Privacy policy
Terms & Conditions
1. Scope and general information
1.1 These general terms and conditions apply to services via the website "w-p-w.com", which is operated by Mr. Zoltan Sustyak - Water Polo Watches, an individual company - Romasnhornerstrasse 36a, 8280 Kreuzlingen - Switzerland. Mr. Zoltan Sustyak is the owner of the brand Water Polo Watches and is hereinafter referred to Water Polo Watches.
Please note that the services provided by Water Polo Watches on the internet do not constitute an offer to conclude a contract with the users of the website. Access to this website is subject to the following Terms & Conditions:
1.2 We recommend that you read the general terms and conditions carefully before using the website.
1.3
Although
Water Polo Watches
takes care to ensure that this
website contains correct and up-to-date information, the company assumes
no guarantee or warranty as to the content of the website.
Water Polo Watches
assumes no liability for the accuracy, timeliness or
completeness of the information contained on the website w-p-w.com.
Water Polo Watches
reserves the right to
change the contents of the swissmilitarytime.ch website in any way, at
any time, for any reason and without notice, and is in no way liable for
any consequences of such changes.
1.4
Water Polo Watches
presents the products on this website as accurately as possible.
Unfortunately, it cannot be avoided that colours and shapes on the
respective screens do not correspond to the actual occurrences.
Furthermore,
Water Polo Watches
cannot guarantee that the
descriptions and illustrations of the products are always free of errors
and that the products correspond exactly to the expectations of the
customers.
1.5
Water Polo Watches
cannot be held liable
for any damages, costs or losses incurred as a result of using the
swissmilitarytime.ch website, nor the use of links and/or email
addresses provided by
Water Polo Watches
.
1.6 To the
extent permitted by law, these Terms & Conditions are subject to
Swiss law. As far as legally permissible, Frauenfeld/Switzerland shall be
the place of jurisdiction for all legal disputes arising from the legal
relationship between the customer and
Water Polo Watches
.
Water Polo Watches
is also entitled to sue at the customer's domicile.
2. Data protection
Water Polo Watches observes all data protection requirements. The data of the customer are only collected and processed for the execution of the respective service or offer e.g. when contacting the customer service. For the storage of the data, the legal regulations apply. For the rest, Water Polo Watches refers to the privacy policy /data protection declaration.
3. Severability clause
Should any provision of these terms and conditions be or become invalid or unenforceable, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
4. Assignment
You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of any rights or obligations under any contract between you and Water Polo Watches to any third party without our prior consent.
5. Website content, trademarks & copyright
5.1 All content on the website swissmilitarytime.ch (including, without limitation, images, photos, design, text, logos, graphics, icons, audio/video clips, downloads, interfaces, information, materials, code and software as well as the selection and arrangement) are the exclusive property of Water Polo Watches , its licensors or its content providers and are protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable laws.
5.2 Website users may access, copy, download and print the content of the website for personal and non-commercial use only, provided that users do not modify or delete any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices appearing on the website content which the users access, copy, download or print. Any other use of any content on the website is prohibited including, but not limited to, the modification, distribution, transmission, broadcasting, posting, uploading, licensing, reverse engineering, transfer or sale of or creation of derivative works of content, products or services, which are obtained from the website or the use of the website for purposes that compete with Water Polo Watches .
Privacy Statement
1. An overview of data protection
General information
The
following information will provide you with an easy to navigate
overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this
website. The term „personal data“ comprises all data that can be used
to personally identify you. For detailed information about the subject
matter of data protection, please consult our Privacy Policy /Data
Protection Declaration.
Data recording on this website
Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website?
The
data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose
contact information is available under section „Contact“ on this
website or under “Imprint” in these Terms & Conditions.
How do we record your data?
We
collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us.
This may, for instance, be information you enter into our contact
form. Our IT systems automatically record other data when you visit our
website. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g. web
browser, operating system or time the site was accessed). This
information is recorded automatically when you access this website.
What are the purposes we use your data for?
A
portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error-free
provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user
patterns.
What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?
You
have the right to receive information about the source, recipients and
purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to
pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that
your data are rectified or eradicated. Please do not hesitate to contact
us at any time under the address disclosed in section „Contact“ on this
website if you have questions about this or any other data protection
related issues. You also have the right to log a complaint with the
competent supervising agency. Moreover, under certain circumstances, you
have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your
personal data. For details, please consult the Data Protection
Declaration under section „Right to demand processing restriction.“
Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties
There
is a possibility that your browsing patterns will be statistically
analysed when you visit this website. Such analyses are performed
primarily with cookies and with what we refer to as analysis programmes.
