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Thank you for your visiting our website and for your interest in our agency and the offered services. We are considering data protection not simply our legal obligation. It is also an important tool to increase transparency in our daily processing of your personal data. Below we would like to explain how we process personal data and inform you about your rights. We are distinctly aware of the importance to you as our patron of how personal data is handled and accordingly observe all relevant legal requirements. Protecting your privacy is of utmost importance to us. We, therefore, process your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the data protection regulations of the German federal states.
Liable within the meaning of applicable General Data Protection Regulation:
laif Agentur für Photos & Reportagen GmbH
Neusser Straße 173a
D-50733 Köln
Germany
Managing director authorized to represent:
Silke Frigge
Telefon: +49 221 27 226-0
E-Mail: mail@laif.de
Contact information:
Contact details of the data protection officer:
UvH Datenschutzberatung UG
Heimhuder Straße 71
20148 Hamburg
This data protection declaration uses the definitions, concepts, and terminology of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
“Personal data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
“Processing” is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
“Restriction of processing” means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
“Profiling” is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location, or movements.
“Pseudonymisation” is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
“Filing system” means any structured set of personal data, which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis.
“Data controller” is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body which alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by the Union or national law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or national law.
“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body, which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
“Recipient” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
“Third party” is any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or the processor, are authorized to process the data.
“Consent” of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
We collect and process the following personal data about you:
We process your data for the following purposes:
We process your data on the following legal bases:
Consent (Art. 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR) – The data subject signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her for specific purposes.
Fulfilment of contract and pre-contractual request (Art. 6 par. 1 (b) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
Legal obligation (Art. 6 par. 1 (c) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 par. 1 (f) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.
Insofar as we base the processing of personal data on legitimate interests (Art. 6 par. 1 (f) GDPR), those are:
We receive the data from you (including data about the devices you use). If we do not collect the personal data directly from you, we will inform you about the origin of the personal data and, where applicable, whether we obtained it from publicly accessible sources.
To process your data, we employ the following partners with access to your data:
In the event that data is processed in a third country (outside of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) i.e.) or processed through employed third party sources or if disclosed or rather transferred to other persons or entities, such processes are executed in compliance with legal requirements.
Subject to expressed consent or transmission necessary either under contract or by law, we have data processed in third countries that offer an adequate level of data protection, contractual obligation in compliance with safeguard clauses according to EU standards, presence of relevant certifications or binding internal data policies.
(Art. 44 – 49 GDPR, Informational dimension of data protection, European Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_en).
The data is always deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the achievement of the aforementioned purposes of their collection or after expiration of a legal retention period. We store your data,
You have – in part, subject to specific terms and conditions – the right to request information about personal data processed by us at any time and free of charge. You have a right to receive a copy of your personal data. In this is case, you have a right to information about the purposes for which your personal data is processed, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data may have been disclosed to or will be disclosed to, the planned duration of the storage of your personal data, or the criteria for determining the duration of storage. You also have the right to rectification of your personal data. Furthermore, considering the purposes for processing your personal data, you have the right to request completion of incomplete personal data. You have the right to demand restriction/deletion your personal data if for instance the following conditions apply: Withdrawal of consent as basis for data processing, your objection to the processing, if there are no legal reasons for
Unless expressed explicitly prior to the collection of data, its disclosure is neither required nor obligatory. Such requirements may be based on legal or contractual obligations.
Our contact form offers the easiest way to contact us. In order to allow contact, we have marked specific fields as mandatory. By completing these fields and clicking “Send”, you express consent to the transmission of your data to us by email. No data is stored on the web server at this time.
By signing up for our laif newsletter, you provide us with the necessary data to send you our periodic newsletter by email. Legal basis for the mailing of newsletters is your consent according to Art. 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR. Alternatively, we offer free access to a whitepaper through our website. Access to this whitepaper may hinge on your consent to receive our newsletter by providing personal data (name, email address, company name). You can revoke your consent at any time. Please opt for the previously described path of communication or use the “Unsubscribe” link in the footer of a received email.
