Data protection policy

1.Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator´s contact details in the ”Information on the controller“ section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on the subject of data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Host Europe

The provider is Host Europe GmbH, Hansestraße 111, 51149, Cologne (hereinafter Host Europe). When you visit our website, Host Europe collects various log files including your IP adresses.

Details can be found in Host Europe´s privacy policy: https://www.hosteurope.de/AGB/Datenschutzerklaerung

The use of Host Europe is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. A GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, as far as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user´s terminal device (e.g. for device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

 

 

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above mentioned provider: This contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. general notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously We treat your personal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

If you use this website, various personal data is collected.

Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose it is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information regarding the responsible body

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Mbw Medienberatung der Wirtschaft GmbH

Max-Joseph-Straße 5
80333 München

Telefone: +49 89 551 78-324
Telefax +49 89 551 78-91 324
Internet: www.mbw-team.de
E-Mail: office@mbw-team.de

The person responsible is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email adresses, ect.)

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until purpose for data processing no longer apllies. If you assert a justified request for delation or revoke your consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we habe other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tay or commercial law); in the later case, the deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para 1 lit. A GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. A GDPR, as far as special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. A GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TTDSG. Consent can be revooked at any time. If your data is required to fulfill the contract or to carry out pre- contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. C GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. C GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Data protection supervisor

We have appointed a data protection supervisor.

Robert Schöttl
Föhrenweg 22
85757 Karlsfeld
Phone: +49 8131 3333 220
Fax: +49 8131 33 85 388
E-Mail: datenschutz@mbw-team.de

Withdrawl of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provosions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling  legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).

If your personal data are 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 ptofiling insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to comlain to the supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged violation. The right to complain is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, it´s origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restiction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following case:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to check this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of ist erasure.
• If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests pervail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

 

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from ist storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

SSL and TSL encryption

This site uses SSL orTSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator.

You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the adress line of the browser changes from ”http://”  to ”https://”  and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called ”cookies“. Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or yout to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. A GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you about this separately in this privacy policy and, if necessary, request your consent.

Consent with Usercentrics

This website uses the consent technology of Usercentrics to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or to the use of certain technologies and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, Website:

https://usercentrics.com/de (hereinafter referred to as ”Usercentrics“).

When you enter our website, the following personal data is transmitted to Usercentrics:

• Your consent(s) or the withdrawl of your consent(s)
• Your IP address
• Information about your end device
• Time of your visit to the website

Futhermore, USercentrics stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consents given or their revocation to you. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

Usercentircs is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. C GDPR.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract prescribed by data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of ist website – the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

Contact form

If you send us requests via the contact form, your details from the request form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. B GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. A GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request ist deletion, revoke your consent for ist storage, or the purpose for ist storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your request, including all personal data (name, request), for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. B GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. A GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular staturory retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

5. analysis tools and advertising

Matomo

This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo.

With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website by website visitors. This enables us to find out, among other things, when and which page views were made and from which region they came. We also record various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser and operating system used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, ect.)

This analysis tool is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both ist website and ist advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. A GDPR and §25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user´s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

IP anonymization

We use IP anonymization for the analysis with Matomo. Your IP adress is shortened before the analysis in order to ensure that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.

Cookie-free analysis

We have configured Matomo in a way that Matomo does not store cookies in your browser.

Hosting

We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers to ensure that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.

6. social media buttons

Our website uses buttons from the following companies:

• Facebook, Facebook Inc, 161 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
• Instagram, Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
• YouTube, LLC, 901 Cerry Ave, San Bruno CA 94066, USA

These social media buttons merely provide links to the respective providers. As long as these buttons are not clicked, there is no transmission to these providers.

If you click on these buttons, you will be redirected to the website of the respective provider. Depending on whether you were registered with the respective provider at the time of clicking, your data will be processed in accordance with the data usage guidelines of these providers and may be used to create a profile, which is not our responsibility.

You can find more information on the data usage guidelines of the individual providers under the follwing links:

• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
• Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
• YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

If you do not want these companies to collect data about you, you should not click on these buttons.

7. use of web fonts

Web fonts from Fast.Fonts.Net or Fonts.com

This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Monotype GmbH (fonts.com) for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser. You are using must connect tothe fonts.com servers. This gives fonts.com knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Fonts.com Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard front will be used by your computer.

You can find more information about these web fonts at

www.fonts.com/info/legal and in the privacy policy of Fonts.com:

www.fonts.com/info/legal/privacy/ and in the privacy policy of

www.monotype.com/legal/privacy-policy/.