privacy
Data protection
data protection
We have written this data protection declaration (version 05/21/2019-221094151) in order to explain to you in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Data Protection Act (DSG) , what information we collect, how we use data and what decision-making options are available you as a visitor to this website.
Unfortunately, it is in the nature of things that these explanations sound very technical, but we have tried to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible when creating them.
cookies
Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.
In the following we explain what cookies are and why they are used so that you can better understand the following data protection declaration.
What exactly are cookies?
Whenever you surf the Internet, you use a browser. Well-known browsers include Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.
One thing cannot be denied: Cookies are really useful little helpers. Almost all websites use cookies. More precisely, they are HTTP cookies, as there are other cookies for other areas of application. HTTP cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by our website. These cookie files are automatically stored in the cookie folder, which is basically the "brain" of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more attributes must also be specified.
Cookies store certain user data from you, such as language or personal page settings. When you visit our site again, your browser transmits the "user-related" information back to our site. Thanks to the cookies, our website knows who you are and offers you your usual default setting. In some browsers each cookie has its own file, in others such as Firefox all cookies are stored in a single file.
There are both first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, third-party cookies are created by partner websites (e.g. Google Analytics). Each cookie must be evaluated individually, since each cookie stores different data. The expiry time of a cookie also varies from a few minutes to a few years. Cookies are not software programs and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other "pests". Cookies also cannot access information on your PC.
For example, cookie data can look like this:
- Name: _ga
- Expiry time: 2 years
- Use: Differentiation of website visitors
- Example value: GA1.2.1326744211.152221094151
A browser should support the following minimum sizes:
- A cookie should contain at least 4096 bytes
- At least 50 cookies should be stored per domain
- A total of at least 3000 cookies should be able to be stored
What types of cookies are there?
The question of which cookies we use in particular depends on the services used and is clarified in the following sections of the data protection declaration. At this point we would like to briefly discuss the different types of HTTP cookies.
There are 4 types of cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary to ensure basic functions of the website. For example, these cookies are needed if a user puts a product in the shopping cart, then continues surfing on other pages and only goes to the checkout later. These cookies do not delete the shopping cart, even if the user closes their browser window.
Functional cookies
These cookies collect information about user behavior and whether the user receives any error messages. In addition, these cookies are also used to measure the loading time and behavior of the website in different browsers.
Targeting cookies
These cookies ensure a better user experience. For example, entered locations, font sizes or form data are saved.
advertising cookies
These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They are used to provide the user with individually tailored advertising. This can be very useful, but also very annoying.
Usually, when you visit a website for the first time, you will be asked which of these types of cookies you would like to allow. And of course this decision is also stored in a cookie.
How can I delete cookies?
You decide for yourself how and whether you want to use cookies. Regardless of which service or website the cookies come from, you always have the option of deleting cookies, only partially allowing them or deactivating them. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all other cookies.
If you want to find out which cookies have been stored in your browser, if you want to change or delete cookie settings, you can find this in your browser settings:
Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome
Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari
Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer
Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies
Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies
If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow the cookie or not. The procedure differs depending on the browser. It is best to search the instructions in Google with the search term "delete cookies Chrome" or "disable cookies Chrome" in case of a Chrome browser or replace the word "Chrome" with the name of your browser, e.g. Edge, Firefox, Safari.
What about my data protection?
The so-called “Cookie Guidelines” have been in place since 2009. It states that the storage of cookies requires the consent of the website visitor (i.e. you). Within the EU countries, however, there are still very different reactions to these directives. In Austria, however, this directive was implemented in Section 96 (3) of the Telecommunications Act (TKG).
If you want to know more about cookies and don't shy away from technical documentation, we recommend https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265 , the Request for Comments of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) called "HTTP State Management Mechanism".
storage of personal data
Personal data that you transmit to us electronically on this website, such as name, e-mail address, address or other personal information when submitting a form or comments on the blog, will be stored by us together with the time and the IP Address used only for the purpose stated, kept safe and not passed on to third parties.
We therefore only use your personal data for communication with those visitors who expressly request contact and for the processing of the services and products offered on this website. We do not pass on your personal data without your consent, but we cannot rule out that this data will be viewed in the event of illegal behavior.
If you send us personal data by e-mail - thus outside of this website - we cannot guarantee a secure transmission and the protection of your data. We recommend that you never send confidential data unencrypted by e-mail.
According to Article 6 paragraph 1 a GDPR (lawfulness of processing), the legal basis is that you give us your consent to process the data you have entered. You can revoke this consent at any time - an informal e-mail is sufficient, you will find our contact details in the imprint.
Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation
According to the provisions of the GDPR and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), you have the following rights:
- Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) (Article 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
- Right to notification – obligation to notify in connection with rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
- Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
- Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling (Article 22 GDPR)
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection claims have otherwise been violated in any way, you can complain to the supervisory authority, which is the data protection authority in Austria, whose website you can access at https://www. dsb.gv.at/ .
Newsletter Privacy Policy
If you subscribe to our newsletter, you submit the above personal data and give us the right to contact you by email. We use the data stored when registering for the newsletter exclusively for our newsletter and do not pass it on.
If you unsubscribe from the newsletter - you will find the link for this at the bottom of every newsletter - we will delete all data that was saved when you registered for the newsletter.
MailChimp Privacy Policy
We send newsletters with MailChimp and use functions of the MailChimp newsletter service from The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA on this website to record newsletter registrations.
General information about MailChimp
Rocket Science Group LLC (MailChimp) maintains online platforms that allow our users to keep in touch with their subscribers, primarily through email. They allow users to provide email addresses and other subscriber profile information, such as B. upload name, physical address and other demographic information to the MailChimp database. This information is used to send emails and to enable use of certain other MailChimp features for these users. In accordance with published privacy policies, MailChimp shares some information with third parties to provide and support the services MailChimp offers to users. MailChimp also shares some information with third-party advertising partners to better understand users' needs and interests in order to provide more relevant content and targeted advertising to those users and other users.
Newsletter Sign up
If you register for our newsletter on our website, the data entered will be stored at MailChimp.
deletion of your data
You can withdraw your consent to receive our newsletter at any time by clicking on the link at the bottom of the email received. If you have unsubscribed by clicking on the unsubscribe link, your data will be deleted from MailChimp.
Newsletter evaluation
If you receive a newsletter via MailChimp, information such as IP address, browser type and e-mail program is stored to give us information on the performance of our newsletter. MailChimp can use the images called web beacons integrated in the HTML e-mails (details can be found at https://kb.mailchimp.com/reports/about-open-tracking ) to determine whether the e-mail has arrived, whether it was opened and whether links were clicked. All of this information is stored on MailChimp's servers, not on this website.
MailChimp is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. You can find more information on this at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG . You can find out more about the use of cookies at MailChimp at https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/ , information on data protection at MailChimp (privacy) can be found at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ .
MailChimp order data processing contract
We have concluded a contract with MailChimp for order data processing (Data Processing Addendum). This contract serves to secure your personal data and ensures that MailChimp adheres to the applicable data protection regulations and does not pass on your personal data to third parties.
More information about this agreement can be found at http://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement/ .
Google Analytics Privacy Policy
We use Google Analytics from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) on this website to statistically evaluate visitor data. Google Analytics uses target-oriented cookies.
Google Analytics cookies
- _ga
- Expiry time: 2 years
- Use: Differentiation of website visitors
- Example value: GA1.2.1326744211.152221094151
- _gid
- Expiry time: 24 hours
- Use: Differentiation of website visitors
- Example value: GA1.2.1687193234.152221094151
- _gat_gtag_UA_
- Expiry time: 1 minute
- Usage: Used to throttle the request rate. If Google Analytics is provided via Google Tag Manager, this cookie is given the name _dc_gtm_ .
- Example value: 1
You can find more information on the terms of use and data protection at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de .
pseudonymization
Our concern within the meaning of the GDPR is to improve our offer and our website. Since the privacy of our users is important to us, user data is pseudonymised. Data processing takes place on the basis of the legal provisions of § 96 Paragraph 3 TKG and Art 6 EU-DSGVO Paragraph 1 lit a (consent) and/or f (legitimate interest) of the GDPR.
Deactivation of data collection by Google Analytics
Website visitors can prevent Google Analytics from using their data by using the Google Analytics JavaScript deactivation browser add-on (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js).
You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com .com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Google Analytics addendum to data processing
We have entered into a direct customer agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics by accepting the “Data Processing Amendment” in Google Analytics.
You can find out more about the data processing addendum for Google Analytics here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3379636?hl=de&utm_id=ad
Google Analytics IP anonymization
We have implemented Google Analytics IP address anonymization on this website. This function was developed by Google so that this website can comply with applicable data protection regulations and recommendations from local data protection authorities if they prohibit the storage of the full IP address. The IP is anonymized or masked as soon as the IP addresses arrive in the Google Analytics data collection network and before the data is stored or processed.
You can find more information on IP anonymization at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=de .
Google Analytics reports on demographics and interests
We have activated the functions for advertising reports in Google Analytics. The Demographics and Interests reports include information about age, gender, and interests. This enables us to get a better picture of our users without being able to assign this data to individual persons. You can find out more about the advertising functions at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3450482?hl=de_AT&utm_id=ad .
You can end the use of the activities and information from your Google account under “Advertising settings” at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated by checking the box.
Cloudflare Privacy Policy
We use Cloudflare from Cloudflare, Inc. (101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) on this website to make our website faster and more secure. Cloudflare uses cookies and processes user data. Cloudflare, Inc. is an American company that provides a content delivery network and various security services. These services sit between the user and our hosting provider and act as a reverse proxy for websites. What all this means exactly, we will try to explain in more detail below.
What is Cloudflare?