We have taken extensive technical and organizational steps designed to help protect your personal data from potential threats such as unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, destruction or abuse.
To transfer your personal data safely, we encrypt that information in transit using secure socket layer (SSL) technology. The employed encryption process is a standard method for online service providers, especially for the web.
Our website does not collect user log files. Only in the event that the host returns an error message, the error log is written to a file report.
A cookie is a small text file that includes an identification number and is stored on your hard drive along with initially requested data, as you visit our website. This file can later be read by a web server and serves as authenticator of the user. Cookies are simple files that cannot run programs or transmit viruses onto your computer. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can adjust your browser setting to decline cookies. You can configure your browser’s settings according to your wishes and can thereby refuse to accept cookies or notify you once a cookie is placed. In this case, however, it is possible that not all the features of this website will be fully available to you.
You can prevent our website from storing cookies at any time by setting your browser to decline cookies permanently. Active Cookies can be deleted either in the browser or by using specific software. Our website does not store its own cookies, but we may collaborate with partners, who support us in the creation of an appealing online experience for you. To this end, partner cookies (third-party cookies) are stored on your hard drive, when you visit our website. In cases when we collaborate with these advertising partners, we inform you individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in each case within the following paragraphs.
We differentiate between the following types of cookies:
We use the service Google Analytics of (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Parent company is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereafter referred to as „Google“).
This service allows us to analyze the use of our Internet sites and deploys cookies. For this purpose on this website the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” has been added to the code to guarantee anonymous recording of an IP address. Anonymization of your IP address is achieved by recording it in shortened form within the member countries of the European Union or in other contracting states of the European Economic Area (EEA).
The Google Analytics advertising function uses remarketing and reports on performance by demographic characteristics and interests. These processes are intended to align advertising measures more closely to the interests of the relevant user with the help of information about user behaviour. For remarketing, personalized advertising measures can be placed on other websites based on the user’s surfing behaviour on this website. The advertising media may contain products that the user has previously viewed on the website. If you have agreed that your Google web and app browser history is assigned to your Google account and information from your Google account is used to personalize ads, Google will use this data for remarketing across all devices.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can prevent the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings. If you do this, however, you may not be able to use all functions of the website. You will have to change the settings separately on every browser you use. Furthermore, you can prevent Google Inc. from collection and processing this data by downloading and installing the browser ad-on available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. Alternatively, or for browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics. An opt-out cookie will be placed on your device for our Internet sites with effect for your browser in use at the time. If you delete your cookies in that browser, you need to click on this link again. Provided that you have given your consent, data processing and especially the placing of cookies happens based on Art. 6 par. 1 (e) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us without affecting the legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to the withdrawal.
It cannot be guaranteed that Google does not transfer data to the Google LLC in the US for the purpose of storage and further processing. If such data transfer to the USA takes place, it is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/.
You can find more detailed information about the conditions of use and data protection at: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/ and https://policies.google.com/privacy. Information about types of personal and processed data: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices/.
On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually present geographical information. By using this service, you will be shown our location and it will be easier for you to find us.
You can find more detailed information about the conditions of use and data protection at: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/ and https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Link to Opt-Out-Plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
This website uses Facebook social plug-ins owned by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. The plug-ins are marked by thumbs-up button (“like”) and the f symbol on a blue background.
When you visit a page of our website and interact with such a plug-in, the corresponding information is transferred from the browser directly to Facebook and stored by it. If you are logged into a Facebook account, Facebook can assign your behaviour to your Facebook profile. When you interact with plug-ins, e.g. by clicking the “like” button, or decide to leave a comment, the corresponding information is transferred to Facebook.Legal basis for such data processing with your consent is Art. 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR. You can revoke any given consent with respect to any future processing at any time. Revocation of consent does not affect the legitimacy of the data processing prior to the revocation of consent.
You can revoke any given consent through our consent management platform.
