Declaration on the protection of data

Your rights as affected person

Your personal data protection rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by our data protection officer:

If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You may at any time lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) including their address can be found at:   https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/anschriften_table.html  

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Nature and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e., when you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of general character is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and other such information.

In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us, if necessary, in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis:

The processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Data recipients may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website is not guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies

Nature and purpose of processing:

Like many other websites, we also use so-called 'cookies'. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website.

Through this, we obtain certain data such as IP address, the browser in use and the operating system.

Cookies cannot be used to launch programs or transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate your navigation and enable the correct display of our web pages.

Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

Storage duration and utilized cookies:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

Name: CookieConsent. Storage period: 1 year.

Insofar as these cookies may (also) affect personal data, we will inform you about this in the following sections.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you can find the necessary information under the links below:

Use of Google Analytics

Nature and purpose of processing:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: 'Google'). Google Analytics uses 'cookies', which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users interact with the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these web pages, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signing states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

The purposes of data processing are to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on website activities. Based on the use of the website and the internet, other related services shall then be provided.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data is based on the user’s consent (Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR).

Recipient:

The data recipient is Google as an order processor. For this purpose, we have concluded the corresponding order processing agreement with Google.

Storage period:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes.

Third-country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield    https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/  

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Withdrawal of consent:

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:    Browser Add On to disable Google Analytics.  

In addition or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by   clicking this link[TS1] .  This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent the tracking by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.   

Profiling:

The Google Analytics tracking tool can be used to evaluate the behavior of visitors to the website and analyze their interests. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)

Nature and purpose of processing:

In order to display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use 'Google Web Fonts' of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter 'Google') on this website to display fonts.

The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here:    https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/  

Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Webfonts and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR).

Recipients:

Calling up script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the library provider. It is theoretically possible — although currently unclear whether and, if so, for what purposes — that the operator collects Google data in this case.

Storage period:

We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Web Fonts.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at    https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy:    https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/  

Third country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield    https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/  

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. However, the correct display of content may not be possible due to standard fonts.

Revocation of consent:

The JavaScript programming language is regularly used to display the content. You can therefore object to data processing by deactivating the execution of JavaScript in your browser or installing a JavaScript blocker. Please note that this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Use of Google Maps

Nature and purpose of processing:

On this website, we use the offer of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter 'Google'). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.

You can find more information about data processing by Google    in the Google privacy policy.  You can also change your personal privacy settings in the Privacy Center there.   

Detailed instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products    can be found here.  

Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Maps and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR).

Recipients:

By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have called up the corresponding sub-page of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account.

If you do not want the assignment in your profile at Google, you must log out of your Google account before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have a right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this.

Storage period:

We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Maps.

Third country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield,   https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/  

Withdrawal of consent:

If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will not be able to use our website or will only be able to use it to a limited extent.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you disable access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Embedded YouTube videos

Nature and purpose of processing:

On some of our websites, we embed YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter 'YouTube'). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. In the process, YouTube is informed which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.

For more information on purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and settings options to protect your privacy   (https://policies.google.com/privacy).  

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield    https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/  

Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of YouTube and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR).

Recipient:

Calling up YouTube automatically triggers a connection to Google.

Storage period and revocation of consent:

Anyone who has deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google ad program will not have to deal with any such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you would like to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.

For more information on data protection at 'YouTube', see the provider's privacy policy at:   https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/  

Third-country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield   https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/  

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you disable access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to ensure that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection statement will then apply to your next visit.

Questions to the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail.

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for    external data protection officers (Version #2019-04-10).   

This privacy policy applies to the following pages, even if 'itesign.de' is the context and/or subject in the text above: