Source: https://archiitect.io/privacy/
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 03:45:22+00:00

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The operators of these sites take the protection of personal data very seriously.
The use of the here published contact informations by third parties for sending unsolicited advertisements and information materials is hereby expressly prohibited.
– Meta- / Communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).
“Profiling” means any kind of automated processing of personal data which involves the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects relating to job performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation of that natural person.
“Responsible person” means the natural or legal person, public authority, institution or another body that decides, alone or in concert with others, on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, institution or another other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you about the legal bases of our data processing. Unless the legal basis in the data protection declaration is mentioned, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for the processing for the performance of our services and the execution of contractual measures as well as the response to inquiries is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing in order to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing in order to safeguard our legitimate interests is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Article 6 par. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as legal basis.
Measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as their access, input, disclosure, availability and separation. We have also set up procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, data deletion and data vulnerability. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data already in the development, or selection of hardware, software and procedures, according to the principle of data protection through technology design and privacy-friendly default settings (Art. 25 GDPR).
If, in the context of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (contract processors or third parties), transmit them to them or otherwise grant access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of a legal permission (eg if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, pursuant to Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b GDPR is required to fulfill the contract), if you have consented, if a legal obligation requires to do so or based on our legitimate Interests (eg the use of agents, webhosters, etc.).
If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called “job processing contract” („Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrages“), this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR.
If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or in the context of the use of third party services or disclosure or transmission of data to third parties, this will only be done if it is to fulfill our (pre) contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests.
Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or have the data processed in a third country only in the presence of the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR. That the processing is e.g. based on specific guarantees, such as the officially recognized level of data protection in the EU (e.g. for the US through the Privacy Shield) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called “standard contractual clauses”).
You have accordingly to Art. 16 GDPR the right to demand the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of the incorrect data concerning you.
You have compliant with Art. 77 GDPR the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You have the right to withdraw from previously granted consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR with effect for the future.
According to legal requirements in Germany, the storage takes place in particular for 10 years according to §§ 147 par. 1 AO, 257 par. 1 No. 1 and 4, par. 4 HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting documents, trading books, relevant for taxation Documents, etc.) and 6 years in accordance with § 257 par. 1 No. 2 and 3, par. 4 HGB (commercial letters).
Within our online offer, we apply based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer) according to Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f GDPR industry-standard tracking measures as required for the operation of the affiliate system. Below we clarify the users about the technical background.
In summary, our online offering requires us to be able to keep track of whether users who are interested in affiliate links and / or the offers provided by us, then take advantage of the offers on the affiliate links or on our online platform. For this, the affiliate links and our offers are supplemented by certain values that are part of the link or otherwise, e.g. in a cookie, can be set. The values include in particular the source website (referrer), time, an online identifier of the operator of the website on which the affiliate link was located, an online identifier of the respective offer, an online identifier of the user, as well as tracking specific values such as Ad-ID, Affiliate-ID, and categorizations.
The online user IDs used by us are pseudonymous values. I. e. the online identifiers themselves do not contain personal data such as names or e-mail addresses. They only help us determine whether the same user who clicked on an affiliate link or was interested in an offer through our online offer, perceived the offer, i. e. e.g. has signed a contract with the provider. However, the online identification is personal in so far, to the partner company and also to us, as the online identification is available together with other user data. Only then can the partner company tell us whether the user has accepted the offer and we, for example, can pay the bonus.
On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR), we are participants in the Amazon EU Affiliate Program, which was designed to provide a medium for websites, by which an advertising fee refund can be earned (so-called affiliate system) through the placement of advertisements and links to Amazon.com. That is, as an Amazon partner, we earn on qualified purchases.
If users leave comments or other contributions, their IP addresses may be based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR be stored for 7 days. This is for our own safety, if someone leaves illegal content in comments and contributions (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In this case, we ourselves can be prosecuted for the comment or post and are therefore interested in the identity of the author.
Furthermore, we reserve the right, in accordance with our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR to process the information of users for the purpose of spam detection.
Our online offering uses the “Akismet” service offered by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street # 343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. The use is based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR. With the help of this service, comments of real people are distinguished from spam comments. All comment information is sent to a server in the US, where it is analyzed and stored for four days for comparison. If a comment has been classified as spam, the data will be stored beyond that time. This information includes the name entered, the email address, the IP address, the comment content, the referrer, details of the browser used, the computer system and the time of the entry.
When contacting us (for example, by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media) the information of the user to process the contact request and its processing will be handled in accordance with. Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b. (in the context of contractual / pre-contractual relationships), Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. (other requests) GDPR. User information can be stored in a Customer Relationship Management System (“CRM System”) or similar request organization.
Double opt-in and logging: Registration for our newsletter is done in a so-called double-opt-in procedure. Meaning after registration, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with external e-mail addresses. The registration for the newsletter will be logged in order to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the login and the confirmation time, as well as the IP address. Likewise, changes to your data stored with the shipping service provider will be logged.