Another option to prevent Facebook plug-ins from loading is the employment of add-ons for your browser, for example:
We assume joint control with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection or reception (but not for further processing) of so-called data insights gathered by Facebook through social plug-ins (and features to embed content) executed on our online presence or via transfer for purposes such as a) display content, including advertising, that is customised to client interests and preferences, b) send commercial or transactions related messages (messaging via Facebook messenger, e. g.), c) improve delivery of advertisements and personalisation of features and content (enhanced analyses of client interests regarding content and advertising e. g.).
We have entered into a special agreement with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Controller Addendum”, https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum), which in particular governs the Meta Platforms Ireland Limited data security terms (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms). It also states preparedness by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited to guarantee rights of persons affected (that means, users may direct requests for information or deletion to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited).
Notice: Metrics, analyses and reports provided to us by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (aggregated data and therefore without personal information but anonymous for us) are not processed under the above mentioned joint agreement but rather based on a contract for data processing (“Data Processing Terms”, https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing, on “Data Security Terms” https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms) and also, with regards to processing in the USA, based on standard contractual clauses “Facebook EU Data Transfer Addendum” (https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum).
User rights to request access to or deletion of personal data, express objection or file a complaint with the supervisory authority are not restricted by these agreements.
Further information on the purposes, type and methods of collection, processing, use and storage of personal data by the social network platform, as well as how to exercise your rights, please consult the Meta Platforms Ireland Limited privacy policy available at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.
Further information about data collection:
http://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084, http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other#applications and http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info#everyoneinfo; Terms of use for Facebook Business Tools: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools.
This website uses Instagram social plug-ins by Meta Platforms Ireland, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. You can identify it by the Instagram icon.
When you visit a page of our website and interact with the plug-in, the corresponding information is transferred from the browser directly to Facebook and stored by it. If you are logged into an Instagram account, Facebook can assign your visit to our website to your Instagram profile. If you interact with the plug-in, the corresponding information is transferred to Facebook. You can prevent Facebook from assigning the data collected through our website to your Instagram profile by logging out of Instagram prior to your visit on our website.
Legal basis for data processing with your consent is Art. 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR. You can revoke any given consent with respect to any future processing at any time through our available consent management platform. Please note, that any revocation of consent does not affect the legitimacy of the data processing prior to the revocation of consent. Further, you may revoke your consent by choosing appropriate browser settings or on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/accounts/data_controls_support
Also, you can deactivate user-based advertising through the following US websites http://optout.networkadvertising.org and http://www.aboutads.info/choices, or the European website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.
We assume joint control with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection or reception (but not for further processing) of so-called data insights gathered by Facebook through social plug-ins (and features to embed content) executed on our online presence or via transmission for purposes such as a) display content, including advertising, that is customised to client interests and preferences, b) send commercial or transactions related messages (messaging via Facebook messenger, e. g.), c) improve delivery of advertisements and personalisation of features and content (enhanced analyses of client interests regarding content and advertising e. g.)
We have entered into a special agreement with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Controller Addendum”, https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum), which in particular governs Meta Platforms Ireland Limited data security terms (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms). It also states preparedness by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited to guarantee rights of persons affected (that means, users may direct requests for information or deletion to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited).
Notice: Metrics, analyses and reports provided to us by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (aggregated data and therefore without personal information but anonymous for us) are not processed under the above mentioned agreement but rather based on a contract for data processing (“Data Processing Terms”, https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing, on “Data Security Terms” https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms) and also with regards to processing in the US based on standard contractual clauses “Facebook EU Data Transfer Addendum” (https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum).
User rights to request access to or deletion of personal data, express objection or file a complaint with the supervisory authority are not restricted by these agreements.
storage of personal data by the social network platform, as well as for how to exercise your rights, please consult the Meta Platforms Ireland Limited privacy policy available at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy or Instagram’s privacy policy at: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875. Information how to access data in your personal Instagram account can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/access_tool/. Further, you have the option to make a privacy policy inquiry and request a copy of your personal data processed by Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/download/request/. Further information about data collection:
http://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084, http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other#applications and http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info#everyoneinfo; Terms of use for Facebook Business Tools: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools.
