Data Privacy Statement
Protecting your privacy is very important to us. We take the protection of personal data very seriously and observe the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG), the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz, TMG) and other legal requirements.
According to Article 4 Paragraph 1 GDPR, personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. 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 or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. Personal data are, for example, names of persons, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, bank accounts or addresses.
In the following, we would like to inform you about the nature, scope, purpose and legal basis of the collection, processing, storage, use and disclosure of personal data. Furthermore, we want to inform you about your rights with respect to data protection and we want to inform you about how long we store personal data.
Structure
- General Information
- Person Responsible
- Contact Form
- E-Mails and Correspondence
- Sudoku Highscore
- Purchase of our Products
- Products with Activation Code or Time Limited Usage Period
- Donations
- PayPal
- Bank Transfer
- Cookies
- Google AdSense
- VG Wort
- Smartphone Apps
- Protocols and Access Data
- Hosting and Server
- Right of Access
- Right to Rectification and Completion
- Right to Erasure or Restriction of Processing
- Right of Withdrawal
- Right to Object
- Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing
- Right to Data Portability
- Right to lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority
- Applicable Law and Language
- Questions, Suggestions and Feedback
General Information
Generally and where possible, the use of our website is feasible without providing any personal data. As far as a collection and use of personal data is necessary (for example in the context of a registration or for order transactions), this is done strictly task-related and where possible, on a voluntary basis. The collected data is stored and processed in compliance with the provisions of the GDPR, the BDSG and the TMG by us.
The minimum age for using this website is 16 years. If you have not reached the age of 16, you may not use this website.
Person Responsible
Stefan Trost
Fernewaldstraße 231
46242 Bottrop
Germany
Contact: stefantrost.com/contact or i @ stt media . com
Further information can be found in the Imprint of this website.
Contact Form
On this website, we are offering the possibility to write messages to us via a contact form. The use of this way of contact is voluntary. You can also send us messages by post or e-mail. You will find the corresponding information to do that in the imprint.
We allow to use our contact form without having to provide any personal data. Therefore, the fields for your name and your e-mail address are optional. Please note that we can not answer you if you do not provide us with any contact information.
If you transmit personal data via our contact form to us, we will use the data only strictly task-related and only to the extent necessary for the processing of your request and for the correspondence with you.
Your data will be processed in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, provided that the processing of your data is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract with you at a request of you or if this is not the case, in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest of answering your questions, processing your concerns, maintaining customer loyalty or improving our services.
Basically, we do not transmit your personal data that you have provided us to third parties. Exceptions can be that you have explicitly instructed us to disclose your data, you have explicitly granted us permission to disclose your data, your request explicitly requires the disclosure of data and/or there is a legal obligation to disclose your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR.
Basically, the deletion of your data takes place, if the processing of your inquiry is completely finished, it is not to be expected that your concrete contact will be relevant again in the future and any statutory retention periods under Article 6 paragraph 1 letter c DSGVO have expired.
If your data is still needed to prosecute our claims and/or to provide evidence for disputes and/or for legal proceedings and/or to prove criminally relevant acts, beyond the points mentioned, the following applies: Your data will be deleted as soon as the respective matter is finally resolved, any legal retention periods have expired and follow-up disputes can no longer be expected. Depending on the individual case, your data may be disclosed to the competent authorities, the competent courts and/or lawyers. The storage, processing and disclosure of your data is carried out only strictly task-related and only to the extent necessary for the completion of the respective matter. Depending on the individual case, the storage, processing and disclosure of your data is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR (legal obligation) and/or Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest of prosecution, legal defense and/or enforcement of our claims.
E-Mails and Correspondence
In our imprint, we publish an e-mail address and a post address, through which you can contact us. Alternatively, you can also send us messages via our contact form.
If you send an e-mail to us, we usually can also see your name and your e-mail address automatically in form of the sender of the e-mail. If you do not wish this, you can write us a message via our contact form without stating your name and/or your e-mail addresses by leaving the corresponding fields blank. Depending on which e-mail provider you use, you may also be able to suppress your name in the sender and/or write to us via a non-responding e-mail address.
If you transmit personal data via e-mail, post or other means of contact to us, we will use the data only strictly task-related and only to the extent necessary for the processing of your request and for the correspondence with you.
