We are delighted that you have visited our website. Below, we would like to inform you about how we process your data in accordance with Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data controller

The organisation named in the legal notice is responsible for the data collection and processing described below.

Usage
data When you visit our website, so-called usage data is temporarily stored on our web server in the form of a log for statistical purposes, in order to improve the quality of our website. This data set consists of

• the page from which the file was requested,
• the name of the file,
• the date and time of the request,
• the volume of data transferred,
• the access status (file transferred, file not found),
• a description of the type of web browser used,
• the IP address of the requesting computer, which is truncated in such a way that it can no longer be linked to an individual.
• The aforementioned log data is stored only in anonymised form.

Data transfer to third
parties We transfer your data, within the framework of data processing on our behalf in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR, to service providers who assist us in operating our websites and the associated processes. Our service providers are strictly bound by our instructions and are contractually obliged to comply. These may include, for example, service providers for hosting or web analytics.

Data transfer to third countries
In some cases, we transfer personal data to a third country outside the EU. In each case, we have ensured an adequate level of data protection: in the case of Google and Facebook (USA), an adequate level of data protection is ensured through their participation in the Privacy Shield Framework (Article 45(1) of the GDPR).

Cookies

We use cookies on our websites. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and can be read. A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which are stored beyond the duration of the individual session. Cookies may contain data that enables the device being used to be recognised. In some cases, however, cookies merely contain information on specific settings that are not personally identifiable. We use session cookies and persistent cookies on our websites. This processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR and in the interest of optimising or enabling user navigation and adapting the presentation of our website.

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set. This ensures that the use of cookies is transparent to you. You can also delete cookies at any time via the relevant browser settings and prevent new cookies from being set. Please note that our websites may then not be displayed optimally and some functions may no longer be technically available.

Google Analytics

To tailor our website to your needs, we create pseudonymous usage profiles using Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your device and can be read by us. This enables us to recognise returning visitors and count them as such. Data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR and Section 15(3) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG), and is in the interest of finding out how frequently our web pages have been accessed by different users. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, as we have enabled IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within Member States of the European Union. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA (an adequate level of data protection is ensured under Article 45(1) of the GDPR through Google’s participation in the Privacy Shield) and truncated there.

We have also entered into a data processing agreement with Google LLC (USA) in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR. Accordingly, Google will use all information strictly for the specific purpose of analysing the use of our website on our behalf and compiling reports on website activity.

You may object to this processing at any time. To do so, please use one of the following options:

You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting the settings in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that, in this case, you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of this website.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and relating to 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 via the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

You can also prevent data collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which permanently prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website: Click here to object to the processing of your data by Google Analytics.

Data security

We take technical and organisational measures to protect your data as comprehensively as possible against unauthorised access. We use an encryption method on our website. Your data is transmitted from your computer to our server and vice versa via the internet using TLS encryption. You can recognise this by the fact that the padlock symbol in your browser’s status bar is closed and the address bar begins with https://.

Google Remarketing Technologies
We use cross-device remarketing technologies from Google so that targeted advertising can be displayed to you on other websites based on your visit to our websites. Data processing is carried out on the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.

How does remarketing work?
When you visit our websites, Google may retrieve identification markers for your browser or device (e.g. by creating a so-called browser fingerprint), analyse your IP address, or store an identifier in the form of a small text file on your device (e.g. a so-called third-party cookie). It is also possible that Google may link your visit to our websites to one or more of these identifiers and store this information in order to display our adverts to you on other websites.

The identifiers described above are designed as pseudonyms and may be used by Google to recognise your device on other websites. For example, if you visit a website that participates in Google’s Display Network (i.e. displays adverts on behalf of Google), Google can recognise your device and your browser using the identifiers mentioned above. We may also incorporate so-called ‘remarketing tags’ into our websites. This means that we can include keywords on our web pages that describe the content of the page being displayed (such as product or service categories). The keywords we use do not contain any personal or sensitive information. Google receives and stores these keywords alongside the identification characteristics mentioned above. So, when you visit a page that we have tagged with a specific product category, Google stores this keyword and associates it with your identification characteristics.

