Data protection & cookies

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy notice.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified, e.g. your name and address, but also, for example, your Internet address (IP address) with which you are currently „surfing“ the web. This privacy notice explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

DATA CONTROLLER

The data controller on this website and all websites integrated therein is:

Seehuus GmbH & Co KG

Strandstraße 69

23669 Timmendorfer Strand/Niendorf

Phone: 04503 801260

E-mail: info@seehuus-hotel.de

Website: www.seehuus-hotel.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

DATA PROTECTION QUESTIONS

If you have any questions about data protection with regard to our company or our websites, we will be happy to answer your questions at any time.

You can address your concerns to our data protection officer using the following contact details:

Data Protection Officer of Seehuus GmbH & Co. KG

c/o adasis GmbH

Am Kaiserkai 69

20457 Hamburg

E-mail: datenschutz@seehuus-hotel.de

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the following rights with respect to personal data concerning you:

Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing, including a copy of the personal data that are the subject of processing at any time.

Right of rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)

You have the right to have incorrect personal data concerning you corrected or incomplete personal data completed at any time.

Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)

We will delete your personal data immediately,

– if you withdraw your consent to lawful processing and there are no other legal grounds for storage.

– if you object to the processing. As long as the objection is maintained and the matter is not resolved, a blocking of your data occurs. You can cancel your objection by giving your written consent.

– if they are no longer required for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

– if the processing is inadmissible for other legal reasons.

Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)

You have the right to have the processing of your personal data restricted, provided that

– you dispute the accuracy of your personal data for a period of time that allows us to verify the accuracy.

– the processing is unlawful, but you object to the erasure of your personal data and request restriction of use instead of erasure.

– we no longer need your personal data for the purposes but require it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

– you had objected to the processing, but it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds override your grounds.

You can remove the restriction by giving your written consent.

Right to data transferability (Art. 20 GDPR)

You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us or to transfer it to another controller if the conditions of Art. 20 (1) a), b) GDPR apply.

Right to objection (Art. 21 GDPR)

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 Article 6 (1) e) or f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

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 related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

You have the possibility, in connection with the use of information society services – notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC – to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

Right to withdraw your consent (Art. 7 (3) GDPR)

You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

Automated decision in individual cases including profiling (Art. 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.

This does not apply if the decision

1. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the responsible person,
2. is authorised by legislation of the Union or the Member States to which the controller is subject and that legislation contains appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests; or
3. is done with your express consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Article 9 (1) GDPR, unless Article 9 (2) a) or g) GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms of, and the legitimate interests of, the data subject, which shall include, at least, the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

You can contact the supervisory authority responsible for you at any time with a complaint about the processing of your personal data carried out by us. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

If you wish to assert one or more of your rights against us, please let us know. To do so, use the contact details provided in the section „data controller“ or in the section „data protection questions“.

ASSERTION OF DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

If you as a data subject wish to assert one or more rights against the data controller, you can contact the data controller at any time. To do so, please use the contact details provided in the section „data protection questions“.

TRANSFER OF DATA TO THIRD PARTIES

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only share your personal information with third parties if:

1. you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR,
2. the disclosure is permissible in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data,
3. in the event that there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) c) GDPR, as well as
4. this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

Within the scope of the processing operations described in this privacy notice, personal data may be transferred to the USA. The USA does not have an adequate level of data protection (ECJ – Schrems II). To protect your data, we have concluded commissioned processing agreements based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent can serve as a legal basis for the transfer to third countries in accordance with Art. 49 (1) a) GDPR. This may not apply to data transfers to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.

ENCRYPTION

This website uses TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from „http://“ to „https://“ and by the lock symbol in your address bar.

If TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Hosting by UD Media

We host our website at UD Media GmbH, Kölner Straße 28, 41812 Erkelenz (hereinafter referred to as web host).

When you visit our website, your personal data (e.g. IP addresses in log files) are processed on the servers by our web host.

The use of our web host is based on Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most steady presentation and provision as well as security of our website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR with our web host. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that our web host only processes the personal data of our website visitors according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

For more information on privacy policies from our web host, please visit: https://udmedia.de/service/datenschutz/.

Server Log Files

Our web space provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files. We collect and store the following data automatically transmitted to us by your browser:

– Browser type and version

– Operating system used

– Referrer URL (website through which you came to us)

– Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)

– Time of the server request

The temporary processing of the IP address by the system is necessary to technically enable delivery of the website to your computer. Processing your IP address for the duration of the session is necessary for this. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR.