A Content Delivery Network (CDN), as provided by Cloudflare, is nothing more than a network of servers connected via the Internet. Cloudflare has such servers distributed all over the world to bring websites to your screen faster. Put simply, Cloudflare makes copies of our website and places them on their own servers. When you visit our website now, a load-sharing system ensures that the largest parts of our website are delivered by the server that can display our website to you the fastest. A CDN significantly shortens the data transmission route to your browser. Thus, the content of our website is not only delivered to you by Cloudflare from our hosting server, but from servers around the world. The use of Cloudflare is particularly helpful for users from abroad, since the site can be delivered from a server nearby. In addition to the fast delivery of websites, Cloudflare also offers various security services such as DDoS protection or the web application firewall.
Why do we use Cloudflare on our website?
Of course we want to offer you the best possible service with our website. Cloudflare helps us make our website faster and more secure. Cloudflare offers us both web optimization and security services, such as DDoS protection and web firewall. This also includes a reverse proxy and the content distribution network (CDN). Cloudflare blocks threats and limits abusive bots and crawlers that waste our bandwidth and server resources. By storing our website on local data centers and blocking spam software, Cloudflare allows us to reduce our bandwidth usage by approximately 60%. Delivering content from a data center near you and doing some web optimization there will cut the average page load time by about half. According to Cloudflare, the "I'm Under Attack Mode" setting can be used to mitigate further attacks by displaying a JavaScript calculation task that must be solved before a user can access a website. Overall, this makes our website significantly more powerful and less susceptible to spam or other attacks.
What data does Cloudflare store?
Cloudflare generally only forwards data that is controlled by website operators. The content is therefore not determined by Cloudflare, but always by the website operator himself. In addition, Cloudflare may collect certain information about the use of our website and process data that is sent by us or for which Cloudflare has received corresponding instructions. In most cases, Cloudflare receives data such as contact information, IP addresses, security fingerprints, DNS log data, and website performance data derived from browsing activity. For example, log data helps Cloudflare identify new threats. In this way, Cloudflare can guarantee a high level of security protection for our website. Cloudflare processes this data as part of the Services in compliance with applicable laws. Of course, this also includes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Cloudflare also uses a cookie for security reasons. The cookie (__cfduid) is used to identify individual users behind a shared IP address and apply security settings for each individual user. This cookie is very useful, for example, if you use our website from a location where there are a number of infected computers. However, if your computer is trustworthy, we can recognize this from the cookie. This means that you can surf our website unhindered, despite infected PCs in the area. It is also important to know that this cookie does not store any personal data. This cookie is strictly necessary for Cloudflare security features and cannot be disabled.
Cookies by Cloudflare
- __cfduid
- Expiry time: 1 year
- Use: Security settings for each individual visitor
- Example value: d798bf7df9c1ad5b7583eda5cc5e78221094151
Cloudflare also works with third parties. These may only process personal data under the direction of Cloudflare and in accordance with the data protection guidelines and other confidentiality and security measures. Cloudflare does not pass on any personal data without our explicit consent.
How long and where is the data stored?
Cloudflare primarily stores your information in the United States and the European Economic Area. Cloudflare may transmit and access the information described above from around the world. Generally, Cloudflare retains user-level data for domains in Free, Pro, and Business versions for less than 24 hours. For Enterprise Domains that have Cloudflare Logs (formerly Enterprise LogShare or ELS) enabled, data can be stored for up to 7 days. However, if IP addresses trigger security warnings at Cloudflare, there may be exceptions to the storage periods listed above.
How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
Cloudflare only keeps data logs for as long as necessary, and this data is deleted again within 24 hours in most cases. Cloudflare also does not store any personal data, such as your IP address. However, there is information that Cloudflare stores indefinitely as part of its permanent logs in order to improve the overall performance of Cloudflare Resolver and to detect any security risks. You can read exactly which permanent logs are stored at https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/commitment-to-privacy/privacy-policy/privacy-policy/ . All data that Cloudflare collects (temporarily or permanently) is cleaned of all personally identifiable information. All persistent logs are also anonymized by Cloudflare.
Cloudflare states in their privacy policy that they are not responsible for the content they receive. For example, if you ask Cloudflare whether they can update or delete your content, Cloudflare always refers to us as the website operator. You can also completely prevent Cloudflare from collecting and processing your data by disabling the execution of script code in your browser or by integrating a script blocker in your browser.
Cloudflare is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. You can find more information on this at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnZKAA0 .
More information on data protection at Cloudflare can be found at https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/privacypolicy/
Google Analytics deactivation link
If you click on the following deactivation link , you can prevent Google from recording further visits to this website. Attention: Deleting cookies, using the incognito/private mode of your browser, or using a different browser will result in data being collected again.
