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Privacy Policy

Preamble

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With the following privacy statement, 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 in the context 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 Offerings").

Content Overview

Controller

The EditingTools.io platform.

Codebase Media UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Im Mediapark 5
50825 Köln
Germany

[email protected]

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 data processed

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  • Inventory Data.
  • Payment Data.
  • Contact Data.
  • Content Data.
  • Contract Data.
  • Use Data.
  • Meta, Communications and Procedural Data.
  • Image and/ or Video Recordings.

Categories of Data Subjects

  • Customers.
  • Employees.
  • Interested parties.
  • Communication partners.
  • Users.
  • Business and contractual partners.
  • Imaged persons.

Purposes of processing

  • Provision of contractual services and customer service.
  • Contact requests and communication.
  • Security measures.
  • Direct marketing.
  • Office and organization procedures.
  • Conversion measurement.
  • Management and response to requests.
  • Content Delivery Network (CDN).
  • Feedback.
  • Marketing.
  • Profiles with user-related information.
  • Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Information technology infrastructure.

Relevant legal bases

The following is an overview of the legal bases 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. Furthermore, should more specific legal bases be decisive in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the data protection declaration.

  • Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO) - The data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data relating to him or her for a specific purpose or purposes.
  • Contractual performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO) - Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the performance of pre-contractual measures carried out at the data subject's request.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c) DSGVO) - Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
  • Registered interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO) - Processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless 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 provisions of the DSGVO, national data protection regulations 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.

Security measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures 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, in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

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Measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to data as well as access to, entry into, disclosure of, assurance of availability of, and segregation of data concerning them. 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 as well as procedures 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 line of your browser.

Transmission of personal data

In the course of our processing of personal data, it happens that the data are transmitted to other bodies, companies, legally independent organizational units or persons or that they are disclosed to them. 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.

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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 using third-party services or disclosing or transferring data to other persons, entities or companies, this is done only 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 DSGVO, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).

Deletion of data

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 necessary 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 data protection notices may also contain further information on the retention and deletion of data, which shall take precedence for the respective processing operations.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files, or other memory notes that store information on end devices and read information from the end devices. E.g. to store the login status in a user account, a shopping cart content in an e-shop, the content accessed or used functions of an online offer. Cookies can further be used for various purposes, e.g. for purposes of functionality, security and comfort of online offers as well as the creation of analyses of visitor flows.

Notes on consent: We use cookies in accordance with the law. Therefore, we obtain prior consent from users, except where it is not required by law. In particular, consent is not required if the storage and reading of information, including cookies, are absolutely necessary to provide the user with a telemedia service (i.e. our online offer) expressly requested by them. The strictly necessary cookies usually include cookies with functions related to the display and operability of the online offer , load balancing, security, storage of users' preferences and choices or similar purposes related to the provision of the main and secondary functions of the online offer requested by the users. The revocable consent will be clearly communicated to the users and will contain the information regarding the respective cookie use.

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Notes on legal bases under data protection law: On which legal basis under data protection law we process users' personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask users for consent. If users consent, the legal basis for the processing of your data is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in a business operation of our online offer and improvement of its usability) or, if this is done in the context of the fulfillment of our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations. For what purposes the cookies are processed by us, we clarify in the course of this privacy policy or in the context of our consent and processing processes.

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Storage period: With regard to the storage period, a distinction is made between the following types of cookies:

  • Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offer and closed his terminal device (e.g. browser or mobile application).
  • Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after closing the terminal device. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. Likewise, user data collected with the help of cookies can be used for reach measurement. Unless we provide users with explicit information about the type and storage duration of cookies (e.g., as part of obtaining consent), users should assume that cookies are permanent and the storage period can be up to two years.

General information on revocation and objection (opt-out): Users can revoke the consents they have given at any time and also file an objection to processing in accordance with the legal requirements in Art. 21 DSGVO. Users can also declare their objection via their browser settings, e.g. by deactivating the use of cookies (although this may also limit the functionality of our online services). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/.