This website uses social plug-ins by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”). The processor of personal data, if a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada, is the Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
When you visit a page of our website with such a plug-in, Twitter receives information that your browser with your IP address has accessed the respective page on our website. If you are logged into a Twitter account, Twitter can assign your visit to our website to your Twitter profile. Data from user behaviour from interacting with the plug-in, like clicking the “Tweet” or “Follow” button e.g., can get transferred to Twitter as well.
You can prevent Twitter from assigning the data collected through our website to your Twitter profile by logging out of Twitter prior to your visit on our website.
Twitter stores so-called cookies on your device, even if you are logged out of your Twitter account or if you don’t own a profile. This enables Twitter to create a user profile based on your preferences and interests and provide interest-based advertising on and outside of Twitter. Cookies remain on your device until you delete them or until expiration of their storage period. For more details please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy (see below). Further, please find information in Twitter’s cookie policy: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies.
We have neither influence on the type or scope of the data processed by Twitter, nor on the data processing, use or sharing with third parties. Information regarding Twitter’s use of data and for which purposes, can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy (https://twitter.com/en/privacy). Twitter also offers the option to access your data at: https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/accessing-your-twitter-data.
Further, you have the option to make a privacy policy inquiry and request a copy of your personal data processed by Twitter through the form at: https://help.twitter.com/en/forms/privacy or at:
https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-download-your-twitter-archive.
The settings of your Twitter account allow for options to restrict the processing of your data, and so does the information provided in the chapter “Data Safety and Security”.
Further, you can restrict Twitter’s access to your contact and calendar details, photos, or location data by adjusting the settings on your mobile devices. However, this option may depend on your operating system. Twitter is offering related information on this support page: https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/privacy-controls-for-tailored-ads.
Legal basis for such data processing with your consent is Art. 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR. You can revoke any given consent with respect to any future processing at any time through our consent management platform. Please note, that any revocation of consent does not affect the legitimacy of the data processing prior to the revocation of consent.
Moreover, you can revoke your consent by choosing the appropriate browser setting or on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/settings/account/personalization.
Further, you can deactivate user-based advertising through the following US websites http://optout.networkadvertising.org and http://www.aboutads.info/choices, or the European website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.
It cannot be guaranteed that Twitter does not transfer data to the USA for the purpose of storage and further processing. If such data transfer to the USA takes place, it is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission: https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html
For information, which data Twitter processes and how, as well as for the option to exercise your rights, please consult the Twitter privacy policy available at: https://twitter.com/de/privacy.
This website uses LinkedIn social plug-ins by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland („LinkedIn“). You can identify it by the LinkedIn icon.
When you visit a page of our website and interact with the plug-in, the corresponding information is transferred from the browser directly to LinkedIn. To this end LinkedIn uses cookies. Please find detailed information regarding the use of cookies at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
If you are logged into a LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can assign your visit to our website to your LinkedIn profile. You can prevent LinkedIn from assigning the data collected through our website to your LinkedIn profile by logging out of LinkedIn prior to your visit on our website. Further, you can opt out of analysis of your user behaviour and interest-based targeted advertising by LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
Legal basis for such data processing with your consent is Art. 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR. You can revoke any given consent with respect to any future processing at any time through our consent management platform. Please note, that any revocation of consent does not affect the legitimacy of the data processing prior to the revocation of consent. Moreover, you can revoke your consent by choosing the appropriate browser setting or on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/. Further, you can deactivate user-based advertising through the following US websites http://optout.networkadvertising.org and http://www.aboutads.info/choices, or the European website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.
Further, you have the option to make a privacy policy inquiry and request a copy of your personal data processed by LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/member-data.
