the online offer and web hosting Blogs and publication media Web analysis, monitoring and optimization Presence in social networks (social media) Plugins and embedded functions and content Modification and updating of the privacy policy Rights of data subjects Responsible

Table of contents

• Preamble
• Person responsible
• Overview of processing operations
• Relevant legal basis
• Security measures
• Transfer of personal data
• Data processing in third countries
• Deletion of data
• Provision of the online offer and web hosting
• Blogs and publication media
• Web analysis, monitoring and optimization
• Presence in social networks (social media)
• Plugins and embedded functions and content
• Modification and updating of the privacy policy
• Rights of data subjects
• Responsible

Person responsible

Julian Weins
Due to privacy reasons, I do not want to publish my address here.
Feel free to contact me via E-Mail. \

E-Mail-Address: letstalk@julianweins.dev

Overview of processing operations

The following overview summarizes the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing and refers to the data subjects.

Types of processed data

• Inventory data
• Contact details
• Content data
• Usage data
• Meta-, communication and process data

Categories of affected persons

• Users

Purposes of processing

• Provision of contract services and customer service
• Contact requests and communication
• Security measures
• Reach measurement
• Tracking
• Feedback
• Marketing
• Profiles with user-specific information
• Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness
• Information technology infrastructure

Relevant legal basis

The following is an overview of the legal basis of the GDPR on the basis of which we process 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 domicile. If, in addition, more specific legal bases are relevant in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the data protection declaration.

• Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) - The data subject has given his/her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him/her for a specific purpose or purposes.

• Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR) - The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data.
  In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national regulations on data protection apply in Germany. These include, in particular, the Act on Protection against Misuse of Personal Data in Data Processing (Federal Data Protection Act - BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special regulations on the right to information, the right to erasure, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission, as well as automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling. Furthermore, it regulates data processing for employment purposes (Section 26 BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, implementation or termination of employment relationships as well as the consent of employees. Furthermore, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.
  In addition to the data protection provisions of the GDPR, the respective national data protection provisions may also apply in the case of national points of reference, which we also comply with.

Security measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as the access, input, transfer, safeguarding of availability and its separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subjects’ rights, the deletion of data, and responses to data compromise. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and processes in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.
TLS encryption (https): To protect your data transmitted via our online offer, we use TLS 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 our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transferred to or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organizational units or persons. The recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases, we comply with the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements that serve to protect your data with the recipients of your data.

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or the processing takes place in the context of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, entities or companies, this will only be done in accordance with the legal requirements. Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transfer, we process or allow the data to be processed only in third countries with a recognized level of data protection, contractual obligation by so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, in the presence of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).

Data deletion

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements as soon as their consents permitted for processing are revoked or other permissions cease to apply (e.g. if the purpose of processing this data has ceased to apply or it is not required for the purpose). If the data are not deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing will be limited to these purposes. That is, the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for reasons of commercial or tax law or whose storage is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person.
Our privacy notices may also contain further information on the retention and deletion of data, which will take precedence for the respective processing operations.

Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness

We process the users’ data in order to provide them with our online services. For this purpose, we process the user’s IP address, which is necessary to transmit the content and functions of our online services to the user’s browser or terminal device. \

• Processed Data Categories:: Usage data (e.g., web pages visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, consent status).
• Affected persons:: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
• Purposes of processing:: Provision of our online services and user-friendliness; information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical equipment (computers, servers, etc.)); security measures.
• Legal basis:: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
• Collection of access data and logfiles:: Access to our online offer is logged in the form of so-called “server log files”. The server log files may include the address and name of the web pages and files accessed, date and time of access, data volumes transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider.
  The server log files may be used, on the one hand, for security purposes, e.g., to prevent server overload (especially in the case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks) and, on the other hand, to ensure the utilization of the servers and their stability;
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
  • Deletion of data:: The log files are deleted after a maximum of 30 days. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.