  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Business services

We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g. customers and prospective customers (collectively referred to as "contractual partners") in the context of contractual and comparable legal relationships and related measures and in the context of communication with contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g.., to answer inquiries.

We process this data in order to fulfill our contractual obligations. This includes, in particular, the obligations to provide the agreed services, any update obligations and remedies in the event of warranty and other performance disruptions. In addition, we process the data to safeguard our rights and for the purpose of administrative tasks associated with these obligations and company organization. Furthermore, we process the data on the basis of our legitimate interests in proper and business management as well as security measures to protect our contractual partners and our business operations from misuse, endangerment of their data, secrets, information and rights (e.g. for the involvement of telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers or tax authorities). Within the framework of applicable law, we only disclose the data of contractual partners to third parties to the extent that this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfill legal obligations. Contractual partners will be informed about further forms of processing, e.g. for marketing purposes, within the scope of this data protection declaration.

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We inform the contractual partners which data is required for the aforementioned purposes before or in the course of data collection, e.g. in online forms, by means of special marking (e.g. colors) or symbols (e.g. asterisks or similar), or personally.

We delete the data after the expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations, i.e., in principle after the expiry of 4 years, unless the data is stored in a customer account, for example, as long as they must be kept for legal reasons of archiving. The statutory retention period is ten years for documents relevant under tax law as well as for commercial books, inventories, opening balances, annual financial statements, the work instructions required to understand these documents and other organizational documents and accounting records, and six years for received commercial and business letters and reproductions of sent commercial and business letters. The period begins at the end of the calendar year in which the last entry was made in the book, the inventory, the opening balance sheet, the annual financial statements or the management report was prepared, the commercial or business letter was received or sent, or the accounting document was created, furthermore the recording was made or the other documents were created.

To the extent that we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and privacy notices of the respective third-party providers or platforms shall apply in the relationship between the users and the providers.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); contract data (e.g. subject matter of contract, term, customer category); usage data (e.g..e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
  • People concerned: customers; interested parties; business and contractual partners.
  • Purposes of processing: Providing contractual services and customer service; security measures; contact requests and communications; office and organizational procedures; managing and responding to requests; conversion measurement (measuring the effectiveness of marketing activities).
  • Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO); Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. (c) DSGVO); Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing operations, procedures and services:

  • Customer account: Contractual partners can create an account within our online offer (e.g. customer or user account, in short "customer account"). If the registration of a customer account is required, contractual partners will be informed of this as well as the information required for registration. Customer accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines. Within the scope of registration and subsequent logins and uses of the customer account, we store the IP addresses of the customers together with the access times in order to be able to prove the registration and prevent any misuse of the customer account. If customers have terminated their customer account, the data relating to the customer account will be deleted, unless their retention is required for legal reasons. It is incumbent on customers to secure their data when the customer account has been terminated; Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).
  • Merkliste/ Wunschliste: Customers can create a product / wish list. In this case, the products are stored in the context of the fulfillment of our contractual obligations until the account is deleted, unless the product list entries are removed by the customer or we expressly notify the customer of different storage periods; Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).
  • Shop and e-commerce: We process the data of our customers to enable them to select, purchase, or order the selected products, goods and associated services, as well as their payment and delivery, or execution. If necessary for the execution of an order, we use service providers, in particular postal, forwarding and shipping companies, to carry out the delivery, or execution to our customers. For the processing of payment transactions, we use the services of banks and payment service providers. The required information is identified as such in the context of the order or comparable acquisition process and includes the information needed for delivery, or provision and billing, as well as contact information to be able to consult any; Legal basis: contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).
  • Artistic and literary services: We process the data of our clients to enable them to select, purchase or commission the selected services or works and related activities as well as their payment and delivery or execution or performance. The required information is identified as such in the context of the order, order or comparable contract conclusion and includes the information needed for delivery and billing, as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultations; Legal basis: contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).
  • Project and development services: We process the data of our customers and clients (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "customers") to enable them to select, purchase or commission the selected services or works and related activities as well as their payment and provision or execution or performance. The required information is identified as such in the context of the order, purchase order or comparable contract conclusion and includes the information required for the provision of services and billing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultations. Insofar as we receive access to information of the end customers, employees or other persons, we process these in accordance with the legal and contractual requirements; Legal basis: contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).
  • Offer of software and platform services: We process the data of our users, registered and any test users (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "users") in order to provide them with our contractual services and on the basis of legitimate interests to ensure the security of our offer and to develop it further. The required information is identified as such in the context of the order, order or comparable contract conclusion and includes the information needed for the provision of services and billing, as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultations; Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).
  • Brokerage services: We process the information provided by interested parties in the context of the brokerage request for the purpose of establishing, implementing and, if necessary, terminating a contract for the brokerage of offers from providers of the products or services requested on their part. We use the contact data of interested parties to specify their request by means of the agreed or otherwise permitted communication channel (e.g., telephone or e-mail) and to propose suitable providers or offers to them based on the specified request. In addition, we may ask interested parties questions about the success of our mediation services at a later date, in accordance with legal requirements. We process the data of the interested parties as well as of the providers for the fulfillment of our contractual obligations, in order to link the inquiry of the interested parties with the matching offers of the providers and to forward it to the corresponding providers or to suggest the providers. We may log the entries in the online form sent by interested parties in order to be able to prove the existence of the contractual relationship and agreements of the interested parties in accordance with the legal accountability obligations (Art. 5 para. 2 DSGVO). This information will be stored for a period of three to four years in case we need to prove the original request (e.g.., to be able to prove the authorization to contact the interested parties); Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).

Providers and services used in the course of business

In the course of our business activities, we use additional services, platforms, interfaces or plug-ins from third-party providers (in short, "services") in compliance with legal requirements. Their use is based on our interests in the proper, lawful and economic management of our business operations and internal organization.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. entries in online forms); contract data (e.g. subject matter of contract, term, customer category).
  • Data subjects: customers; prospective customers; users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services); business and contractual partners; employees (e.g. employees, applicants, former employees).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service; office and organizational procedures.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing processes, procedures and services:

Payment Processes

In the context of contractual and other legal relationships, on the basis of legal obligations or otherwise on the basis of our legitimate interests, we offer data subjects efficient and secure payment options and use other service providers for this purpose in addition to banks and credit institutions (collectively, "payment service providers").

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The data processed by the payment service providers includes inventory data, such as the name and address, bank data, such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as the contract, total and recipient-related information. The information is required in order to carry out the transactions. However, the data entered is only processed by the payment service providers and stored with them. I.e., we do not receive any account or credit card related information, but only information with confirmation or negative information of the payment. Under certain circumstances, the payment service providers transmit the data to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check identity and creditworthiness. In this regard, we refer to the terms and conditions and the privacy notices of the payment service providers.

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For payment transactions, the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective payment service providers apply, which can be accessed within the respective websites or transaction applications. We refer to these likewise for the purpose of further information and assertion of revocation, information and other data subject rights.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); Payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); Contract data (e.g. subject matter of contract, term, customer category); Usage data (e.g..B. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, timings, identification numbers, consent status).
  • People concerned: customers; interested parties.
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service.
  • Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing processes, procedures and services:

  • PayPal: Payment services (technical connection of online payment methods) (e.g. PayPal, PayPal Plus, Braintree); Service provider: PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg; Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO); Website: https://www.paypal.com/de; Privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
  • Stripe: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: Stripe, Inc., 510 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; legal basis: contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO); website: https://stripe.com; privacy policy: https://stripe.com/de/privacy.

Provision of the Online Offer and Web Hosting

We process 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.