It cannot be guaranteed that LinkedIn does not transfer data to the USA for the purpose of storage and further processing. If such data transfer to the USA takes place, it is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa. For further information, please consult the LinkedIn privacy policy available at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
We use the Vimeo embedding feature to display and play back video material from the vendor Vimeo of Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA (hereafter: „Vimeo“).
When you visit a page of our website with an embedded video, a cookie will be stored in your browser and a direct connection to the Vimeo servers will be established.
The embedding feature enables Vimeo to receive information that your browser has accessed the respective page on our website, also if you are not logged into Vimeo or are not even a Vimeo account holder. Your browser transfers this data (including your IP address) directly to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored by it. If you are logged into a Vimeo account, Vimeo can assign your visit to our website to your Vimeo profile. If you interact with a video (for instance by clicking the Start button), a Vimeo server will record this information and store it as well.
Incorporating Vimeo allows for a visually appealing presentation of our online offerings (legitimate interest according to Art. 6 par. 1 (f) GDPR). As long as processing of data is based on our legitimate interest, you can revoke any given consent with respect to future processing at any time. If a specific consent was requested (like for instance to have cookies stored), then processing will take place in compliance with Art. 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR.
You can revoke your consent without effect on the legitimacy of the data processing prior to the revocation of consent. Revocation may be declared by deactivating the respective option on our available consent management platform: here
Further information on the purposes and scope of data collection and processing by Vimeo, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy available at: http://vimeo.com/privacy.
We use the YouTube embedding feature to display and play back video material from the vendor YouTube (hereafter: „YouTube“), a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereafter: Google).
For videos from YouTube that are embedded on our site, the extended data protection setting is activated. This means that no information is collected and stored from our website visitors on YouTube unless they play the video. As soon as a user starts playing embedded YouTube videos, the provider YouTube will use cookies and similar recognition technologies to collect data about the user’s online activities. YouTube indicates the data is used to compile video statistics, to enhance usability and prevent abusive behaviour. In the process the YouTube server will record the page you have navigated to on our website. If you are logged into a Google account simultaneously, this information will be assigned to your profile. To restrict the assigning with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the playback button. Google will store your data (even for users, who are not logged in) as user profiles and analyze it. This evaluation takes place based on Google’s legitimate interest according to Art. 6 par. 1 (f) GDPR, to place personalized advertising, market research and/or design demand-responsive services on their website. You can object to user profiling by directing your request to YouTube.
Incorporating YouTube allows for a visually appealing presentation of our online offerings (legitimate interest according to Art. 6 par. 1 (f) GDPR). As long as processing of data is based on our legitimate interest, you can revoke any given consent with respect to future processing at any time. If a specific consent was requested (like for instance to have cookies stored), then processing will take place legally based on Art. 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR.
You can revoke your consent without effect on the legitimacy of the data processing prior to the revocation of consent. Revocation may be declared by deactivating the respective option on our available consent management platform: here
You can object to user profiling and interest-based targeted advertising by YouTube at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Further information about data privacy can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl
We send newsletters through MailChimp and use features on our website offered by newsletter service provider Mailchimp by the company The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA to record newsletter subscriptions. Online platforms offered by Rocket Science Group LLC (MailChimp) enable us to stay in touch with our subscribers, primarily by email. They allow users to upload their email address to the Mailchimp database along with name, physical address and other demographic details. The information allows for sending emails and for harnessing additional Mailchimp features for these subscribers. In keeping with its publicly published privacy policy, Mailchimp shares some of the data with third-party providers. They help and enable Mailchimp to offer some of its services to users.