Hotjar Privacy Policy
We use Hotjar from Limited (Level 2, St Julian's Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julian's STJ 1000, Malta) on this website to statistically evaluate visitor data. Hotjar is a service that analyzes user behavior and feedback on websites through a combination of analysis and feedback tools. Hotjar-based websites have embedded a tracking code on their websites, which is transmitted to our servers located in Ireland (EU). This tracking code contacts Hotjar's servers and sends a script to the computer or device you use to access the Hotjar-based website. The script collects certain data related to the user's interaction with the relevant website. This data is then sent to Hotjar's servers for processing.
More details on the privacy policy and what data Hotjar collects and how can be found at https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy .
Deactivation of Hotjar
If you do not want Hotjar to collect your data, you can activate the Hotjar Opt Out . There you have the option of deactivating or reactivating the collection of data by Hotjar by simply clicking on the red deactivate Hotjar button. Attention: Deleting cookies, using the incognito/private mode of your browser, or using a different browser will result in data being collected again.
Embedded Social Media Elements Privacy Policy
We integrate elements of social media services on our website to display images, videos and texts.
By visiting pages that display these elements, data is transferred from your browser to the respective social media service and stored there. We have no access to this data.
The following links take you to the pages of the respective social media services, where it is explained how they handle your data:
- Instagram Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
- The Google data protection declaration applies to YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
- Facebook data policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
- Twitter privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy
Facebook Privacy Policy
We use functions from Facebook on this website, a social media network operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland.
You can read about which functions (social plug-ins) Facebook provides at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/ .
By visiting our website, information can be transmitted to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, Facebook can associate this data with your personal account. If you do not want this, please log out of Facebook.
The privacy policy, what information Facebook collects and how they use it can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php .
YouTube Privacy Policy
We use the YouTube video service from YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA on this website.
By accessing pages on our website that have integrated YouTube videos, data is transmitted to YouTube, stored and evaluated.
If you have a YouTube account and are logged in, this data will be assigned to your personal account and the data stored in it.
You can read about which data is collected by Google and what this data is used for at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .
Twitter Privacy Policy
On this website we use functions of Twitter, a social network of the company Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland.
This means that personal data can also be transmitted to Twitter. We do not monitor this data exchange and do not store anything about it.
If you would like to know more about how Twitter uses your data, you can find all the information in the Twitter data protection guidelines at https://twitter.com/de/privacy .
If you have an account with Twitter, you can change your privacy settings in the account settings at https://twitter.com/settings/account .
Instagram Privacy Policy
We use functions of the social media network Instagram from Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA on our website.
Instagram content embedding features (embed feature) allow us to display images and videos.
By calling up pages that use such functions, data (IP address, browser data, date, time, cookies) are transmitted to Instagram, stored and evaluated.
If you have an Instagram account and are logged in, this data will be assigned to your personal account and the data stored in it.
The privacy policy, what information Instagram collects and how they use it can be found at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 .
Google+ privacy policy
On our website we use functions of Google+, the social network of the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).
If you want to take full advantage of the features offered, you need a Google account.
Even when using the functions (Google +1 buttons, Google+ badge, follow button, Google+ share button and link, sign-in button, hangout button) without a Google account, information is already being transmitted to Google.
If you are logged in with your Google account while using the functions listed above, your data will be published worldwide depending on the setting at https://plus.google.com/settings/ and collected and evaluated by Google.
You can read about which data is collected by Google and what this data is used for at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .
LinkedIn Privacy Policy
We use functions of the social media network LinkedIn from LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA on our website.
By calling up pages that use such functions, data (IP address, browser data, date and time, cookies) are transmitted to LinkedIn, stored and evaluated.
If you have a LinkedIn account and are logged in, this data will be assigned to your personal account and the data stored in it.
The privacy policy, what information LinkedIn collects and how they use it can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy .
Pinterest Privacy Policy
On our website we use buttons and widgets from the social media network Pinterest, owned by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
By calling up pages that use such functions, data (IP address, browser data, date and time, cookies) are transmitted to Pinterest, stored and evaluated.
The data protection guidelines, which information Pinterest collects and how they use it can be found at https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy .
Gravatar Privacy Policy
We use Gravatar from Automattic Inc. (60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA) on this website to assign user images (avatars) to posts and comments based on the email address.
A Gravatar is a G lobally R ecognized avatar - a globally available user image - which can be assigned to an e-mail address and used in various online services.
Since an image is only displayed when using an e-mail address registered with Gravatar and data is thus transferred to Gravatar, you can prevent the transfer of your data to Gravatar by commenting with an e-mail address not registered with Gravatar or write posts.
The legal basis for the use is Article 6 (1) f (lawfulness of processing), because there is a legitimate interest in creating content (posts, comments,...) on this website to offer the opportunity to assign an image you have chosen yourself to your own content .
Automattic is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. For more information, see https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000CbqcAAC .
You can find more details on the privacy policy and which data is collected by Gravatar in which way at https://automattic.com/privacy/ , general information about Gravatar at http://de.gravatar.com/ .
AddThis Privacy Policy
We use AddThis functions from Oracle America, Inc. (500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, USA) on this website to enable visitors to share content from this website.