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  • Types of data processed: 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); content data (e.g. entries in online forms).
  • People concerned: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user experience; Information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.).); Security measures; Content Delivery Network (CDN); Provision of contractual services and customer service.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing processes, procedures and services:

  • Providing online offer on rented storage space: For the provision of our online offer, we use storage space, computing capacity and software that we rent or otherwise obtain from a corresponding server provider (also called "web hoster"); Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Providing online offer on our own / dedicated server hardware: For the provision of our online offer, we use server hardware operated by us, as well as the associated storage space, computing capacity and software; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Collection of access data and log files: 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 retrieved web pages and files, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, the operating system of the user, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and usually 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 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Deletion of data: Log file information is stored for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted or anonymized. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes are excluded from deletion until final clarification of the respective incident.
  • Email sending and hosting: The web hosting services we use also include the sending, receiving and storage of e-mails. For these purposes, the addresses of the recipients and senders as well as other information regarding the e-mail dispatch (e.g. the providers involved) and the contents of the respective e-mails are processed. The aforementioned data may also be processed for SPAM detection purposes. Please note that e-mails are generally not sent encrypted on the Internet. As a rule, e-mails are encrypted in transit, but (unless a so-called end-to-end encryption method is used) not on the servers from which they are sent and received. We can therefore not assume any responsibility for the transmission path of the emails between the sender and the reception on our server; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Content Delivery Network: We use a "Content Delivery Network" (CDN). A CDN is a service with the help of which content of an online offer, especially large media files, such as graphics or program scripts, can be delivered faster and more securely with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • 1&1 IONOS: Services in the field of providing information technology infrastructure and related services (e.g. storage space and/or computing capacity); Service provider: 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://www.ionos.en; Data protection statement: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy; Contract: https://www.ionos.en/help/data-protection/general-information-about-data-protection-basic-regulation-dsgvo/order-processing/.
  • Cloudflare: Content-Delivery-Network (CDN) - service, with the help of which content of an online offer, especially large media files, such as graphics or program scripts can be delivered faster and more securely with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet; service-provider: Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://www.cloudflare.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/; Contract: https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-dpa; Standard contractual clauses (ensuring level of data protection for processing in third countries): https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-scc.
  • Google Cloud Storage: Cloud storage, cloud infrastructure services and cloud-based application software; Service Provider: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal Grounds: Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://cloud.google.com/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Contract: https://cloud.google.com/terms/data-processing-addendum; Standard contractual clauses (ensuring level of data protection for processing in third countries): https://cloud.google.com/terms/eu-model-contract-clause; Further information: https://cloud.google.com/privacy.

Special notices regarding applications (apps)

We process the data of the users of our application insofar as this is necessary to provide the application and its functionalities to the users, to monitor its security and to further develop it. We may also contact users in compliance with legal requirements, provided that the communication is necessary for purposes of administration or use of the application. In all other respects, we refer to the privacy notices in this privacy policy with regard to the processing of users' data.

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Legal basis: The processing of data required for the provision of the functionalities of the application serves the fulfillment of contractual obligations. This also applies if the provision of the functionalities requires authorization of the users (e.g. releases of device functions). If the processing of data is not necessary for the provision of the functionalities of the application, but serves the security of the application or our business interests (e.g. collection of data for purposes of optimizing the application or security purposes), it is based on our legitimate interests. If users are explicitly asked for their consent to the processing of their data, the processing of the data covered by the consent is based on the consent.

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  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contract data (e.g. Subject matter of the contract, term, customer category).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service.
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO); Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO); Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing processes, procedures and services:

  • Commercial use: We process the data of the users of our application, registered and any test users (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "users") in order to be able to provide our contractual services to them as well as on the basis of legitimate interests to ensure the security of our application and to be able to develop it further. The required information is identified as such in the context of the use, order, order or comparable contract conclusion and may include the information needed for the provision of services and for any billing, as well as contact information to be able to hold any consultations; Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).