Your data will be processed in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, provided that the processing of your data is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract with you at a request of you or if this is not the case, in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest of answering your questions, processing your concerns, maintaining customer loyalty or improving our services.
Basically, we do not transmit your personal data that you have provided us to third parties. Exceptions can be that you have explicitly instructed us to disclose your data, you have explicitly granted us permission to disclose your data, your request explicitly requires the disclosure of data and/or there is a legal obligation to disclose your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR.
Basically, the deletion of your data takes place, if the processing of your inquiry is completely finished, it is not to be expected that your concrete contact will be relevant again in the future and any statutory retention periods under Article 6 paragraph 1 letter c DSGVO have expired.
If your data is still needed to prosecute our claims and/or to provide evidence for disputes and/or for legal proceedings and/or to prove criminally relevant acts, beyond the points mentioned, the following applies: Your data will be deleted as soon as the respective matter is finally resolved, any legal retention periods have expired and follow-up disputes can no longer be expected. Depending on the individual case, your data may be disclosed to the competent authorities, the competent courts and/or lawyers. The storage, processing and disclosure of your data is carried out only strictly task-related and only to the extent necessary for the completion of the respective matter. Depending on the individual case, the storage, processing and disclosure of your data is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR (legal obligation) and/or Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest of prosecution, legal defense and/or enforcement of our claims.
AskingBox Tools
We are offering so-called AskingBox Tools on this page, in which you can also enter arbitrary data. You can recognize these tools by an Internet address (URL) starting with "askingbox.com/tool/". An overview of currently available tools can be found here. The use of the AskingBox Tools is voluntary, you can use all the features of this online offer without using the AskingBox Tools.
Data that you enter into the AskingBox Tools will not be stored by us and will not be transmitted to third parties. The tools are programmed so that no data that you enter via these tools is sent to our servers and that the processing of the data is performed entirely on your own device.
The data is exclusively processed for the purpose stated in the respective tool on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.
Sudoku Highscore
We offer the possibility to enter your outstanding results from our Sudoku Game into a highscore on this website. The entry into the Sudoku Highscore is voluntary, you can also use our Sudoku Game without using the highscore function.
We want to make it possible for you to use the Sudoku Highscore even without the provision of personal data. If you decide to enter your score into the Sudoku Highscore, we will therefore only store your specified name, your score in points as well as the current date and the current time. Your given name can be chosen freely. Please choose preferably a pseudonym or a fantasy name that does not allow to draw conclusions about yourself.
We do not store any further data in this context, so that for us - if you have given a name that can not be clearly identified - no connection or conclusion is possible to you as a person.
The data of the Sudoku Highscore is collected and stored by us in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR for the sole purpose of managing the Sudoku Highscore and improving our Sudoku Game. The Sudoku Highscore is publicly available to anyone on the Internet, so that your score, your specified name and the date and time of your score is visible to third parties. Furthermore, we do not transmit the data. It is intended to run and store the Sudoku Highscore as long as we offer our Sudoku Game. If you would like your scores to be deleted from our Sudoku Highscore, please contact us via one of the contact options mentioned in the imprint.
Purchase of our Products
On this website we offer you the possibility to buy our products via PayPal or via bank transfer. A purchase of our products is voluntary for you, you can also use our website without buying our products. Likewise, you are free to choose whether you prefer to pay by bank transfer or by PayPal. You will not incur any disadvantages in choosing a particular form of payment, for example, we will pay the full amount of the PayPal fees.
We want to make it possible for you to provide us with as few personal details as possible when making your purchase. Nevertheless, we need data to process the payment, meet our tax obligations and deliver the product to you.
Depending on whether you pay by bank transfer or by PayPal, you will find more information in the sections "Bank Transfer" or "PayPal", because depending on the selected payment method different data is processed, stored and forwarded. Please also note the section "Products with Activation Code or Time Limited Usage Period" for the purchase of products that are activated with an Activation Code or for the purchase of products that can be used only for a specified time-limited usage period.
We process the data provided to us as part of your purchase on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR for the purpose of contract fulfilling and on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR in order to comply with our tax obligations.
By purchasing one or more of our products, you agree to the processing and storage of your data in the manner and for the purposes described above.