This data is not merged with other data sources. The storage is limited in time and only takes place for optimization and to ensure the security of our IT systems.

Akamai (Content Delivery Network)

For the purpose of accelerating our website, we use the Content Delivery Network (CDN) of Akamai Technologies Inc, 150 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA, („Akamai“). A CDN is a service that helps us deliver content from our online offering, especially large media files such as graphics or scripts, more quickly using regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet. Your data is processed solely for the aforementioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of the CDN.

Akamai transfers personal data from the log files (e.g. IP addresses) to the USA for each data processing, as certain servers for processing the log files are only located in the USA. Akamai has consequently committed itself to comply with the standards and regulations of European data protection law.

Akamai stores data for up to 24 hours so that content can be delivered more quickly when you visit our website. Akamai cookies are classified as required cookies.

We process your data to accelerate our website on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the performant provision of our website.

For more information on Akamai’s privacy notice, please visit: https://www.akamai.com/de/de/privacy-policies/.

COOKIES

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on a user’s computer system. When a user calls up a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.

Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and decide on their acceptance individually, as well as prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data they contain. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

You can find out how to manage (including disabling) cookies on the main browsers by following the links below:

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac

Technically necessary cookies

Unless otherwise stated in the privacy notice below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Furthermore, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser even after a page change and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 25 (2) TTDSG (Germany). The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR from our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our offer. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.

Cookiebot

We use the consent management platform „Cookiebot“ from Usercentrics A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark. This service enables us to obtain and manage the consent of website users for data processing.

Cookiebot collects data generated by end users who use our website. When an end user provides consent, Cookiebot automatically logs the following data:

• Browser information
• Date and time of access
• Device information
• The URL, from the visited page
• Banner language
• Consent ID
• The consent status of the end user, which serves as proof of consent

The consent status is also stored in the end user’s browser so that the website can automatically read and follow the end user’s consent in all subsequent page requests and future end user sessions for up to 12 months. Consent data (consent and withdrawal of consent) is stored for three years. The retention period corresponds to the regular limitation period according to Section 195 BGB (Germany). The data is then deleted immediately.

The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the described processing. There is no possibility for the user to object as long as there is a legal obligation to obtain the user’s consent to certain data processing operations (Artt. 7 (1), 6 (1) 1c) GDPR).

Cookiebot is a recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to the websites of other providers. We cannot influence their compliance with data protection regulations, which is why our data protection declaration does not extend to them.

CONTENTS OF OUR WEBSITE

Contact form

On our website you can send us inquiries via a contact form. In addition to mandatory fields, the contact form also contains voluntary information.

We process the information you provide in the form, including the contact data you enter there, for the purpose of processing the request. This data will not be passed on to third parties or processed for other purposes without your express consent. As soon as you send your request, the data controller will receive an e-mail with all this information in order to process your request immediately.

The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR or Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR, if the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Voucher order

On our website we offer you the possibility to purchase various vouchers.

Via the voucher order form, we collect various data that we need for processing. This data will not be disclosed to third parties or processed for other purposes without your express consent. As soon as you send your request, the data controller will receive an e-mail with all this information in order to process your request immediately.

For the voucher order form, we use the online application of the company Jotform Ltd (Jotform), 4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 780, San Francisco CA 94111. The data is transferred to Jotform in the USA for processing. Jotform processes your personal data only on behalf of and at the instruction of the controller.

Jotform has submitted to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. You can find more information at the following link: https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome. To protect your data in the U.S., we have concluded a data processing agreement with Jotform based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses to enable the transfer of your personal data to Jotform.

The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR, as the request is aimed at the conclusion of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Direct booking and availability check

On our website you have the possibility to book rooms and other additional services in our hotel directly or to check availability. Alternatively, you can also make a booking request by phone or e-mail directly to us. We collect, process and use your personal data provided during the booking process exclusively for the establishment, implementation and processing of the contractual relationship established with the booking and on the basis of provisions of the Federal Registration Act. In addition, you can provide us with further information. These are based on a purely voluntary basis.

The hotel uses the direct booking system OnePageBooking of the company HotelNetSolutions GmbH, Genthiner Str. 8, 10785 Berlin for online bookings. HotelNetSolutions GmbH acts in compliance with data protection regulations, which were contractually agreed between the responsible party and the processor.