Purchase of applications via app stores

Purchase of our application is made via special online platforms operated by other service providers to (so-called "app stores"). In this context, the privacy notices of the respective app stores apply in addition to our privacy notices. This applies in particular with regard to the methods used on the platforms for reach measurement and interest-based marketing, as well as any obligation to pay costs.

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  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); contract data (e.g. Subject matter of contract, term, customer category); 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); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms).
  • Data subjects: customers; users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service; marketing.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing operations, procedures and services:

Registration, Login and User Account

Users may create a user account. As part of the registration process, users are provided with the required mandatory data and processed for the purposes of providing the user account based on contractual obligation fulfillment. The processed data includes in particular the login information (username, password as well as an e-mail address).

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When using our registration and login functions as well as the user account, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests as well as those of the users in protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. In principle, this data is not passed on to third parties, unless it is necessary for the pursuit of our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so.

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Users may be informed by e-mail about processes that are relevant to their user account, such as technical changes.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. entries in online forms); meta, communication and procedure data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service; security measures; administration and response to requests; provision of our online offer and user experience.
  • Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO); Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing operations, procedures and services:

  • User profiles are not public: User profiles are not publicly visible or accessible.
  • Deletion of data after termination: If users have terminated their user account, their data with regard to the user account will be deleted, subject to any legal permission, obligation or consent of the users; Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).

Blogs and publication media

We use blogs or comparable means of online communication and publication (hereinafter "publication medium"). Readers' data are 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 privacy notice.

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  • Types of data processed: 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., web pages visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g.. e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Data subjects: users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of the processing: provision of contractual services and customer service; feedback (e.g..e.g. collecting feedback via online form); provision of our online offer and user experience.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Contact and inquiry management

When contacting us (e.g..e.g. by mail, contact form, email, phone or via social media) as well as in the context of existing user and business relationships, the information of the inquiring persons is processed to the extent necessary to respond to the contact requests and any requested actions.

  • Types of data processed: 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. e.g. IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Data subjects: communication partners.
  • Purposes of the processing: contact requests and communication; managing and responding to requests; feedback (e.g..e.g. collecting feedback via online form); providing our online offer and user experience.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing processes, procedures and services:

  • Contact form: When users contact us via our contact form, email or other communication channels, we process the data communicated to us in this context to process the communicated request; Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Video Conferencing, Online Meetings, Webinars and Screen Sharing

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

Data processed by conference platforms:In the course of participating in a conference, the conference platforms process the personal data of the participants mentioned below. The scope of the processing depends, on the one hand, on which data is requested in the context of a specific conference (e.g., indication of access data or clear names) and which optional information is provided by the participants. In addition to processing for the purpose of conducting the conference, participants' data may also be processed by the conference platforms for security purposes or service optimization. The processed data includes personal data (first name, last name), contact information (e-mail address, telephone number), access data (access codes or passwords), profile pictures, information on professional position/function, the IP address of the Internet access, information on the participants' terminal devices, their operating system, the browser and its technical and language settings, information on the content of communications, i.e. entries in chats and audio and video data, as well as the use of other available functions (e.g. surveys). Content of communications is encrypted to the extent technically provided by the conference providers. If participants are registered as users with the conference platforms, then further data may be processed in accordance with the agreement with the respective conference provider.

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Logging and recordings: If text entries, participation results (e.g. from surveys) as well as video or audio recordings are logged, this will be transparently communicated to the participants in advance and they will be asked - if necessary - for consent.

Data protection measures of the participants: Please note the details of the processing of your data by the conference platforms their data protection notices and choose within the settings of the conference platforms, the security and privacy settings that are optimal for you. Furthermore, please ensure data and privacy protection in the background of your recording for the duration of a videoconference (e.g., by notifying roommates, locking doors, and using the background masking function, if technically possible). Links to the conference rooms as well as access data, may not be disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

Notes on legal bases: Insofar as, in addition to the conference platforms, we also process users' data and ask users for their consent to use the conference platforms or certain functions (e.g. consent to a recording of conferences), the legal basis of the processing is this consent. Furthermore, our processing may be necessary for the fulfillment of our contractual obligations (e.g., in lists of participants, in the case of reprocessing of call results, etc.). Otherwise, user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in efficient and secure communication with our communication partners.