Products with Activation Code or Time Limited Usage Period
If you have purchased a product that has to be activated with an activation code or if you have purchased a product whose usage period is limited to a certain amount of time, we will store your name, your email address and the product you have purchased on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR for the purpose of contract fulfilling.
For products with a time-limited usage period, the mentioned data will be deleted after your license expires. Otherwise, we store the mentioned data as long as we offer the respective product. We will not forward this data to third parties.
The data will be stored and used solely for the purpose of enabling you to download and activate your purchased product at a later time again (for example, by sending a new activation code by e-mail) respectively to allow a validation of your license.
Without the storage of this data, we would not be able to figure out if you actually purchased a product, when you would like to reinstall and activate your product sometime after the purchase again, and we could not verify that your license is still valid and has not expired. You would be forced to buy the product at each reinstallation respectively at every program start.
Of course you are not obliged to use this service, the use of this service is voluntary for you. You can request the deletion of your data at any time.
By purchasing one or more products with activation code or time-limited-usage period, you agree to the processing and storage of your data in the manner and for the purposes described above.
Donations
On this website, we offer you the possibility to donate by bank transfer or by PayPal, so that you can financially support us and this online offer. A donation is voluntary for you, you can also use our website without donating. Likewise, it is up to you whether you prefer to donate by bank transfer or by PayPal.
We want to make it possible for you to provide us with as few personal details as possible when making your donation. Nevertheless, we need data to process the payment and meet our tax obligations.
Depending on whether you donate by bank transfer or by PayPal, you will find more information in the sections "Bank Transfer" or "PayPal", because depending on the selected payment method different data is processed, stored and forwarded.
We process the data provided to us as part of your donation on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest to maintain this online offer and on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR to be able to follow our tax obligations.
With your donation, you agree to the processing and storage of your data in the manner and for the purposes described above.
PayPal
On this website, you have the opportunity to purchase our products (see section "Purchase of our Products" for more information) and to donate to us (see section "Donations" for more information) via the external payment service PayPal. The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. & Cie. S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxemburg. The worldwide operating company of PayPal is PayPal Holdings Inc., 2211 North First Street, San José, CA 95131, USA. For more information about PayPal, visit paypal.com.
The purpose of using PayPal is to offer our users an easy way to complete their purchase and to donate. As part of the fulfillment of contracts, we utilize PayPal in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. In the remaining cases, we utilize PayPal on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR in order to offer our users effective and secure payment options. The use of PayPal to purchase our products or to donate is voluntary. You can also purchase or donate by bank transfer.
If you decide to make a purchase or a donation via PayPal and you click on the PayPal-Buy-Now-Button or the PayPal-Donate-Button, you will be redirected to PayPal. With this forwarding we transmit to PayPal the ID and the currency of the PayPal button you have clicked. PayPal uses this ID to recognize that we are the seller of your selected product respectively the recipient of the donation and also provides this information on the page to which you are redirected.
If you complete the purchase or the donation via the purchase processing or the donation processing of PayPal, we will get back from PayPal a confirmation of your purchase or donation. This confirmation includes your optional message to us, the information what you have purchased or that you have donated, how much money you have transferred to us, your name you have stated at PayPal, your email address you have stated at PayPal and your country of origin you have stated at PayPal. In addition, we do not receive any further of your personal data from PayPal. This means, for example, that your bank account number or your credit card number that you have provided to PayPal can only be processed, viewed or stored by PayPal and not by us. Also your address will not be transmitted to us by PayPal. Therefore, please inform us of your billing address if you need an invoice.
We use your name and your e-mail address to send you an order confirmation and where applicable the activation code for your purchase or a thank-you mail for your donation. In addition, we use your data solely for accounting purposes (including the issuance of your invoice) and we do not disclose your data to third parties unless there is a legal obligation according to Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR.
Under circumstances, PayPal may share your data with affiliates, service providers, and/or subcontractors to the extent necessary to fulfill the contractual obligations or to process the data on behalf of PayPal. In addition, PayPal may also pass your information to credit reporting agencies for identity and credit checks.
Please note that due to the technical functioning of information transfer on the Internet, a connection to PayPal’s servers is already established when visiting a page on which a PayPal button is integrated in order to load and display the PayPal button. As a result, PayPal will automatically be aware of your IP address and the page you are currently visiting respectively on which the PayPal button is embedded.