For the transmission of reservation offers for booking inquiries by telephone or by e-mail and, if necessary, other booking-related messages, we use “Korrespondenzmanager” of the company Brandnamic GmbH, Satzlstraße 4, 39042 Brixen, Italy.
In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the processor in accordance with Article 28 GDPR.

We delete the data collected in this context from our system after storage is no longer required, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR.

REGISTRATION FORM

The hotel is obliged by §30 (1) BMG (federal registration act) to provide special registration forms and to ensure that these are correctly filled out and signed. In order to comply with this obligation, your name, address, date of birth, nationality and date of arrival and departure will be transferred to the registration form in advance. Any missing information will be completed upon your arrival. Failure to provide the data may mean that accommodation cannot be justified. The legal storage period according to § 30 (4) BMG for the registration form is 1 year.

For the collection of health resort fees and the issuance of the health resort card (ostseecard), a registration form is also created. For this purpose we additionally collect the names and dates of birth of all arriving persons. The registration forms are created via the registration platform of the health resort administration, operated by AVS Abrechnungs- und Verwaltungs-Service GmbH, Josephsplatz 8, 95444 Bayreuth. Your data provided during the binding booking will be automatically transmitted to the health resort administration via AVS. The basis for the processing is §10 (1) LMG (state registration act) Schleswig-Holstein.

SATISFACTION SURVEY

We additionally use your e-mail address and name given during the binding booking to send you an e-mail with a satisfaction survey about your stay after your stay. At random, you will receive either a link to an evaluation form or a forwarding to a public evaluation portal. The sole purpose of this survey is to evaluate and improve our customer relationship. This is also our legitimate interest. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR and Section 7 (3) UWG (Germany).

For the satisfaction survey, we use the online evaluation tool Customer Alliance of CA Customer Alliance GmbH, Ullsteinstraße 130, 12109 Berlin. CA Customer Alliance GmbH acts in compliance with data protection regulations, which were contractually agreed between the responsible party and the processor.

If you do not wish this data to be used for this purpose, you naturally have the right to object at any time in accordance with Art. 21 (3) GDPR in conjunction with Section 7 (3) UWG (Germany).

WELLNESS TREATMENT

When you make appointments for wellness treatments, your name, period of stay and, if applicable, your telephone number are processed. To carry out the treatments, we use the professional services of the spa team from our partner hotel Grand Hotel Seeschlösschen or, if applicable, another external service provider. The respective service provider receives your name and, if applicable, your period of stay and your telephone number for the purpose of making an appointment.

The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR, as the request is aimed at the conclusion of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

NEWSLETTER

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require your e-mail address. The registration for our e-mail newsletter takes place in the double opt-in procedure. After you have entered the data marked as mandatory, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided, in which we ask you to explicitly confirm your subscription to the newsletter. In this way, we ensure that you actually wish to receive our e-mail newsletter. Further data will not be collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

This website uses Sendinblue to send newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.

Sendinblue is a service with which, among other things, the sending of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter is stored on Sendinblue’s servers in Germany.

If you do not want Sendinblue to analyze your data, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

You can withdraw the consent you have given at any time. You can also prevent the processing at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser accordingly. You can also prevent the storage and transmission of personal data by deactivating JavaScript in your web browser or installing a JavaScript blocker (e.g. https://noscript.net or https://www.ghostery.com). We would like to point out that these measures may mean that not all functions of our website are available.

With the help of Sendinblue, it is possible for us to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked. In this way, we can determine, among other things, which links have been clicked on particularly frequently.

In addition, we can recognize whether certain previously defined actions have been performed after opening/clicking (conversion rate). We can thus recognize, for example, whether you have made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter.

Sendinblue also allows us to divide the newsletter recipients into different categories (so-called „clustering“). In doing so, the newsletter recipients can be subdivided according to age, gender or place of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups.

For detailed information about Sendinblue’s features, see the following link: https://www.newsletter2go.de/features/newsletter-software/.

The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. You can withdraw this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from our servers as well as from the servers of Sendinblue after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for bookings made) remain unaffected by this.

You can view Sendinblue’s privacy notice at: https://www.newsletter2go.de/features/datenschutz-2/.

APPLICATION

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application procedure. The processing may also take place electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends corresponding application documents to the controller by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a contact form located on the website.