Credentials: To subscribe to the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your e-mail address. Optionally, we ask you to give a name for the purpose of personal address in the newsletter .
The dispatch of the newsletter and the associated performance measurement are based on a consent of the recipients according to Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR in conjunction with § 7 Abs. 2 No. 3 Fair Trade Law (UWG) or if consent is not required, based on our legitimate interests in the direct marketing according to Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR in conjunction with § 7 Abs. 3 Fair Trade Law (UWG).
The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests in accordance with. Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR. Our interest lies in the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system, which serves both our business interests and the expectations of the users and also allows us the prove of consent.
Termination / Revocation: You may terminate the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. A link to cancel the newsletter can be found at the end of each newsletter. We may save the submitted email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before we delete them to prove prior consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for cancellation is possible at any time, provided that at the same time the former existence of a consent is confirmed.
The newsletter service provider may use the data of the recipients in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assignment to a user, to optimize or improve their own services, e.g. for the technical optimization of shipping and the presentation of newsletters or for statistical purposes. However, the shipping service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to address them themselves or to pass the data on to third parties.
The newsletters contain a so-called “web-beacon”, i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when opening the newsletter, or if we use a newsletter service provider, it will be retrieved from their server. This call will initially collect technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval.
This information is used to improve the technical performance of services based on their specifications or audience and their reading habits, based on their locations (which can be determined using the IP address) or access times. Statistical surveys also include determining if the newsletters will be opened, when they will be opened and which links will be clicked.
For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to the individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our goal nor, if used, that of the newsletter service provider to observe individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.
Here we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors to this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer according Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDRP in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of contract processing contract).
We, respectively our hosting provider, collects on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR Data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes name of the retrieved web page, file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, message about successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider.
Logfile information is stored for security purposes (for example, to investigate abusive or fraudulent activities) for a maximum of 14 days and then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidential purposes shall be exempted from the cancellation until final clarification of the incident.
Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage so-called web site tags through one interface (including, for example, Google Analytics and other Google marketing services in our online offering). The tag manager itself (which implements the tags) does not process users’ personal data. With regard to the processing of users’ personal data, reference is made to the following information about Google’s services. Usage Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.
Within our online offer the so-called “Facebook pixel” of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or, if you are located in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland ( “Facebook”), is used due to our legitimate interests in analysis, optimization and economical operation of our online offer and for these purposes.
Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement, which provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law. (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).
With the help of the Facebook pixel, it is on the one hand possible for Facebook to determine the visitors to our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called “Facebook ads”). Accordingly, we use the Facebook Pixel to display the Facebook Ads we have been sent only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offer or who have certain characteristics (e.g., interests in particular topics or products that are determined by the websites visited), which we transmit to Facebook (so-called “Custom Audiences”). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to make sure that our Facebook ads are in line with the potential interest of users and are not annoying. With the help of the Facebook pixel we can also understand the effectiveness of the Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes, in which we see whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called “conversion”).
The processing of the data by Facebook is part of Facebook’s data usage policy. Accordingly, general notes on the presentation of Facebook Ads, in the data usage policy of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy. Special information and details about the Facebook pixel and how it works can be found in the Help section of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.
You may object to the capture by the Facebook Pixel and use of your data to display Facebook Ads. To set which types of ads you see within Facebook, you can go to the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions on the usage-based advertising settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. The settings are platform independent, meaning they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR) we use the plugin Jetpack (here the subfunction “WordPress Stats”), which includes a tool for statistical evaluation about the visitor hits, provided by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street # 343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Jetpack uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you.
We maintain online presence within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with active customers, prospects and users and to inform them about our services.
We point out that data of the users can be processed outside the area of the European Union. This may result in risks for the users because e.g. enforcement of user rights could be made more difficult. With respect to US providers certified under the Privacy Shield, we point out that they are committed to respecting EU privacy standards.
Processing of the personal data of users is based on our legitimate interests in an effective information of users and communication with users in accordance with. Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR. If the users are asked by the respective providers for a consent to the data processing (i.e. they declare their agreement, for example, by ticking a check box or confirming a button), the legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a., Art. 7 GDPR.
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR), we make use of content or services offered by third-party providers in order to provide their content and services, such as videos or fonts (collectively referred to as “content”).
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f. GDPR) we use social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”). This may include, e.g. content such as images, videos or text and buttons, with which users can share the content of this online offer within Facebook. The list and appearance of Facebook Social Plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When a user invokes a feature of this online offering that includes such a plugin, their device establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to the device of the user and incorporated by him into the online offer. In the process, user profiles can be created from the processed data. We therefore have no influence on the amount of data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and therefore informs the users according to our state of knowledge.
If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about him via this online offer and link it to his member data stored on Facebook, he must log out of Facebook and delete his cookies before using our online offer. Other settings and inconsistencies regarding the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads or via the US-American site http://optout.aboutads.info/ or the EU page http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. The settings are platform independent, i.e. they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

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