For the use of PayPal, PayPal’s terms and conditions apply, which you can access at paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/legalhub-full and PayPal’s Privacy Policy apply, which you can access at paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full. On these pages you will also find more information about PayPal, the use of data by PayPal as well as object and withdraw options.
Due to legal regulations, we are obliged to retain issued invoices and receipts of your purchase or your donation for ten years. This storage is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR due to our tax obligations. Accordingly, a deletion of the data is done after expiry of all prescribed storage obligations.
If your data is still needed to prosecute our claims and/or to provide evidence for disputes and/or for legal proceedings and/or to prove criminally relevant acts, beyond the points mentioned, the following applies: Your data will be deleted as soon as the respective matter is finally resolved, any legal retention periods have expired and follow-up disputes can no longer be expected. Depending on the individual case, your data may be disclosed to the competent authorities, the competent courts and/or lawyers. The storage, processing and disclosure of your data is carried out only strictly task-related and only to the extent necessary for the completion of the respective matter. Depending on the individual case, the storage, processing and disclosure of your data is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR (legal obligation) and/or Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest of prosecution, legal defense and/or enforcement of our claims.
By selecting PayPal as payment option, you agree to the processing and storage of your data in the manner described above and for the purpose described above.
Bank Transfer
On this website, you have the opportunity to purchase our products (see section "Purchase of our Products" for more information) and to donate to us (see section "Donations" for more information) via bank transfer.
The purpose of providing this payment option is to offer our users an easy way to complete their purchase and to donate. As part of the fulfillment of contracts, we utilize bank transfers in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. In the remaining cases, we utilize bank transfers on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR in order to offer our users effective and secure payment options. The use of bank transfers to purchase our products or to donate is voluntary. You can also purchase or donate by PayPal.
If you have transferred money to us for a purchase orfor a donation, we will see on our bank account statement the name of your bank, your specified purpose of your bank transfer and the amount of money you have transferred to us. Above that, we have no other information which would allow us to contact you or draw conclusions about you. Therefore, please provide us with your e-mail address before or after your bank transfer if you have purchased one of our products. Otherwise it is not possible for us to contact you to deliver your purchased product. Also your address will not be transmitted to us by our bank. Therefore, please inform us of your billing address if you need an invoice.
We use your name and your e-mail address to send you an order confirmation and where applicable the activation code for your purchase or a thank-you mail for your donation. In addition, we use your data solely for accounting purposes (including the issuance of your invoice) and we do not disclose your data to third parties unless there is a legal obligation according to Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR.
Due to legal regulations, we are obliged to retain issued invoices and receipts of your purchase or your donation for ten years. This storage is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR due to our tax obligations. Accordingly, a deletion of the data is done after expiry of all prescribed storage obligations.
If your data is still needed to prosecute our claims and/or to provide evidence for disputes and/or for legal proceedings and/or to prove criminally relevant acts, beyond the points mentioned, the following applies: Your data will be deleted as soon as the respective matter is finally resolved, any legal retention periods have expired and follow-up disputes can no longer be expected. Depending on the individual case, your data may be disclosed to the competent authorities, the competent courts and/or lawyers. The storage, processing and disclosure of your data is carried out only strictly task-related and only to the extent necessary for the completion of the respective matter. Depending on the individual case, the storage, processing and disclosure of your data is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR (legal obligation) and/or Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest of prosecution, legal defense and/or enforcement of our claims.
By selecting the bank transfer as payment option, you agree to the processing and storage of your data in the manner described above and for the purpose described above.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that can be stored by your browser on your device when visiting a web page. If you visit the same website for another time, the information stored in the Cookies can be read out again, if the Cookies are still stored at that time. This allows the web page to recognize that you have been there before.
Also Google AdSense, a service for displaying advertisements integrated in our website, uses cookies. To learn more about that, see the section „Google AdSense“ of this document.
In addition, cookies from VG Wort are used on this website to measure access to texts. Further information can be found in the section „VG Wort“ of this document.
Most browsers are set so that they automatically accept cookies. However, the storage of cookies can be prevented or adapted to your needs by a setting in your browser. Already stored cookies can be deleted at any time by a function in your browser. By setting the appropriate setting in your browser, you can at any time permanently object to the storage of cookies through our website. Normally you will find the corresponding functions for managing, deleting and storing cookies in your browser settings under the term "Privacy". Depending on which browser and which browser version you use, the functions can also be structured or named differently.