AddThis Services
By using the AddThis buttons (see http://www.addthis.com/get/share/de/ ) from AddThis, visitors are able to share content from this website on various social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+ and many others to share.
What data does AddThis process?
When visitors share content with AddThis on services where they have an account and are logged in, the visit and sharing can be attributed to the user.
AddThis uses cookies, pixel tags, HTTP headers and browser identifiers to collect information about visitor behavior and shares this information with third parties after pseudonymization.
Here is an example list of the data that may be processed:
- Unique ID of a cookie placed in the web browser
- Address of the visited website
- time of the website visit
- Search queries that led a visitor to the page with AddThis
- length of stay on a website
- The IP address of the computer or mobile device
- Mobile advertising IDs (Apple IDFA or Google AAID)
- Information contained in HTTP headers or other transmission protocols used
- Which program was used on the computer (browser) or which operating system (iOS)
AddThis cookies
AddThis uses cookies, which we list below as examples and excerpts. You can find out more about AddThis cookies at http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy .
- bt2
- Expiry time: 255 days
- Usage: Used to record parts of the website visited in order to recommend other parts of the website
- Example value: 8961a7f179d87qq69V69221094151
- bku
- Expiry time: 179 days
- Use: Registers anonymized user data such as IP address, geographic location, websites visited and which ads the user clicked on in order to optimize the display based on user movement on websites using the same advertising network
- Exemplary value: ra/99nTmYN+fZWX7221094151
Disclosure of data to third parties by AddThis
AddThis shares Collected Information with third parties - see http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy#section5 for details.
Storage period at AddThis
AddThis retains aggregated data for a period of up to 13 months from the date of data collection.
AddThis opt out
If you no longer wish to see advertising based on data collected by AddThis, you can use the opt-out button at http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out . An opt-out cookie is set, which you must not delete in order to keep this setting.
You can also specify your preferences for usage-based online advertising via http://www.youronlinechoices.com/at/ in preference management.
If you want to know more about how AddThis processes your data, you can find all the information at http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy .
SoundCloud Privacy Policy
On our website we use functions of the social media network SoundCloud from SoundCloud Limited, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
By using the SoundCloud functions such as playing music, data (IP address, browser data, date and time, cookies) are transmitted to SoundCloud, stored and evaluated.
If you have a SoundCloud account and are logged in, this data will be assigned to your personal account and the data stored in it.
The privacy policy, what information SoundCloud collects and how they use it can be found at https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy .
Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Policy
Our primary goal is to ensure that our website is as safe and secure as possible for you and for us. To ensure this, we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). With reCAPTCHA we can determine if you really are a real human being and not a robot or other spam software. We understand spam to mean any unwanted information that is sent to us electronically, unsolicited. With the classic CAPTCHAS, you usually had to solve text or image puzzles to check them. With reCAPTCHA from Google, we don't have to bother you with such puzzles most of the time. In most cases, it is sufficient if you simply tick the box and confirm that you are not a bot. With the new Invisible reCAPTCHA version, you don't even have to check the box. You can find out exactly how this works and, above all, what data is used for this in the course of this data protection declaration.
The legal basis for the use is Article 6 (1) f (lawfulness of processing), because there is a legitimate interest in protecting this website from bots and spam software.
What is reCAPTCHA?
reCAPTCHA is a free captcha service provided by Google that protects websites from spam software and abuse by non-human visitors. Most often, this service is used when filling out forms on the Internet. A captcha service is an automatic Turing test designed to ensure that an action on the internet is being performed by a human and not a bot. In the classic Turing test (named after the computer scientist Alan Turing), a human determines the difference between a bot and a human. In the case of captchas, the computer or a software program also takes care of this. Classic captchas work with small tasks that are easy for humans to solve, but present significant difficulties for machines. With reCAPTCHA you no longer have to actively solve puzzles. The tool uses modern risk techniques to distinguish humans from bots. Here you only have to tick the text field "I'm not a robot" or with Invisible reCAPTCHA even that is no longer necessary. With reCAPTCHA, a JavaScript element is integrated into the source text and then the tool runs in the background and analyzes your user behavior. The software calculates a so-called Captcha score from these user actions. Google uses this score to calculate the probability that you are a human before entering the Captcha. ReCAPTCHA or Captchas in general are always used when bots could manipulate or misuse certain actions (such as registrations, surveys, etc.).
Why do we use reCAPTCHA on our website?
We only want to welcome flesh and blood people to our site. Bots or spam software of all kinds can safely stay at home. That's why we're doing everything we can to protect ourselves and offer you the best possible user experience. For this reason we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google. So we can be pretty sure that we remain a "bot-free" website. By using reCAPTCHA, data is transmitted to Google, which Google uses to determine whether you are really a human being. reCAPTCHA therefore serves to ensure the security of our website and subsequently also your security. For example, without reCAPTCHA it could happen that a bot registers as many email addresses as possible during registration in order to then "spam" forums or blogs with unwanted advertising content. With reCAPTCHA we can avoid such bot attacks.