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  • Types of data processed: 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 data, communication data and process data (e.g. e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
  • People concerned: Communication partners; Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services); Persons depicted.
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service; contact requests and communication; office and organizational procedures.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing operations, procedures and services:

Cloud Services

We use software services accessible via the Internet and running on the servers of their providers (so-called "cloud services", also referred to as "software as a service") for the storage and management of content (e.g..e.g., document storage and management, sharing documents, content and information with specific recipients, or publishing content and information).

In this context, personal data may be processed and stored on the servers of the providers to the extent that these are part of communication processes with us or are otherwise processed by us as set out in the context of this privacy policy. This data may include, in particular, master data and contact data of users, data on transactions, contracts, other processes and their contents. Cloud service providers also process usage data and metadata used by them for security purposes and service optimization.

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If we use the cloud services to provide forms or other documents and content to other users or to publicly accessible websites, the providers may store cookies on users' devices for purposes of web analytics or to remember users' settings (e.g., in the case of media controls).

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses); contact data (e.g., e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g., input in online forms); usage data (e.g., web pages visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status); image and/ or video recordings (e.g. photographs or video recordings of a person).
  • People concerned: customers; employees (e.g. employees, applicants, former employees); interested parties; communication partners; users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Office and organizational procedures; Information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical equipment (computers, servers, etc.).); Provision of contractual services and customer service.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further information about processing operations, procedures and services:

Newsletters and Electronic Notifications

We send newsletters, emails and other electronic notifications (hereinafter "Newsletters") only with the consent of the recipients or a legal permission. Insofar as in the context of a registration for the newsletter its contents are specifically circumscribed, they are decisive for the consent of the users. Otherwise, our newsletters contain information about our services and us.

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

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Double-Opt-In-Procedure: The registration for our newsletter takes place in principle in a so-called Double-Opt-In-Procedure. That is, you will receive after registration an e-mail in which you are asked to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with other e-mail addresses. The registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address. Likewise, the changes to your data stored with the shipping service provider are logged.

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Deletion and restriction of processing: We may store unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting them to prove consent formerly given. The processing of this data will be limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed at the same time. In the case of obligations to permanently observe objections, we reserve the right to store the e-mail address in a block list (so-called "block list") for this purpose alone.

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The logging of the registration process takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests for purposes of proving its proper course. Insofar as we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure sending system.

Contents:

Information about us, our services, promotions and offers.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses); contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Persons concerned: Communication partners.
  • Purposes of processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal mail).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO).
  • Opposition (opt-out): You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent, or object to further receipt. A link to cancel the newsletter can be found either at the end of each newsletter or you can otherwise use one of the above contact options, preferably e-mail, for this purpose.

Further notes on processing processes, procedures and services:

  • Order process reminder emails: If users do not complete an order process, we can remind users by email of the order process and send them a link to continue it. This function may be useful, for example, if the purchase process could not be continued due to a browser crash, oversight or forgetting. The dispatch takes place on the basis of consent, which users can revoke at any time; Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO).

Presence in social networks (social media)

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

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We point out that this may involve processing user data outside the area of the European Union. This may result in risks for users, because, for example, the enforcement of the rights of users could be made more difficult.

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Furthermore, user data within social networks is usually processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created based on the usage behavior and resulting interests of the users. 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 may also be stored in the usage profiles regardless of the devices used by the users (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.

Also in the case of information requests and the assertion of data subject rights, we point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, then you can contact us.

  • Types of data processed: 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).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); marketing.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further information on processing operations, procedures and services:

Plugins and embedded functions as well as 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 may be, for example, graphics, videos or city maps (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").

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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 functionality. 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.