Additionally, to gain insights into user preferences and interests, Mailchimp shares information with advertising partners of third-party providers. Subsequently more relevant content and targeted advertising can be shared with users. When you sign up for our newsletter on our website, Mailchimp will store your data. When you receive a newsletter via Mailchimp, data such as IP address, browser ID, and email program is stored to give us insights into the performance of our newsletters. By including small graphic images called web beacons embedded in html emails (please find more information under https://kb.mailchimp.com/reports/about-open-tracking), Mailchimp can track if an email was received, if it was opened and if links were clicked. Such information is stored on Mailchimp’s servers and not on our website. You can unsubscribe from our newsletters at any time by clicking the corresponding link in the footer of the received email. Clicking the Unsubscribe link will delete your data with Mailchimp. Please find more information regarding Mailchimp’s use of cookies at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/, and their privacy policy at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
This website uses Borlabs Cookie as tool to record and manage your consent to the use of cookies. Service provider is Borlabs – Benjamin A. Bornschein, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany.
Using borlabs cookies enables us to inform about, obtain, manage and document user consent regarding tags on our website. To this end a cookie (borlabs-cookie) is placed.
In order to obtain and store your consent to the use of particular cookies, Borlabs Cookie compiles and collects your cookie preference, inter alia, as well as a random ID, which is assigned to a visitor on our website. No information is transferred to the provider of Borlabs Cookie. Data is processed exclusively for the purpose of analyses, management and verification of issued consent, respecting our duty to manage consent in compliance with the GDPR.
Specified purposes of processing personal data:
Legal basis for processing your personal data with your consent is Art. 6 par. 1 (c, f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the legally compliant documentation and verifiability of consent, the application of marketing measures based on the consent granted and the optimisation of the approval ratings.
The data is always deleted as soon as it is no longer needed. A cookie used expires after one year. You are also free to simply delete the cookie by clearing the data in your browser. If you re-enter/reload the website, you will be asked again for your cookie consent. Data concerning withdrawn consent will be retained for a period of three years. This retention obligation is based in part on our accountability pursuant to Art. 5, par. 2 GDPR, and in part on the limitation period pursuant to Section 195 of the German Civil Code (BGB). The obligation begins at the end of the year in which the consent is granted or withdrawn and ends three years later.
Please find the current version of Borlab’s privacy policy at: https://borlabs.io/privacy/
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| Cookie Expiry | 1 Year |
Statistics Cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how our visitors use our website.
| Name | Google Analytics |
|---|---|
| Provider | Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland |
| Purpose | Cookie from Google for website analytics. Generates statistical data about how the visitor uses the website. |
| Privacy Policy | https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| Cookie Name | _ga,_gat,_gid |
| Cookie Expiry | 2 Years |
Marketing cookies are used by third-party vendors or publishers to display personalized advertisements. They do this by tracking visitors across websites.
Content from video platforms and social media platforms is blocked by default. If cookies from external media are accepted, access to this content no longer requires manual consent.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Provider | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland |
| Purpose | Used to unlock Facebook content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation |
| Host(s) | .facebook.com |
| Name | Google Maps |
|---|---|
| Provider | Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland |
| Purpose | Used to unlock Google Maps content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| Host(s) | .google.com |
| Cookie Name | NID |
| Cookie Expiry | 6 Months |
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Provider | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland |
| Purpose | Used to unlock Instagram content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://www.instagram.com/legal/privacy/ |
| Host(s) | .instagram.com |
| Cookie Name | pigeon_state |
| Cookie Expiry | Session |
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Provider | Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland |
| Purpose | Used to unlock Twitter content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://twitter.com/privacy |
| Host(s) | .twimg.com, .twitter.com |
| Cookie Name | __widgetsettings, local_storage_support_test |
| Cookie Expiry | Unlimited |
| Name | Vimeo |
|---|---|
| Provider | Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA |
| Purpose | Used to unlock Vimeo content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://vimeo.com/privacy |
| Host(s) | player.vimeo.com |
| Cookie Name | vuid |
| Cookie Expiry | 2 Years |
| Name | YouTube |
|---|---|
| Provider | Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland |
| Purpose | Used to unlock YouTube content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| Host(s) | google.com |
| Cookie Name | NID |
| Cookie Expiry | 6 Months |
Here you see your consent history:
| Date | Version | Consents |
|---|
October 2021
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future.