What data is stored by reCAPTCHA?
ReCAPTCHA collects personally identifiable information from users to determine whether the actions on our website are actually human. The IP address and other data that Google needs for the reCAPTCHA service can therefore be sent to Google. IP addresses are almost always shortened within the member states of the EU or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before the data ends up on a server in the USA. The IP address is not combined with other data from Google unless you are logged in with your Google account while using reCAPTCHA. First, the reCAPTCHA algorithm checks whether Google cookies from other Google services (YouTube, Gmail, etc.) are already placed on your browser. Then reCAPTCHA sets an additional cookie in your browser and captures a snapshot of your browser window.
The following list of collected browser and user data does not claim to be complete. Rather, they are examples of data that, to our knowledge, are processed by Google.
- Referrer URL (the address of the page the visitor came from)
- IP address (e.g. 256.123.123.1)
- Information about the operating system (the software that enables your computer to operate. Known operating systems are Windows, Mac OS X or Linux)
- Cookies (small text files that store data in your browser)
- Mouse and keyboard behavior (every action you perform with the mouse or keyboard is saved)
- Date and language settings (which language or which date you have preset on your PC is saved)
- All JavaScript objects (JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to adapt to the user. JavaScript objects can collect all kinds of data under one name)
- Screen resolution (shows how many pixels the image display consists of)
It is undisputed that Google uses and analyzes this data even before you click on the "I'm not a robot" tick. With the Invisible reCAPTCHA version, you don't even have to check the box and the whole recognition process runs in the background. Google does not tell you in detail how much and what data Google stores.
The following cookies are used by reCAPTCHA: Here we refer to the reCAPTCHA demo version from Google at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo . All of these cookies require a unique identifier for tracking purposes. Here is a list of cookies set by Google reCAPTCHA on the demo version:
Name: IDE
Expiry time: after one year
Use: This cookie is set by DoubleClick (also owned by Google) to register and report the actions of a user on the website when dealing with advertisements. In this way, the effectiveness of the advertising can be measured and appropriate optimization measures can be taken. IDE is stored in browsers under doubleclick.net domain.
Example value: WqTUmlnmv_qXyi_DGNPLESKnRNrpgXoy1K-pAZtAkMbHI-221094151
Name: 1P_JAR
Expiry time: after one month
Usage: This cookie collects website usage statistics and measures conversions. A conversion occurs, for example, when a user becomes a buyer. The cookie is also used to display relevant advertisements to users. Furthermore, the cookie can be used to prevent a user from seeing the same ad more than once.
Example value: 2019-5-14-12
Name: ANID
Expiry time: after 9 months
Use: We were not able to find out much information about this cookie. In Google's privacy policy, the cookie is used in connection with "advertising cookies" such as e.g. B. "DSID", "FLC", "AID", "TAID" mentioned. ANID is stored under domain google.com.
Sample value: U7j1v3dZa2210941510xgZFmiqWppRWKOr
Name: CONSENT
Expiry time: after 19 years
Use: The cookie stores the status of a user's consent to the use of various Google services. CONSENT is also used for security purposes to screen users, prevent fraudulent login information and protect user data from unauthorized attacks.
Example value: YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0
Name: NID
Expiry time: after 6 months
Usage: NID is used by Google to match ads to your Google search. With the help of the cookie, Google “remembers” your most frequently entered search queries or your previous interaction with ads. So you always get tailor-made advertisements. The cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to collect the user's personal settings for advertising purposes.
Example value: 0WmuWqy221094151zILzqV_nmt3sDXwPeM5Q
Name: DV
Expiry time: after 10 minutes
Use: Once you have checked the "I'm not a robot" checkbox, this cookie will be set. The cookie is used by Google Analytics for personalized advertising. DV collects information in an anonymous form and is also used to make user distinctions.
Example value: gEAABBCjJMXcI0dSAAAANbqc221094151
Note: This list cannot claim to be complete, as experience has shown that Google changes the choice of its cookies again and again.
How long and where is the data stored?
By inserting reCAPTCHA, your data will be transferred to the Google server. Where exactly this data is stored is not made clear by Google, even after repeated inquiries. Without having received confirmation from Google, it can be assumed that data such as mouse interaction, time spent on the website or language settings on the European or American Google servers are stored. The IP address that your browser transmits to Google is generally not merged with other Google data from other Google services. However, if you are logged into your Google account while using the reCAPTCHA plugin, the data will be merged. The deviating data protection regulations of the company Google apply.
How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
If you do not want any data about you and your behavior to be transmitted to Google, you must log out of Google completely and delete all Google cookies before you visit our website or use the reCAPTCHA software. In principle, the data is automatically transmitted to Google as soon as you access our site. To delete this data again, you must contact Google Support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=221094151 .
So if you use our website, you agree that Google LLC and its representatives automatically collect, process and use data.