If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data shall be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be deleted six months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller prevent deletion. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG – Germany).

The legal basis for the processing is Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 (1) FDPA.

PAYMENT

You have the option to pay either by providing your credit card details or by SofortÜberweisung.

For payment processing via the payment method „SofortÜberweisung“ we use the payment service provider Klarna GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich. Your payment data is transmitted directly to the payment service provider for secure processing of the payment by the user and is not stored on our server. Your personal data is only transferred insofar as it is necessary for the execution of the contract.

In case of payment method „credit card“ your credit card data will be stored on the system OnePageBooking. Your credit card will not be charged at this time of booking, but your data will be stored in the hotel system for later payment and will only be charged accordingly upon departure.

Links to social media SITES

Facebook, Instagram

The controller has integrated components of the company Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in the form of links on this website. The operating company of the Facebook and Instagram services is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. The parent company is Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

If you are logged in to Facebook or Instagram at the same time and click on the link, the operating company can assign this visit to your user account and saves this personal data. Under certain circumstances, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have a Facebook or Instagram account. In this case, the data is collected, for example, via cookies that are stored on your end device or by recording your IP address.

The Facebook data policy published by the operating company, which can be accessed at de-en.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by the operating company.

More information and Instagram’s applicable privacy notice can be found at help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

Facebook Connect

On our website, you can log in to create a customer account or register using the social plugin „Facebook Connect“ of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Inc.), 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA („Meta“), within the framework of the so-called single sign-on technology, if you have a Facebook profile. You can recognize the social plugins from „Facebook Connect“ on our website by the blue button with the Facebook logo and the inscription „Mit Facebook anmelden“ or „Connect with Facebook“ or „Log in with Facebook“ or „Sign in with Facebook“.

When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Meta’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Meta server in the USA and stored there. These processing operations are carried out exclusively when explicit consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

By using this „Facebook Connect“ button on our website, you also have the option of logging in or registering on our website using your Facebook user data. Exclusively if you give your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR prior to the registration process on the basis of a corresponding notice about the exchange of data with Facebook, we receive the general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile when using the „Facebook Connect“ button from Facebook, depending on your personally made data protection settings at Facebook. This information includes the user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender.

We would like to point out that, following changes to Facebook’s data protection conditions and terms of use, there may also be a transfer of your profile pictures, the user IDs of your friends and the friends list if these have been marked as „public“ in your privacy settings on Facebook. The data transmitted by Facebook will be stored and processed by us for the creation of a user account with the necessary data, if these have been released by you at Facebook for this purpose (title, first name, last name, address data, country, e-mail address, date of birth). Conversely, data (e.g. information on your surfing or purchasing behavior) may be transferred from us to your Facebook profile based on your consent.

The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the data controller named at the beginning of this statement.

For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy notice: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Facebook plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with „Adblock Plus“ (https://adblockplus.org/de/).

WEBANALYSIS

Google Analytics

On our websites, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland („Google“). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see point „Cookies“) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

1. the browser type/version,
2. the operating system used,
3. the referrer URL (the previously visited page),
4. the host name of the accessing computer (IP address) and
5. Time of the server request,

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to the use of the website and the Internet for the purposes of market research and demand-oriented design of these Internet pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively upon the granting of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link: Disable Google Analytics. An opt-out cookie will be set, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

You can view the Google Analytics privacy notice at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Google AdSense

We have integrated Google AdSense on this website. The operating company of the Google AdSense component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google AdSense is an online service that enables the placement of advertisements on third-party websites. Google AdSense is based on an algorithm that selects the advertisements displayed on third-party sites to match the content of the respective third-party site. Google AdSense allows interest-based targeting of Internet users, which is implemented by generating individual user profiles.

The purpose of the Google AdSense component is to integrate advertisements on our website. Google-AdSense sets a cookie on your IT system. By setting the cookie, Alphabet Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA, is enabled to analyze the use of our website. Each time you call up one of the individual pages of this website that is operated by us and on which a Google AdSense component has been integrated, the Internet browser on your IT system is automatically triggered by the respective Google AdSense component to transmit data to Alphabet Inc. for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions. Within the scope of this technical procedure, Alphabet Inc. obtains knowledge of personal data, such as your IP address, which Alphabet Inc. uses, among other things, to track the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission settlements.