As a rule, the analyses of your browsing patterns are conducted
anonymously; i.e. the browsing patterns cannot be traced back to
you. You have the option to object to such analyses or you can prevent
their performance by not using certain tools. For detailed information
about the tools and about your options to object, please consult our
Data Protection Declaration below.
2. Hosting
External Hosting
This
website is hosted by an external service provider (host). Personal data
collected on this website are stored on the servers of the host. These
may include but are not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests,
metadata and communications, contract information, contact information,
names, web page access, and other data generated through a web site. The
host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our
potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in
the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online
services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Our
host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its
performance obligations and to follow our instructions with respect to
such data.
Execution of a contract data processing agreement
In
order to guarantee processing in compliance with data protection
regulations, we have concluded an order processing contract with our
host.
3. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The
operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your
personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as
confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data
protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration. Whenever
you use this website, a variety of personal information will be
collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally
identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we
collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains
how, and for which purpose the information is collected. We herewith
advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e. through
e-mail communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible
to completely protect data against third party access.
Imprint (Information about the responsible party)
The data processing controller on this website is:
Mr. Zoltan Sustyak
Romanshornerstrasse 36a
CH-8280 Kreuzlingen
Switzerland
Phone : +41(0)76 661 36 44
E-mail: [email protected]
The
controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly
or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and
resources for the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail
addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to the processing of data
A
wide range of data processing transactions are possible only subject to
your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you
have already given us. To do so, all you are required to do is sent us
an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to
the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your
revocation.
Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IN
THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 SECT. 1 LIT. E
OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING
OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE
SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.
TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED,
PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN
OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS
WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS
FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS
AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING,
EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART.
21 SECT. 1 GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO
ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT
TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF
SUCH ADVERTISING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT
IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL
DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING
PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 2 GDPR).
Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency
In
the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a
complaint with a supervisory agency, in particular in the member state
where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work or at the
place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint
is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court
proceedings available as legal recourses.
Right to data portability
You
have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically
process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be
handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used,
machine-readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the
data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically
feasible.
SSL and/or TLS encryption
For
security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential
content, such as inquiries you submit to us as the website operator,
this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption programme. You can
recognise an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line
of the browser switches from „http://“ to „https://“ and also by the
appearance of the lock icon in the browser line. If the SSL or TLS
encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third
parties.
Information about, rectification and eradication of data
Within
the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to
at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their
source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your
data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified or
eradicated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other
questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at
any time at the address provided in section „Contact.“
Right to demand processing restrictions
You
have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the
processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact
us at any time at the address provided in section „Contact “. The right
to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
- In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradication of this data.
- If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
- If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.
4. Recording of data on this website
Cookies
In
some instances, our website and its pages use so-called cookies.
Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain
viruses. The purpose of cookies is to make our website more user
friendly, effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that
are placed on your computer and stored by your browser. Most of the
cookies we use are so-called „session cookies.“ They are automatically
deleted after your leave our site. Other cookies will remain archived on
your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise
your browser the next time you visit our website. You can adjust the
settings of your browser to make sure that you are notified every time
cookies are placed and to enable you to accept cookies only in specific
cases or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific situations or
in general and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you
close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functions of this
website may be limited. Cookies that are required for the performance of
the electronic communications transaction or to provide certain
functions you want to use (e.g. the shopping cart function), are stored
on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a
legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error
free and optimised provision of the operator’s services. If a
corresponding agreement has been requested (e.g. an agreement to the
storage of cookies), the processing takes place exclusively on the basis
of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any
time. If other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your browsing
patterns) should be stored, they are addressed separately in this Data
Protection Declaration.
Server log files
The
provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and
stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser
communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:
- The type and version of browser used
- The used operating system
- Referrer URL
- The hostname of the accessing computer
- The time of the server inquiry
- The IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources. This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.
Request by e-mail, telephone or fax
If
you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all
resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by
us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass these
data on without your consent. The processing of these data is based on
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution
of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual
measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent
(Article 6 (1) a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1)
(f) GDPR), since we have a legitimate interest in the effective
processing of requests addressed to us. The data sent by you to us via
contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke
your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses
(e.g. after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions -
in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.