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  • Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. web pages visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g.. IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, consent status); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. input in online forms).
  • People concerned: users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; profiles with user-related information (creation of user profiles).
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing processes, 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 user 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. - 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 display 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 purposes 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 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Font Awesome (provision on own server): Display of fonts and icons; Service provider: The Font Awesome icons are hosted on our server, no data is transmitted to the provider of Font Awesome; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Vimeo: Video content; Service provider: Vimeo Inc., Attention: Legal Department, 555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://vimeo.com; Privacy statement: https://vimeo.com/privacy; Opt-out: We point out that Vimeo may use Google Analytics and refer to the privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) as well as the opt-out options for Google Analytics (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) or Google's settings for data use for marketing purposes (https://adssettings.google.com/).

Management, Organization and Support Tools

We use services, platforms and software from other providers (hereinafter referred to as "Third Party Providers") for purposes of organizing, managing, planning as well as providing our services. When selecting the Third-Party Providers and their services, we observe the legal requirements.

In this context, personal data may be processed and stored on the servers of third-party providers. This may involve various data that we process in accordance with this privacy policy. This data may include, in particular, master data and contact data of users, data on transactions, contracts, other processes and their contents.

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Where users are referred to the third-party providers or their software or platforms as part of communications, business or other relationships with us, the third-party providers may process usage data and metadata for security, service optimization or marketing purposes. We therefore request that you observe the privacy notices of the respective third-party providers.

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  • Types of data processed: Content data (e.g., input in online forms); Usage data (e.g., websites visited, interest in content, access times); Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, times, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Persons concerned: Communication partners; Users (e.g..e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; Provision of contractual services and customer service; Office and organizational procedures.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing operations, procedures and services:

Change and update privacy policy

We encourage you to periodically review the contents of our privacy policy. We adapt the Privacy Policy as soon as the changes in the data processing operations carried out by us make it 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.

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Where we provide addresses and contact information for companies and organizations in this Privacy Policy, please note that addresses may change over time and please check the information before contacting us.

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Rights of data subjects

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

  • 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 relating to you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) DSGVO; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing.
  • Right of withdrawal in the case of consent: You have the right to withdraw any consent you have given 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 copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.
  • Right of rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the legal requirements, to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.
  • Right to erasure and restriction of processing: You have, in accordance with the law, the right to request that data concerning you be deleted without undue delay, or alternatively, in accordance with the law, to request restriction of the processing of the data.
  • 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 demand its transfer 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.
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Definitions of Terms

This section provides you with an overview of the terms used in this Privacy Policy. Many of the terms are taken from the law and defined primarily in Article 4 of the GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations, on the other hand, are primarily intended to aid understanding. The terms are sorted alphabetically.

  • Content Delivery Network (CDN): A "Content Delivery Network" (CDN) is a service with the help of which content of an online offer, especially large media files, such as graphics or program scripts can be delivered faster and more securely with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet.
  • Conversion measurement: Conversion measurement (also known as "visit action evaluation") is a procedure with which the effectiveness of marketing measures can be determined. For this purpose, a cookie is usually stored on the devices of the users within the websites on which the marketing measures take place and then retrieved again on the target website. For example, we can thus track whether the ads we have placed on other websites were successful.
  • Personal data: "Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (eg.e.g. cookie) or to one or more special characteristics that are an expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
  • Profiles with user-related information: The processing of "profiles with user-related information", or "profiles" for short, includes any type of automated processing of personal data that consists of using such personal data to identify certain personal aspects relating to a natural person (depending on the type of profiling, this may include different information concerning demographics, behavior and interests, such as.e.g., interaction with websites and their content, etc.) to analyze, evaluate or, to predict (e.g., interests in certain content or products, click behavior on a website or location). Cookies and web beacons are often used for profiling purposes.
  • Controller: The "controller" is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
  • Processing: "Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and includes virtually any handling of data, whether collecting, evaluating, storing, transmitting or deleting.

Status: April 2023