Blogs and publication media

We use blogs or comparable means of online communication and publication (hereinafter “publication medium”). Readers’ data is processed for the purposes of the publication medium only to the extent necessary for its presentation and communication between authors and readers or for security reasons. For the rest, we refer to the information on the processing of visitors to our publication medium within the scope of this data protection notice.

• Processed Data Categories:: Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses); contact data (e.g., e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g., entries in online forms); usage data (e.g., websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing:: Provision of contractual services and customer service; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
• Legal basis:: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Web analysis, monitoring and optimization

Web analytics (also referred to as “reach measurement”) is used to evaluate the flow of visitors to our online offering and may include behavior, interests or demographic information about visitors, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. With the help of reach analysis, we can recognize, for example, at what time our online offer or its functions or content are most frequently used or invite re-use. Likewise, we can understand which areas require optimization.
In addition to web analytics, we may also use testing procedures, for example, to test and optimize different versions of our online offering or its components.
Unless otherwise stated below, profiles, i.e. data summarized for a usage process, can be created for these purposes and information can be stored in a browser or in a terminal device and read from it. The information collected includes, in particular, websites visited and elements used there, as well as technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used, and information on usage times. If users have agreed to the collection of their location data from us or from the providers of the services we use, location data may also be processed.
The IP addresses of the users are also stored. However, we use an IP masking procedure (i.e., pseudonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect users. Generally, in the context of web analysis, A/B testing and optimization, no clear data of the users (such as e-mail addresses or names) are stored, but pseudonyms. This means that we, as well as the providers of the software used, do not know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purposes of the respective procedures.

• Processed Data Categories:: Usage data (e.g., web pages visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, consent status).
• Affected persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
• Purposes of processing:: Reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); profiling with user-related information (creation of user profiles); tracking (e.g. interest/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies); provision of our online offering and user-friendliness.
• Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).
• Legal basis:: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR).
• Further information on processing processes, procedures and services::
• Google Analytics: Web analysis, reach measurement and measurement of user flows
  • Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland;
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR);
  • Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/
  • Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Ad processing terms: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms
  • Standard contractual clauses (guaranteeing the level of data protection in the case of processing in third countries): https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms
  • Possibility of objection (opt-out):
    • Opt-Out-Plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
    • Settings for the display of advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
    • Further information: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices (Types of processing as well as the data processed).

Presence in social networks (social media)

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context in order to communicate with users active there or to offer information about us.
We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may result in risks for the users because, for example, the enforcement of the users’ rights could be made more difficult.
Furthermore, user data is usually processed within social networks for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created based on the usage behavior and resulting interests of the users. The usage profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place 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 independent of the devices used by the users may also be stored in the usage profiles (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them).
For a detailed presentation of the respective forms of processing and the options to object (opt-out), we refer to the privacy statements and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.
In the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we would also like to point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the users’ data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, you can contact us. \

• Processed Data Categories:: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers,
• Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
• Purposes of processing:: Contact requests and communication; Feedback (e.g. collection of feedback via online form); Marketing.
• Legal basis:: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
• Further guidance on processing operations, procedures and services:
• LinkedIn: Social Network
  • Service Provider: LinkedIn Irland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland;
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR)
  • Website: https://www.linkedin.com
  • Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
  • Order processing contract: https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa
  • Standard contractual clauses (guaranteeing the level of data protection in the case of processing in third countries): https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa
  • Possibility of objection (Opt-Out): https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

Plugins and embedded functions and content

We integrate functional and content elements into our online offer that are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”). These can be, 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 IP address of the user, since without the IP address they could not send the content to their browser. The IP address is thus required for the display of this content or function. We strive to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known 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, time of visit and other information about the use of our online offer, as well as be linked to such information from other sources. \