Google AdSense
We are using "Google AdSense" for including advertisements on this website. Provider respectively operating company of Google AdSense is the Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google AdSense is explained in detail on google.com/intl/en/adsense/start/. Further information can be found on the page policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement, which provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law. For more information, see privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI.
The purpose of using Google AdSense is to display advertisements on this website. The use of Google AdSense as well as the storage of cookies by Google AdSense is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest of analysis and optimization of this online offer as well as for the legitimate interest to finance the free content of this online offer, to be able to maintain this online offer at all and to make the free content possible as far as possible to remain free in the future.
Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small text files that can be stored by your browser on your device when visiting a web page. More information about cookies, their deletion and how you can deactivate the storage of cookies can be found in the "Cookies" section of this privacy policy. Web beacons are invisible graphics that are embedded in web pages to enable log file recording and log file analysis, which can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on this website. The information on the use of this website gained through cookies and web beacons as well as your IP address are transmitted to Google’s servers, stored there and can also be passed on to contractual partners by Google.
Through the use of those cookies and web beacons, Google and its partners can provide you with personalized and thus more relevant ads based on your previous visits of this or other websites on the Internet.
As part of Google AdSense, also ads from third-party vendors or advertising networks can be displayed on this website. These too can use cookies for their ad delivery. An overview and further information can be found on the page support.google.com/adsense/answer/9012903.
For more information about Google AdSense and how Google uses your data as well as for configuration options and information about how to object and withdraw, see the privacy policy of Google, which you can access on policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. The settings for the display of advertising by Google can be found on adssettings.google.com/authenticated (with Google Account) or adssettings.google.com/anonymous (without Google Account). On the two pages mentioned last, you can disable personalized advertising. In addition, you can deactivate the use of cookies for personalized advertising by a third party vendor on aboutads.info/choices/.
By using this website, you agree to the processing and storage of the data collected about you by Google in the manner described above and for the purpose described above.
VG Wort
On this website, web beacons and session cookies from VG Wort, Untere Weidenstraße 5, 81543 Munich, Germany, are used to measure access to texts in order to determine the likelihood of copying.
Web beacons are invisible graphics integrated in websites, whereby information about visits to the website in question can be understood and evaluated. Session cookies are small pieces of information that an operator stores in the visitor’s computer memory. In a session cookie, a randomly generated unique identification number, a so-called session ID, is stored. Furthermore, a cookie contains information about its origin and the storage period. Beyond, session cookies cannot save any other data. No personal data is captured via these cookies. For more information on cookies, see the "Cookies" section of this document.
The measurements are carried out by the Kantar Germany GmbH according to the „Skalierbares Zentrales Messverfahren“ (SZM). They help to determine the likelihood of individual texts being copied in order to remunerate the legal claims of authors and publishers. Thereby, we enable our authors to participate in the distributions of VG Wort, which ensure the statutory remuneration for the use of copyrighted works in accordance with Section 53 of the German Copyright Act (Urheberrechtsgesetz, UrhG). This takes place on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest in enabling the aforementioned remuneration.
Data Protection Declaration for the use of the Skalierbares Zentrales Messverfahren
On this website, the „Skalierbares Zentrales Messverfahren“ (SZM) from the Kantar Germany GmbH is used to determine statistical parameters to determine the probability of texts being copied.
In the process, anonymous measured values are surveyed. For the recognition of computer systems, the access number measurement alternatively uses a session cookie or a signature that is created from various automatically transmitted information from your browser. IP addresses are only processed in anonymised form.
The procedure was developed under observance of data protection. The sole aim of the procedure is to determine the probability of individual texts being copied. At no time individual users are identified. Your identity is always protected. You will not receive any advertising through the system.
Smartphone Apps
Our Data Privacy Statement for Smartphone Apps can be found here.
Protocols and Access Data
We log the access to the pages and files of this online offer. Our logs include the date and time, the name of the page or file requested by you, the amount of data transmitted, a message about the success of the retrieval, your IP address and the data transmitted by the browser, such as browser type, browser version, operating system, device type and the previously visited page (referrer).