You can learn a little more about reCAPTCHA on Google's web developer page at https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/ . Google goes into the technical development of reCAPTCHA in more detail here, but you won't find precise information about data storage and data protection-related topics there either. A good overview of the basic use of data at Google can be found in the in-house data protection declaration at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .
ShareThis Privacy Policy
We use ShareThis functions from ShareThis (4005 Miranda Ave, Suite 100, Palo Alto, 94304 California, USA) on this website to enable visitors to share content from this website.
ShareThis Services
By using the ShareThis social plugins, visitors are able to share content from this website on various social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and many more.
What data does ShareThis process?
When visitors share content with ShareThis on services where they have an account and are logged in, the visit and sharing can be attributed to the user.
ShareThis uses cookies, pixel tags, HTTP headers and browser identifiers to collect information about visitor behavior and shares this information with third parties after pseudonymization.
Here is a list of the data that may be processed:
- Unique ID of a cookie placed in the web browser
- General click behavior
- Addresses of visited websites
- Search queries that brought a visitor to the page with ShareThis
- Website to website navigation if expired via ShareThis Services
- length of stay on a website
- Which items were clicked or highlighted
- The IP address of the computer or mobile device
- Mobile advertising IDs (Apple IDFA or Google AAID)
- Information contained in HTTP headers or other transmission protocols used
- Which program was used on the computer (browser) or which operating system (iOS)
ShareThis cookies
ShareThis uses cookies, which we list below as examples. You can find out more about ShareThis cookies at https://www.sharethis.com/privacy/ .
- __unam
- Expiry time: 9 months
- Usage: Counts clicks and shares on a website
- Example value: 8961a7f179d1d017ac27lw87qq69V69221094151
Sharing of Data with Third Parties by ShareThis
ShareThis shares collected information with third parties after pseudonymization.
Storage duration at ShareThis
ShareThis retains Collected Data for a period of up to 14 months from the date of data collection. ShareThis cookies expire 13 months after the last update.
ShareThis opt out
If you no longer wish to see advertising based on data collected by ShareThis, you can use the opt out button at https://www.sharethis.com/privacy/ . An opt-out cookie is set, which you must not delete in order to keep this setting.
You can also specify your preferences for usage-based online advertising via http://www.youronlinechoices.com/at/ in preference management.
If you would like to know more about how ShareThis processes your data, you can find all the information at https://www.sharethis.com/privacy/ .
XING data protection declaration
On our website we use functions of the social media network XING from the company XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
By calling up pages that use such functions, data (IP address, browser data, date and time, cookies) are transmitted to XING, stored and evaluated.
If you have a XING account and are logged in, this data will be assigned to your personal account and the data stored in it.
The data protection guidelines, which information XING collects and how they use it can be found at https://www.xing.com/privacy .
Google AdSense Privacy Policy
We use Google AdSense, the advertising program from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) on this website.
Data on the advertising material displayed and your IP address may be transmitted to servers in the USA and evaluated there.
In AdSense, cookies are intended to enable better advertising, the cookies do not contain any personalized data. Google AdSense sends a cookie to the browser after every impression, every click and every other activity that leads to a call to the Google AdSense servers. If the browser accepts the cookie, it will be stored there.
As part of AdSense, third-party providers may be able to place and read cookies in your browser or use web beacons to store data that they receive from the display of ads on the website. Web beacons are small graphics that enable log file recording and log file analysis, which are used for statistical evaluations for online marketing.
Disable cookies
You can delete cookies that are already on your computer or disable cookies at any time. The procedure for doing this varies depending on the browser, it is best to search for the instructions in Google with the search term “delete cookies chrome” or “disable cookies chrome” in the case of a Chrome browser or exchange the word “chrome” for the name of your browser, e.g. e.g. edge, firefox, safari.
If you generally do not allow us to use cookies, ie deactivate them via browser settings, some functions and pages may not work as expected.
Opt out of personalized advertising
If you have a Google account, you can opt out of personalized advertising at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated . Even if you opt out of ad personalization, you may still see ads based on factors such as your approximate location derived from your IP address, browser type, and recent search terms.
You can read about which data is collected by Google and what this data is used for at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .
Facebook pixel privacy policy
On this website we use the Facebook Pixel from Facebook, a social media network of the company Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland.
The code implemented on this page can evaluate the behavior of visitors who came to this website from a Facebook advertisement. This can be used to improve Facebook ads and this data is collected and stored by Facebook. The data collected cannot be viewed by us and can only be used in the context of placing advertisements. Cookies are also set by using the Facebook pixel code.
By using the Facebook pixel, the visit to this website is communicated to Facebook so that visitors to Facebook can see suitable ads. If you have a Facebook account and are logged in, visiting this website will be associated with your Facebook user account.
You can find out how the Facebook pixel is used for advertising campaigns at https://www.facebook.com/business/learn/facebook-ads-pixel .
You can change your settings for ads on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen if you are logged in to Facebook. You can manage your preferences regarding usage-based online advertising at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/. There you can deactivate or activate many providers at once or make the settings for individual providers.
More information on Facebook's data policy can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php .