Google AdSense also uses so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in Internet pages to enable log file recording and log file analysis, whereby a statistical evaluation can be performed. By means of the embedded tracking pixel, Alphabet Inc. can recognize whether and when an Internet page was opened by your IT system and which links you clicked on. Among other things, tracking pixels are used to evaluate the flow of visitors to a website.

Via Google AdSense, personal data and information, which also includes the IP address and is necessary for the collection and billing of the displayed advertisements, is transferred to Alphabet Inc. in the United States of America. This personal data is stored and processed in the United States of America. Alphabet Inc. may disclose this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively upon the granting of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

You can view the privacy notice and further information from Google AdSense at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/adsense/start/ and at https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

PARTNER AND AFFILIATE PROGRAMS

DoubleClick

This website contains components of DoubleClick by Google. DoubleClick is a brand of Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland), under which special online marketing solutions are marketed to advertising agencies and publishers.

DoubleClick by Google transfers data to the DoubleClick server with each impression as well as with clicks or other activities. Each of these data transfers triggers a cookie request to your browser. If the browser accepts this request, DoubleClick sets a cookie on your IT system. The purpose of the cookie is to optimize and display advertising. The cookie is used, among other things, to serve and display user-relevant advertising and to generate reports on advertising campaigns or to improve them. Furthermore, the cookie is used to avoid multiple displays of the same advertisement.

DoubleClick uses a cookie ID, which is required to handle the technical process. The cookie ID is required, for example, to display an advertisement in a browser. DoubleClick can also use the cookie ID to record which advertisements have already been displayed in a browser in order to avoid duplicate placements. Furthermore, the cookie ID enables DoubleClick to record conversions.

A DoubleClick cookie does not contain any personal data. However, a DoubleClick cookie may contain additional campaign identifiers. A campaign identifier serves to identify the campaigns with which you have already been in contact.

Each time you call up one of the individual pages of this website that is operated by us and on which a DoubleClick component has been integrated, the internet browser on your IT system is caused by the respective DoubleClick component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions. As part of this technical process, Google obtains knowledge of data that Google also uses to generate commission statements. Among other things, Google can track that you have clicked on certain links on our website.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively upon the granting of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

You can view the privacy notice of DoubleClick by Google at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/.

PLUGINS AND OTHER SERVICES

Google Maps

We use Google Maps (API) on our website. The operating company of Google Maps is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive maps in order to visually present geographical information. By using this service, for example, our location can be displayed to you and a possible approach can be facilitated.

Already when calling up those sub-pages in which the map of Google Maps is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment with your profile at Google, you must log out of your Google user account. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely disabling the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can then not be used.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the granting of explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

You can view Google’s terms of use at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html and the additional terms of use for Google Maps at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html.

You can view the privacy notice of Google Maps at: („Google Privacy Policy“): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Google Fonts

Our website uses so-called Web Fonts for the uniform display of fonts. The Google WebFonts are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

When you call up 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 use establishes a connection to Google’s servers. This enables Google to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our website.

Further information on Google WebFonts and Google’s privacy notice can be found at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq ; https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the granting of explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

Google Tag Manager

On this website we use the Google Tag Manager service. The operating company of Google Tag Manager is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Through this tool, „website tags“ (i.e. keywords that are integrated into HTML elements) can be implemented and managed via an interface. By using the Google Tag Manager, we can automatically track which button, link or personalized image you have actively clicked on and can then record which contents of our website are of particular interest to you.

The tool also triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If you have set a deactivation at the domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the granting of explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

Further information on Google Tag Manager and Google’s privacy notice can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Vimeo (Videos)

Plugins of the video portal Vimeo of Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA are integrated on our website. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Vimeo. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Vimeo directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged in to Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo can directly assign your visit to our website to your Vimeo account. If you interact with the plugins (such as pressing the start button of a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.

If you do not want Vimeo to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.

For videos from Vimeo that are embedded on our site, the tracking tool Google Analytics is automatically integrated. This is Vimeo’s own tracking, to which we have no access and which cannot be influenced by our site. Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies“ for tracking, which are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the granting of explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR.

You can view Vimeo’s privacy notice at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

AMENDMENT OF THE PRIVACY NOTICE

We reserve the right to update the privacy notice from time to time with effect for the future, in particular in the event of further development of the website, the use of new technologies or changes in the legal basis or the relevant case law.

Status: July 2023