These data is processed anonymized and without reference to any inventory data or other data you provide us and is therefore not allocatable to specific individuals or users for us. The data is solely used for technical optimization as well as diagnostic, statistical and system-related purposes, for example, to determine which links are no longer functioning, to detect and prevent unauthorized access, or to determine which content is most popular, regardless of to whom the content was delivered.
The processing of the data is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest to improve this online offer, to administer this online offer, to ensure the proper functioning of this online offer and to detect, prevent and prosecute misuse.
Please note that due to the technical functioning of the transmission of information on the Internet, it can not be ruled out that providers of external content will also keep track of access to the content they provide. This includes, for example, the integration of PayPal buttons or the display of advertisements via Google AdSense. Please refer to the respective sections about the respective external provider within this privacy policy for more information. Basically, above that, we do not disclose access data to third parties.
Log files are automatically deleted after nine weeks. We reserve the right, in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR, for the legitimate interest to investigate and to prosecute misuse or illegal activities, to store log files for longer periods of time, if retention is required for evidence purposes. The accumulated access data (number of times a content has been called up in total) is permanently included in the overall statistics of the most frequently accessed content on this online offer and is retained for the duration of the continuance of this online offer.
If your data is still needed to prosecute our claims and/or to provide evidence for disputes and/or for legal proceedings and/or to prove criminally relevant acts, beyond the points mentioned, the following applies: Your data will be deleted as soon as the respective matter is finally resolved, any legal retention periods have expired and follow-up disputes can no longer be expected. Depending on the individual case, your data may be disclosed to the competent authorities, the competent courts and/or lawyers. The storage, processing and disclosure of your data is carried out only strictly task-related and only to the extent necessary for the completion of the respective matter. Depending on the individual case, the storage, processing and disclosure of your data is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR (legal obligation) and/or Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR for the legitimate interest of prosecution, legal defense and/or enforcement of our claims.
Hosting and Server
This website including associated databases is operated on servers of the company 1&1 Internet SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany (hereinafter 1&1). Our e-mail traffic is processed via servers of 1&1 as well. According to Article 28 GDPR, we have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with 1&1 in this regard.
Right of Access
According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed.
If that is the case, according to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access the personal data, you have the right to get a copy of the personal data and you have the right to get the following information: (a) the purposes of the processing; (b) the categories of personal data concerned; (c) the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations; (d) where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period; (e) the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing; (f) the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority; (g) where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source; (h) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22 paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
If you want to exercise your right of access, please contact us via one of the contact options mentioned in the imprint.
Right to Rectification and Completion
According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, furthermore, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
If you want to exercise your right to rectification and completion, please contact us via one of the contact options mentioned in the imprint.
Right to Erasure or Restriction of Processing
According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay. Additionally, you have the right to obtain the restriction of processing according to Article 18 GDPR.
If you want to exercise your right to erasure or restriction of processing, please contact us via one of the contact options mentioned in the imprint.
Right of Withdrawal
According to Article 7 Paragraph 3 GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time without stating reasons. Your withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before your withdrawal.
If you want to exercise your right of withdrawal, please contact us via one of the contact options mentioned in the imprint.
Right to Object
According to Article 21 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
If you want to exercise your right to object, please contact us via one of the contact options mentioned in the imprint.
Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing
According to Article 22 GDPR, you have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
Right to Data Portability
According to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Further, you have the right to transmit those data to another controller. In exercising your right to data portability, you have also the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller, where technically feasible.
If you want to exercise your right to data portability, please contact us via one of the contact options mentioned in the imprint.
Right to lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, according to Article 77 GDPR, 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 place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.
The data protection supervisory authority responsible for us is:
Die Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Post Office Box: Postfach 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf, Germany
Address: Kavalleriestraße 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Telephone: 0211 38424 - 0
Telefax: 0211 38424 - 10
E-Mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
Internet: ldi.nrw.de
Applicable Law and Language
This document is subject to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany and must be construed in accordance with this law, without giving principles of conflicts of law any effect.
With respect to the interpretation or construing of this document, particularly in cases of conflict, only the German version of this document is valid. This applies, even if we have provided a translation into another language. Translations into another language are only a service for users, which are not German-speaking.
Questions, Suggestions and Feedback
If you have questions about our privacy policy or the collection or use of your personal data, or if you want to give us hints or feedback, please feel free to contact us via our contact form or one of the ways of contact mentioned in our imprint.
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