Data processing for advertising purposes
On
the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, the controller has a legitimate
interest in the processing of data for advertising purposes. We also
reserve the right to use the first name, surname, street, postal code
and town on this legal basis in order to use a personalized customer
approach. The duration of the storage of personal data for advertising
purposes can be derived from the principle of whether the storage is
necessary for advertising purposes. We follow the principle of deleting
data no later than two years after it has no longer been used for
advertising purposes.
Own advertising purposes and advertising purposes of third parties
As
far as you have concluded a contract with us or had an advertising
material sent to you, we will keep you as an existing customer or
interested party. In these cases, we process your name and address in
order to send you information about new products and services. We
reserve the right, within the framework of our legitimate interests, to
transmit your postal contact data to contract partners from the mail
order, telecommunications and similar product sectors who have been
carefully selected by us so that they can also inform you about their
products.
Advertising in line with interests
To
ensure that you only receive advertising information that is of alleged
interest to you, we categorize and supplement your customer profile
with further information. Both statistical information and information
about you (e.g. basic data of your customer profile) are used for this
purpose. The aim is to provide you with advertising that is geared
solely to your actual or supposed needs and not to bother you with
uninteresting advertising.
Processing of advertising mailings
The
advertising mailings are provided within the scope of processing on our
behalf by a service provider to whom we pass your data.
Right of objection
You
can object to data processing for the above-mentioned purposes at any
time free of charge, separately for the respective communication channel
and with effect for the future. For this purpose, it is sufficient to
send an e-mail or a postal letter to the above-mentioned contact data. If
you file an objection, the contact address concerned will be blocked
for further promotional data processing. We would like to point out
that, in exceptional cases, advertising material may be sent temporarily
even after receipt of your objection. This is technically due to the
necessary lead time of advertisements and does not mean that we will not
implement your objection.
5. Analysis tools and advertising
Google Analytics
This
website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics.
The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited („Google“),
Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses
so-called cookies. Cookies are text files, which are stored on your
computer and that enable an analysis of the use of the website by users.
The information generated by cookies on your use of this website is
usually transferred to a Google server in the United States, where it is
stored. The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the utilization of
this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator
of this website has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user
patterns to optimize both, the services offered online and the
operator’s advertising activities. If a corresponding agreement has been
requested (e.g. an agreement to the storage of cookies), the processing
takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the
agreement can be revoked at any time.
IP anonymization
On
this website, we have activated the IP anonymization function. As a
result, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google within the member
states of the European Union or in other states that have ratified the
Convention on the European Economic Area prior to its transmission to
the United States. The full IP address will be transmitted to one of
Google’s servers in the United States and abbreviated there only in
exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google
shall use this information to analyse your use of this website to
generate reports on website activities and to render other services to
the operator of this website that are related to the use of the website
and the Internet. The IP address transmitted in conjunction with Google
Analytics from your browser shall not be merged with other data in
Google’s possession.
Browser plug-in
You
do have the option to prevent the archiving of cookies by making
pertinent changes to the settings of your browser software. However, we
have to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all of
the functions of this website to their fullest extent. Moreover, you
have the option prevent the recording of the data generated by the
cookie and affiliated with your use of the website (including your IP
address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by
downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the
following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Objection to the recording of data
You
have the option to prevent the recording of your data by Google
Analytics by clicking on the following link. This will result in the
placement of an opt out cookie, which prevents the recording of your
data during future visits to this website: Google Analytics
deactivation.
For more information about the handling of user data by
Google Analytics, please consult Google’s Data Privacy Declaration at:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
Contract data processing
We
have executed a contract data processing agreement with Google and are
implementing the stringent provisions of the German data protection
agencies to the fullest when using Google Analytics.
Demographic parameters provided by Google Analytics
This
website uses the function „demographic parameters“ provided by Google
Analytics. It makes it possible to generate reports providing
information on the age, gender and interests of website visitors. The
sources of this information are interest-related advertising by Google
as well as visitor data obtained from third party providers. This data
cannot be allocated to a specific individual. You have the option to
deactivate this function at any time by making pertinent settings
changes for advertising in your Google account or you can generally
prohibit the recording of your data by Google Analytics as explained in
section „Objection to the recording of data.“
Archiving period
Data
on the user or incident level stored by Google linked to cookies, user
IDs or advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising
ID) will be anonymized or deleted after 14 month. For details please
click the following link:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=en
Google AdSense (not personalized)
This
website uses Google AdSense, an ad embedding service provided by Google
Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4,
Ireland. We use Google AdSense in the „non-personalized“ mode. Contrary
to the personalized mode, the ads are not based on your previous user
patterns and the service does not generate a user profile for you.
Instead, the service uses so-called „context information“ to choose the
ads that are posted for you to view. The selected ads are thus based
e.g. on your location, the content of the website you are visiting at
the time or the search terms you are using. To learn more about the
distinct differences between personalized targeting and targeting that
has not been personalized by Google AdSense, please click on the
following link:
https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/9007336. Please keep in mind
that even the use of the non-personalized mode of Google Adsense results
in the potential archiving of cookies. According to Google, these
cookies are used to combat fraud and misuse. These cookies will remain
on your device until you delete them. The use of Google Adsense in the
non-personalized mode is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDRP. We have a
justified interest in the analysis of user patterns to be able to
optimize both, our web presentation and our promotional activities. If a
corresponding agreement has been requested (e.g. an agreement to the
storage of cookies), the processing takes place exclusively on the basis
of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any
time. Google is certified in accordance with the „EU-US Privacy Shield.“
The Privacy Shield accord was executed between the European Union and
the United States with the aim of ensuring that European Data Protection
Standards are observed in conjunction with the processing of data in
the United States. Every company that is certified in accordance with
the Privacy Shield regulations undertakes to comply with these data
protection standards. You have the option to autonomously adjust the
advertising settings in your user account. To do so, please click on the
link provided below and log in:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. For more information about
Google’s advertising technologies, please click here:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Google Analytics Remarketing
This
website uses the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in
combination with the functions of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick,
which work on all devices. The provider of these solutions is Google
Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4,
Ireland. This function makes it possible to connect the advertising
target groups generated with Google Analytics Remarketing with the
functions of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick, which work on all
devices. This makes it possible to display interest-based customized
advertising messages, depending on your prior usage and browsing
patterns on a device (e.g. cell phone) in a manner tailored to you as
well as on any of your devices (e.g. tablet or PC). If you have given us
pertinent consent, Google will connect your web and app browser
progressions with your Google account for this purpose. As a result, it
is possible to display the same personalized advertising messages on
every device you log into with your Google account. To support this
function, Google Analytics records Google authenticated IDs of users
that are temporarily connected with our Google Analytics data to define
and compile the target groups for the ads to be displayed on all
devices. You have the option to permanently object to
remarketing/targeting across all devices by deactivating personalized
advertising. To do this, please follow this link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/. The consolidation of the
recorded data in your Google account shall occur exclusively based on
your consent, which you may give to Google and also revoke there (Art. 6
Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR). Data recording processes that are not
consolidated in your Google account (for instance because you do not
have a Google account or have objected to the consolidation of data),
the recording of data is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The
legitimate interest arises from the fact that the operator of the
website has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of website
visitor for advertising purposes. For further information and the
pertinent data protection regulations, please consult the Data Privacy
Policies of Google at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en.
Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking
This
website uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online promotional program of
Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin
4, Ireland. In conjunction with Google Ads, we use a tool called
Conversion Tracking. If you click on an ad posted by Google, a cookie
for Conversion Tracking purposes will be placed. Cookies are small text
files the web browser places on the user’s computer. These cookies
expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. If
the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet
expired, Google and we will be able to recognise that the user has
clicked on an ad and has been linked to this page. A different cookie is
allocated to every Google Ads customer. These cookies cannot be tracked
via websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained with the
assistance of the Conversion cookie is used to generate Conversion
statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted to use Conversion
Tracking. The users receive the total number of users that have clicked
on their ads and have been linked to a page equipped with a Conversion
Tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that would
allow them to personally identify these users. If you do not want to
participate in tracking, you have the option to object to this use by
easily deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your web
browser under user settings. If you do this, you will not be included in
the Conversion Tracking statistics. The storage of „Conversion“ cookies
and the use of this tracking tool are based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f
GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of
user patterns, in order to optimize the operator’s web offerings and
advertising. If a corresponding agreement has been requested (e.g. an
agreement to the storage of cookies), the processing takes place
exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement
can be revoked at any time. To review more detailed information about
Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking, please consult the Data
Privacy Policies of Google at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. You can set up your browser
in such a manner that you will be notified anytime cookies are placed
and you can permit cookies only in certain cases or exclude the
acceptance of cookies in certain instances or in general and you can
also activate the automatic deletion of cookies upon closing of the
browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functions of this website may be
limited.
6. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If
you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website,
we will need from you an e-mail address as well as information that
allow us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided
and consent to the receipt of the newsletter. No further data shall be
collected or shall be collected only on a voluntary basis. We shall use
such data only for the sending of the requested information and shall
not share such data with any third parties. The processing of the
information entered into the newsletter subscription form shall occur
exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR).
You may revoke the consent you have given to the archiving of data, the
e-mail address and the use of this information for the sending of the
newsletter at any time, for instance by clicking on the „Unsubscribe“
link in the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to the
lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place to
date. The data deposited with us for the purpose of subscribing to the
newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the
newsletter or the newsletter service provider and deleted from the
newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Data stored for other purposes with us remain unaffected. After you
unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address
may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist to
prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used only for
this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your
interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when
sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6
para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You
may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate
interest.
MailChimp
This website uses the
services of MailChimp to send out its newsletters. The provider is the
Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta,
GA 30308, USA. Among other things, MailChimp is a service that can be
deployed to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters. Whenever
you enter data for the purpose of subscribing to a newsletter (e.g. your
e-mail address), the information is stored on MailChimp servers in the
United States. MailChimp is in possession of a certification that is in
compliance with the „EU-US-Privacy-Shield.“ The „Privacy-Shield“ is a
compact between the European Union (EU) and the United States of America
(USA) that aims to warrant the compliance with European data protection
standards in the United States. With the assistance of the MailChimp
tool, we can analyse the performance of our newsletter campaigns. If you
open an e-mail that has been sent through the MailChimp tool, a file
that has been integrated into the e-mail (a so-called web-beacon)
connects to MailChimp’s servers in the United States. As a result, it
can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened and which
links the recipient possibly clicked on. Technical information is also
recorded at that time (e.g. the time of access, the IP address, type of
browser and operating system). This information cannot be allocated to
the respective newsletter recipient. Their sole purpose is the
performance of statistical analyses of newsletter campaigns. The results
of such analyses can be used to tailor future newsletters to the
interests of their recipients more effectively. If you do not want to
permit an analysis by MailChimp, you must unsubscribe from the
newsletter. We provide a link for you to do this in every newsletter
message. Moreover, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter right on
the website. The data is processed based on your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1
lit. a GDPR). You may revoke any consent you have given at any time by
unsubscribing from the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to
the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place
prior to your revocation. The data deposited with us for the purpose of
subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you
unsubscribe from the newsletter or the newsletter service provider and
deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from
the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes with us remain
unaffected. After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list,
your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service
provider in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data from the
blacklist is used only for this purpose and not merged with other data.
This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the
legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within
the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist
is indefinite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh
our legitimate interest. For more details, please consult the Data
Privacy Policies of MailChimp at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.
Execution of a contract data processing agreement
We
have executed a so-called „Data Processing Agreement“ with MailChimp,
in which we mandate that MailChimp undertakes to protect the data of our
customers and to refrain from sharing it with third parties.
7. Plug-ins and Tools
Google Web Fonts
To
ensure that fonts used on this website are uniform, this website uses
so-called Web Fonts provided by Google. When you access a page on our
website, your browser will load the required web fonts into your browser
cache to correctly display text and fonts. To do this, the browser you
use will have to establish a connection with Google’s servers. As a
result, Google will learn that your IP address was used to access this
website. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on our interest in
presenting our online content in a uniform and appealing way. According
to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR, this is a legitimate interest. If your
browser should not support Web Fonts, a standard font installed on your
computer will be used. For more information on Google Web Fonts, please
follow this link: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and consult
Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Google Maps
Via
an API, this website uses the mapping service Google Maps. The provider
is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street,
Dublin 4, Ireland. To enable the use of the Google Maps features, your
IP address must be stored. As a rule, this information is transferred to
one of Google’s servers in the United States, where it is archived. The
operator of this website has no control over the data transfer. We use
Google Maps to present our online content in an appealing manner and to
make the locations disclosed on our website easy to find. This
constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f
GDPR. For more information on the handling of user data, please review
Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.