• Processed Data Categories:: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status); inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. entries in online forms).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing:: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Legal basis:: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
• Further guidance on processing operations, procedures and services:
  • Integration of third-party software, scripts or frameworks (e.g. jQuery):We integrate software into our online offer that we retrieve from servers of other providers (e.g. function libraries that we use for the purpose of presentation or user-friendliness of our online offer). In doing so, the respective providers collect the IP address of the users and may process it for the purpose of transmitting the software to the user’s browser and for security purposes, as well as for the evaluation and optimization of their offer. - We integrate software into our online offer that we retrieve from servers of other providers (e.g. function libraries that we use for the purpose of presentation or user-friendliness of our online offer). In doing so, the respective providers collect the IP address of the users and may process this for the purpose of transmitting the software to the user’s browser and for security purposes, as well as for the evaluation and optimization of their offer;
  • Legal Basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR);
  • Google Fonts (obtained from Google server): Obtaining fonts (and symbols) for the purpose of a technically secure, maintenance-free and efficient use of fonts and symbols with regard to up-to-dateness and loading times, their uniform display and consideration of possible restrictions under licensing law. The provider of the fonts is informed of the user’s IP address so that the fonts can be made available in the user’s browser. In addition, technical data (language settings, screen resolution, operating system, hardware used) are transmitted that are necessary for the provision of the fonts depending on the devices used and the technical environment. This data may be processed on a server of the provider of the fonts in the USA - When visiting our online offer, users’ browsers send their browser HTTP requests to the Google Fonts Web API (i.e. a software interface for retrieving fonts). The Google Fonts Web API provides users with Google Fonts’ cascading style sheets (CSS) and then with the fonts specified in the CCS. These HTTP requests include (1) the IP address used by each user to access the Internet, (2) the requested URL on the Google server, and (3) the HTTP headers, including the user agent describing the browser and operating system versions of the website visitors, as well as the referral URL (i.e., the web page where the Google font is to be displayed). IP addresses are not logged or stored on Google servers and they are not analyzed. The Google Fonts Web API logs details of HTTP requests (requested URL, user agent, and referring URL). Access to this data is restricted and strictly controlled. The requested URL identifies the font families for which the user wants to load fonts. This data is logged so that Google can determine how often a particular font family is requested. With the Google Fonts Web API, the user agent must match the font that is generated for the particular browser type. The user agent is logged primarily for debugging purposes and is used to generate aggregate usage statistics that measure the popularity of font families. These aggregate usage statistics are published on Google Fonts’ Analytics page. Finally, the referral URL is logged so that the data can be used for production maintenance and to generate an aggregate report on top integrations based on the number of font requests. Google says it does not use any of the information collected by Google Fonts to profile end users or serve targeted ads;
    • Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland;
    • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR);
    • Website: https://fonts.google.com/;
    • Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy;
    • Further information: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq/privacy?hl=de;
  • YouTube videos: YouTube videos are integrated via a special domain (recognizable by the component “youtube-nocookie”) in the so-called “extended data protection mode”, whereby no cookies on user activities are collected in order to personalize the video playback. Nevertheless, information about the user’s interaction with the video (e.g. remembering the last playback point) may be stored;
    • Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland;
    • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR);
    • Website: https://www.youtube.com/;
    • Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy;
    • Opt-out: Opt-Out-Plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de,
    • Settings for the display of YouTube videos: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
    • Settings for the display of advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Modification and update of the privacy policy

We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our privacy policy. We adapt the data protection declaration as soon as the changes in the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require an act of cooperation on your part (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.
If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in this privacy statement, please note that the addresses may change over time and please check the information before contacting us. \

Rights of the data subjects

As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR: \

• Right to object: You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
• Right to revoke consent: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
• Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data in question is being processed and to information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.
• Right to rectification: In accordance with the legal requirements, you have the right to request that the data concerning you be completed or that incorrect data concerning you be corrected.
• Right to erasure and restriction of processing: Sie haben nach Maßgabe der gesetzlichen Vorgaben das Recht, zu verlangen, dass Sie betreffende Daten unverzüglich gelöscht werden, bzw. alternativ nach Maßgabe der gesetzlichen Vorgaben eine Einschränkung der Verarbeitung der Daten zu verlangen.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements, or to request that it be transferred to another responsible party.
• Complaint to supervisory authority: Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the requirements of the GDPR.

German Version originally created with Datenschutz-Generator.de by Dr. Thomas Schwenke

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