Amazon Affiliate Program Privacy Policy
We are participants in the Amazon affiliate program, which enables the placement of Amazon ads and affiliate links on websites. Through this placement of Amazon advertising, a reimbursement of advertising costs is achieved.
In order to be able to trace the origin of orders, Amazon uses cookies.
Responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws are Amazon Europe Core S.à.rl, Amazon EU S.à.rl, Amazon Services Europe S.à.rl and Amazon Media EU S.à.rl, all four based in 5 , Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg and Amazon Instant Video Germany GmbH, Domagkstr. 28, 80807 Munich. Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Marcel-Breuer-Str. 12, 80807 Munich.
The data protection guidelines, what information Amazon collects and how they use it can be found at https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401 .
ReachLocal Privacy Policy
On this website we use the ReachLocal tracking code from ReachLocal Austria GmbH (Kärntner Strasse 25, 1010 Vienna) to be able to evaluate data for the optimization of AdWords campaigns. The data protection effects of the ReachLocal products can be found at https://www.reachlocal.com/at/de/legal/anleitung-zu-den-werbepraktiken-von-reachlocal .
If you would like to opt out of ReachLocal tracking, please click on the following link: https://www.reachlocal.com/de/de/legal/trackingopt-out .
plista privacy policy
We use plista from plista GmbH (Torstraße 33-35, 10119 Berlin, Germany) on this website to display online advertising that is appropriate for the visitor. Visitor data is recorded and processed by plista, about which we will inform you below.
services of plista
plista analyzes visitor behavior on this website and uses the data collected to ensure that visitors see suitable ads and suitable paid content (e.g. articles). plista recommends certain content or advertisements to visitors of plista network websites (such as this website) that are based on the analysis of certain user information that is collected or accessed on pages of the plista network. This is content based on the interests of users, content based on the interests of similar users and content that users have previously viewed on websites outside of the plista network and is based on location information.
Which data does plista process?
The plista Services collect information about visitor behavior when visitors access, view and interact with plista network websites and advertisements. To do this, plista collects data that can be used to identify browsers and devices that repeatedly visit the pages of the plista network:
- Cookie IDs to identify the browser
- Advertising IDs for mobile devices to identify the advertising environment
- IP addresses and data derived from such IP addresses, such as inaccurate geolocation data that indicates a device's country, region, city and/or zip code area
- Internet browser type, browser language and operating system
- type of connection (wired or wireless); Network to which the device is connected and mobile operator (if available)
- Latitude/longitude of a mobile device.
The data collected by plista never includes the names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses or similar data of the users and is not linked to such. It is therefore not possible for plista to draw conclusions about natural persons.
Cookies from plista
- pookies
- Expiry time: 1 year
- Use: User identification by cookie ID
- Example value: 8961a7f179d1d017ac27lw87qq69V69221094151
- ploptout
- Expiry time: 30 years
- Use: Stores opt-out by visitors
- rt11
- Expiry time: 60 days
- Usage: Stores visitor's retargeting campaigns from partners
- Sample value: AlnCL9toeaa5lX0u2uS7D1B%2BinxhWAjqYkRre9sYf%2BI%3D
- around
- Expiry time: 30 days
- Use: Stores third-party IDs of the visitor transmitted by partners
- arv
- Expiry time: 3 days
- Usage: Stores the posts previously seen by the visitor
- Example value: a%3A1%3A%7Bi%3A0%3Ba%3A1%3A%7BA9%3A%22477939325%22%3221094151
- rec
- Expiry time: 3 days
- Usage: Stores the recommendations previously clicked on by the visitor
- Example value: a%3A0%3A%7B%7D221094151
- red
- Expiry time: 3 days
- Usage: Stores the recommendations previously shown to the visitor
- Example value: a%3A1%3A%7Bi%3A0%3Ba%3A1%3A%7BA9%3A%22477939325%22%3221094151
- frc
- Expiry time: 3 days
- Use: Ensures that visitors only see a limited number of advertisements
- imp
- Expiry time: 3 days
- Usage: Ensures that visitors only see a limited number of specific advertisements in a specific period of time
- cls
- Expiry time: 3 days
- Usage: Ensures that visitors see a wide variety of item recommendations
Forwarding of data to third parties by plista
plista forwards data from visitors (in particular the cookie ID assigned by us or the respective advertising ID) to selected third-party providers and service providers, for example to play out special types of advertising.
Storage duration of the data
All visitor data from the EU is stored on the plista servers in Germany. The plista targeting cookie has a storage period of one year and is automatically deleted after this period. All user data is also deleted or made anonymous no later than one year after it was collected and can only be used for statistical purposes in the latter case.
plista opt out
To prevent plista from collecting your data, you can find the opt-out button at https://www.plista.com/de/about/opt-out/ .
You can find more about data protection at plista in the plista data protection declaration at https://www.plista.com/de/about/privacy/ .
Source: Created with the data protection generator of the AdSimple® online marketing agency