This enables us to instruct Google to display adverts on other websites based on the pages you have visited on our site. Consequently, if you visit another website that participates in Google’s Display Network, Google can use the identification characteristics and the keywords stored in association with them to determine whether, and if so which, of our adverts should be displayed to you. Further information on how Google’s remarketing technologies work can be found at https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

What is cross-device remarketing?
If you log in to Google services using your own login details, or use one or more of your own Google accounts, Google can link the identifiers of different browsers and devices. So, if Google has created a unique identifier for each of the laptops, desktop PCs, smartphones or tablets you use, these identifiers can be linked to one another as soon as you use or have used a Google service with your login details. In this way, Google can also display our advertising campaigns in a targeted manner across different devices. However, Google will only do this if you have previously consented to this data processing.

You have the option to adjust
your advertising settings; you can opt out of this form of advertising at any time. To do so, please visit this page at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922 and disable personalised advertising. Please note that these settings may not apply to all devices and browsers. Further information is also available at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922.

Facebook Remarketing
This website uses the ‘Custom Audience’ remarketing feature provided by Facebook Inc. (‘Facebook’). This feature is used to present interest-based advertisements (‘Facebook Ads’) to visitors to this website whilst they are using the Facebook social network. To this end, a Facebook tracking pixel has been implemented on this website.
When you visit the website, this tracking pixel establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. In doing so, information is transmitted to Facebook’s servers indicating that you have visited this website, and Facebook associates this information with your personal Facebook user account. Further information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/." You can disable the “Custom Audiences” remarketing feature on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads&section=oba&view. To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.

WiredMinds

For marketing and optimisation purposes, this website uses products and services provided by WiredMinds AG (www.wiredminds.de). In doing so, data is collected, processed and stored, from which usage profiles are created under a pseudonym. Where possible and appropriate, these usage profiles are rendered completely anonymous. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files stored in the visitor’s web browser and serve to recognise the web browser.

The data collected, which may also include personal data, is transmitted to WiredMinds or collected directly by WiredMinds. WiredMinds may use information left behind by visits to the websites to create anonymised usage profiles. The data obtained in this way will not be used to personally identify visitors to this website without the data subject’s separate consent, nor will it be combined with personal data relating to the holder of the pseudonym. Where IP addresses are collected, they are anonymised immediately after collection by deleting the last block of numbers.

You may object to the collection, processing and storage of data at any time with future effect. Opt out of website tracking.

Contact form

You have the option of contacting us via a web form. To use our contact form, we require your name, address and email address. You may provide further details, but you are not obliged to do so. The legal basis for processing is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (f) of the GDPR. We use your data exclusively to process your enquiry.

Your rights as a user

When your personal data is processed, the GDPR grants you, as a website user, certain rights:

1. Right of access (Article 15 of the GDPR)
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed; if this is the case, you have the right to access this personal data and to the information set out in detail in Article 15 of the GDPR.

2. Right to rectification and erasure (Articles 16 and 17 of the GDPR)
You have the right to request, without undue delay, the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and, where applicable, the completion of incomplete personal data. You also have the right to request that personal data concerning you be erased without delay, provided that one of the grounds set out in detail in Article 17 of the GDPR applies, for example, if the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

3. Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 of the GDPR)
You have the right to request the restriction of processing if one of the conditions set out in Article 18 of the GDPR is met, e.g. if you have objected to the processing, for the duration of any review.

4. Right to data portability (Article 20 of the GDPR)
In certain cases, as set out in detail in Article 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, or to request that this data be transferred to a third party.

5. Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
Where data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1), first sentence, point (f) (data processing to safeguard legitimate interests), you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to the processing at any time. We will then no longer process the personal data, unless there are demonstrable compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

6. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Under Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of data relating to you infringes data protection regulations. In particular, the right to lodge a complaint may be exercised with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place where the alleged infringement occurred.

Contact details of the Data Protection Officer

We are supported by our Data Protection Officer in fulfilling our data protection obligations. If you have an enquiry, please specify the company concerned. The contact details of our Data Protection Officer are as follows:

datenschutz nord GmbH
Oliver Stutz
Konsul-Smidt-Straße 88
28217 Bremen
Web: www.dsn-group.de
Email: office@datenschutz-nord.de