Privacy Policy

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Introduction and Overview

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We have written this privacy statement (version 11/30/2022-112343890) to provide you with an overview of our privacy practices as required by the Primary Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and applicable national laws, to explain which personal data (data for short) we as the controller – and the processors (e.g. providers) commissioned by us – process, will process in the future and what lawful options you have. The terms used are to be understood as gender-neutral.
In short: We inform you comprehensively about data that we process about you.

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Data protection statements usually sound very technical and use legal terminology. This privacy statement, on the other hand, is intended to describe the most important things to you as simply and transparently as possible. As far as it is conducive to transparency, technical terms are explained in a reader-friendly way, links to further information are provided and graphics are used. In this way, we provide information in clear and simple language that we only process personal data in the course of our business activities if there is a corresponding legal basis. This is certainly not possible by providing the most concise, unclear and legalistic explanations possible, as is often standard practice on the Internet when it comes to data protection. I hope you find the following explanations interesting and informative and perhaps there is one or the other piece of information that you did not know yet.
If you still have questions, we would like to ask you to contact the responsible office mentioned below or in the imprint, to follow the existing links and to look at further information on third party sites. You will of course also find our contact details in the imprint.

Scope

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This privacy policy applies to all personal data processed by us in the company and to all personal data processed by companies commissioned by us (order processors). By personal data, we mean information within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 1 DSGVO, such as a person's name, e-mail address and postal address. The processing of personal data ensures that we can offer and invoice our services and products, whether online or offline. The scope of this privacy policy includes:

• all online presences (websites, online stores) that we operate
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• Social media presences and email communication
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• Mobile apps for smartphones and other devices
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In short: The privacy policy applies to all areas in which personal data is processed in the company via the aforementioned channels in a structured manner. If we enter into legal relationships with you outside of these channels, we will inform you separately as appropriate.

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Legalbases

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In the following privacy statement, we provide you with transparent information on the legal principles and regulations, i.e. the legal bases of the General Data Protection Regulation, which enable us to process personal data.
. As far as EU law is concerned, we refer to REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016, which you can of course read online on EUR-Lex, the gateway to EU law, at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32016R0679.

We are committed to ensuring that your personal data is protected by the EU Data Protection Regulation.

We will only process your data if at least one of the following conditions applies:

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1. consent (Article 6(1) lit. a DSGVO): You have given us your consent to process data for a specific purpose. An example would be the storage of your entered data of a contact form.
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2. contract (Article 6(1) lit. b DSGVO): In order to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual obligations with you, we process your data. For example, if we conclude a sales contract with you, we need personal information in advance.
3. Legal obligation (Article 6(1) lit. c DSGVO): If we are subject to a legal obligation, we process your data. For example, we are required by law to keep invoices for accounting purposes. These usually contain personal data.
4. Regitimate Interests (Article 6(1) lit. f DSGVO): In case of legitimate interests that do not restrict your fundamental rights, we reserve the right to process personal data. For example, we need to process certain data in order to operate our website in a secure and economically efficient manner. This processing is therefore a legitimate interest.

Further conditions such as the exercise of recordings in the public interest and exercise of official authority and the protection of vital interests do not occur with us as a rule. Insofar as such a legal basis should nevertheless be relevant, this is shown at the appropriate place.

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In addition to the EU regulation, national laws also apply:

• In Austria, this is the Federal Act on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data (Data Protection Act), in short DSG.
• In Germany, the Federal Data Protection Act, shortBDSG, applies.

If other regional or national laws apply, we will inform you about them in the following sections.

Contact-data-responsible

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If you have any questions regarding data protection or the processing of personal data, please find below the contact details of the person or body responsible:
. Stefan Knüpfer
. Pilzgasse 23-29/5/11
1210 Vienna

Email: info@piano-duo.blog
Phone: +43 660 8713582

storage duration

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That we store personal data only as long as it is absolutely necessary for the provision of our services and products is a general criterion with us. This means that we delete personal data as soon as the reason for processing the data no longer exists. In some cases, we are required by law to store certain data even after the original purpose has ceased to exist, for example for accounting purposes.

Should you wish your data to be deleted or revoke your consent to data processing, the data will be deleted as soon as possible and insofar as there is no obligation to store it.

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We will inform you about the specific duration of the respective data processing below, provided we have further information on this.

Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

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Pursuant to Articles 13, 14 of the GDPR, we inform you about the following rights you are entitled to in order to ensure fair and transparent processing of data:

• According to Article 15 of the GDPR, you have a right of access to whether we are processing data about you. If this is the case, you have the right to receive a copy of the data and to know the following information:
  • for what purpose we are processing;
  • the categories, that is, the types of data that are processed;
  • who receives this data and, if the data is transferred to third countries, how security can be guaranteed;
  • how long the data will be stored;
  • the existence of the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing and the right to object to processing;
  • that you can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (links to these authorities are provided below);
  • the origin of the data if we did not collect it from you;
  • whether profiling is carried out, i.e. whether data is automatically analyzed to arrive at a personal profile of you;
• You have a right to rectification of data under Article 16 GDPR, which means that we must correct data if you find errors.
• According to Article 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"), which specifically means that you may request the deletion of your data.
• According to Article 18 of the GDPR, you have the right to restriction of processing, which means that we may only store the data but not use it further.
• According to Article 20 DSGVO, you have the right to data portability, which means that we will provide you with your data in a common format upon request.
• According to Article 21 DSGVO, you have the right to object, which entails a change in processing after enforcement.
  • If the processing of your data is based on Article 6(1)(e) (public interest, exercise of official authority) or Article 6(1)(f) (legitimate interest), you may object to the processing. We will then check as soon as possible whether we can legally comply with this objection.
  • If data is used to conduct direct marketing, you can object to this type of data processing at any time. We may not use your data thereafter for direct marketing.
  • If data is used to conduct profiling, you may object to this type of data processing at any time. We may not use your data for profiling thereafter.
• Under Article 22 of the GDPR, you may have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (for example, profiling).
• According to Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint. This means that you can complain to the data protection authority at any time if you believe that the data processing of personal data violates the GDPR.

In short:You have rights – do not hesitate to contact the responsible body listed above with us!

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can complain to the supervisory authority. For Austria, this is the data protection authority, whose website can be found at https://www.dsb.gv.at/. In Germany, there is a data protection officer for each federal state. For more information, you can contact the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI). The following local data protection authority is responsible for our company:

Data transfer to third countries

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We only transfer or process data to countries outside the EU (third countries) if you consent to this processing, if this is required by law or contractually necessary, and in any case only to the extent that this is generally permitted. Your consent is in most cases the most important reason that we have data processed in third countries. Processing personal data in third countries such as the United States, where many software vendors provide services and have their server locations, may mean that personal data is processed and stored in unexpected ways.

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We explicitly point out that according to the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for data transfers to the USA. Data processing by US services (such as Google Analytics) may result in data not being processed and stored anonymously, where applicable. Furthermore, US government authorities may be able to access individual data. In addition, it may happen that collected data is linked with data from other services of the same provider, if you have a corresponding user account. Where possible, we try to use server locations within the EU, if this is offered.

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We provide more detailed information about data transfers to third countries, where applicable, at the appropriate places in this Privacy Policy.

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Security of Data Processing

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To protect personal data, we have implemented both technical and organizational measures. Where possible, we encrypt or pseudonymize personal data. In this way, we make it as difficult as possible, within the scope of our possibilities, for third parties to infer personal information from our data.

Art. 25 DSGVO speaks here of “data protection through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings” and thus means that both software (e.g. forms) and hardware (e.g. access to the server room) are always thought of security and appropriate measures are taken. In the following, we still go into concrete measures, if necessary.

TLS encryption with https

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TLS, encryption and https sound very technical and they are. We use HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure stands for "secure hypertext transfer protocol") to transfer data over the Internet in a tap-proof manner.
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This means we have implemented an additional layer of security and comply with data protection by design of technology (Article 25(1) DSGVO). By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the Internet, we can ensure the protection of confidential data.
. You can recognize the use of this protection of data transmission by the small lock symbol at the top left of the browser, to the left of the Internet address (e.g. examplepage.com) and the use of the scheme https (instead of http) as part of our Internet address.
If you want to know more about encryption, we recommend doing a Google search for “Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure wiki” to get good links to more detailed information.

order-processing-contract (AVV)

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In this section, we would like to explain what a contract processing agreement is and why it is needed. Because the word “order processing contract” is quite a mouthful, we will also just use the acronym AVV more often here in the text. Like most companies, we do not work alone, but also use services of other companies or individuals ourselves.  Through the involvement of various companies or service providers, it may be that we pass on personal data for processing. These partners then act as processors with whom we conclude a contract, the so-called order processing agreement (AVV). The most important thing for you to know is that the processing of your personal data is carried out exclusively in accordance with our instructions and must be governed by the GCU.

Who are processors?

As a company and website owner, we are responsible for all the data we process from you. In addition to the responsible parties, there may also be so-called processors. This includes any company or person that processes personal data on our behalf. More precisely and according to the GDPR definition: any natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on our behalf is considered a processor. Consequently, processors can be service providers such as hosting or cloud providers, payment or newsletter providers, or large companies such as Google or Microsoft, for example.

For a better understanding of the terminology, here is an overview of the three roles in the GDPR:

Affected party (you as a customer or prospect) → Responsible party (we as a company and client) → Processor (service provider such as web hoster or cloud provider)

Content of a contract processing agreement

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As mentioned above, we have concluded an AVV with our partners who act as processors. This states, first and foremost, that the processor will process the data to be processed exclusively in accordance with the GDPR. The contract must be concluded in writing, although in this context the electronic conclusion of the contract is also considered "in writing". Only on the basis of the contract will the processing of personal data take place. The contract must contain the following:

• Binding us as the controller
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• Duties and rights of the responsible person
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• Categories of data subjects
• Type of personal data
• Type and purpose of data processing
• Subject and duration of the data processing
• Place of performance of the data processing

Furthermore, the contract contains all the obligations of the processor. The main obligations are:

• to ensure data security measures
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• take possible technical and organizational measures to protect the rights of the data subject
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• keep a data processing register
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• cooperate with the data protection supervisory authority upon request
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• to conduct a risk analysis in relation to the personal data received
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• Sub-processors may only be engaged with the written consent of the Controller
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What such an AVV looks like in concrete terms can be seen, for example, at https://www.wko.at/service/wirtschaftsrecht-gewerberecht/eu-dsgvo-mustervertrag-auftragsverarbeitung.html. A sample contract is presented here.

Cookies

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Cookies summary 👥 Affected parties: website visitors . 🤝 Purpose: depending on the particular cookie. More details can be found below or from the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie. 📓 Processed data: Depending on the cookie used in each case. More details can be found below or at the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie. 📅 Storage period: depending on the particular cookie, can vary from hours to years . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para 1 lit.f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests)

What are cookies?

Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.
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Whenever you browse the Internet, you use a browser. Popular browsers include Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.

There's one thing that can't 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 applications. HTTP cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by our website. These cookie files are automatically placed in the cookie folder, effectively 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.

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Cookies store certain user data from you, such as language or personal page settings. When you return to our site, your browser transmits the "user-related" information back to our site. Thanks to cookies, our site knows who you are and offers you the setting you are used to. In some browsers, each cookie has its own file; in others, such as Firefox, all cookies are stored in a single file.

The following graphic shows a possible interaction between a web browser, such as Chrome, and the web server. Here, the web browser requests a website and receives a cookie back from the server, which the browser uses again as soon as another page is requested.

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, as each cookie stores different data. Also, the expiration time of a cookie 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.

This is what cookie data can look like, for example:

Name: _ga
Value: GA1.2.1326744211.152112343890-9
Purpose: Distinguishing website visitors
Expiration date: after 2 years

A browser should be able to support these minimum sizes:

• At least 4096 bytes per cookie
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• At least 50 cookies per domain
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• At least 3000 cookies in total
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What types of cookies are there?

The question of which cookies we use in particular depends on the services we use and is clarified in the following sections of the Privacy Policy. At this point, we would like to briefly discuss the different types of HTTP cookies.

We can distinguish 4 types of cookies:

Necessary cookies
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Purpose cookies
. These cookies collect info about user behavior and whether the user gets any error messages. In addition, these cookies are also used to measure the loading time and behavior of the website with different browsers.

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Targeted cookies
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Advertising cookies
. These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They are used to deliver customized advertising to the user. This can be very convenient, but also very annoying.

Usually, when you visit a website for the first time, you are asked which of these cookie types you want to allow. And of course, this decision is also stored in a cookie.

If you want to know more about cookies and are not afraid of technical documentation, we recommend https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6265, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments called “HTTP State Management Mechanism”.

Purpose of processing via cookies

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The purpose ultimately depends on the particular cookie. More details can be found below or from the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie.

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What data is processed?

Cookies are small helpers for a many different tasks. Unfortunately, it is not possible to generalize what data is stored in cookies, but we will inform you about the data processed or stored in the following privacy policy.

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Cookie storage duration

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The storage period depends on the particular cookie and is specified further below. Some cookies are deleted after less than an hour, others can remain stored on a computer for several years.

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You also have influence on the storage period yourself. You can manually delete all cookies at any time via your browser (see also below “Right of objection”). Furthermore, cookies based on consent will be deleted at the latest after revocation of your consent, whereby the legality of the storage remains unaffected until then.

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Right of objection – how can I delete cookies?

How and whether you want to use cookies, you decide. Regardless of which service or website the cookies come from, you always have the option to delete, disable or only partially allow cookies. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all other cookies.

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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:

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Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome.

Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Delete 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 don't want cookies, you can set your browser to notify you whenever a cookie is about to be set. In this way, you can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow the cookie or not. The procedure varies depending on the browser. It is best to search for the instructions in Google using the search term "delete cookies Chrome" or “disable cookies Chrome” in the case of a Chrome browser.

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Rechtsgrundlage

Since 2009, there are the so-called "cookie guidelines". This states that storing cookies requires consent (Article 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO) from 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). In Germany, the Cookie Directives were not implemented as national law. Instead, the implementation of this directive took place largely in § 15 para.3 of the Telemedia Act (TMG).

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For absolutely necessary cookies, even in the absence of consent, there are legitimate interests (Article 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO), which in most cases are of an economic nature. We want to provide visitors to the website with a pleasant user experience and for this purpose certain cookies are often absolutely necessary.

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In so far as cookies that are not absolutely necessary are used, this is only done in the case of your consent. The legal basis in this respect is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

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In the following sections you will be informed in more detail about the use of cookies, provided that software used cookies.

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Webhosting Introduction

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Web hosting summary 👥 Affected parties: website visitors . 🤝 Purpose: professional hosting of the website and securing its operation 📓 Processed data: IP address, time of website visit, browser used and other data. More details on this can be found below or at the respective web hosting provider used. 📅 Storage period: depending on the respective provider, but usually 2 weeks . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para 1 lit.f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests)

What is web hosting?

When you visit websites these days, certain information – including personal data – is automatically created and stored, including on this website. This data should be processed as sparingly as possible and only with justification. By the way, by website we mean the totality of all web pages on a domain, i.e. everything from the home page (homepage) to the very last sub-page (like this one). By domain, we mean, for example, example.de or sampleexample.com.

When you want to view a website on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, you use a program called a web browser to do so. You probably know some web browsers by name: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. We say browser or web browser for short.

In order to display the website, the browser must connect to another computer where the website's code is stored: the web server. Running a web server is a complicated and costly task, which is why it is usually handled by professional providers, or ISPs. These offer web hosting and thus ensure reliable and error-free storage of website data. A whole lot of technical terms, but please stay tuned, it gets better!

When the browser on your computer (desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone) connects and during data transfer to and from the web server, personal data may be processed. On the one hand, your computer stores data, and on the other hand, the web server also needs to store data for a while to ensure proper operation.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so the following graphic shows the interaction between the browser, the Internet and the hosting provider to illustrate this.

Why do we process personal data?

The purposes of data processing are:

1. Professional hosting of the website and securing its operation
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2. To maintain operational and IT security
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3. Anonymous evaluation of access behavior to improve our offer and, if necessary, for law enforcement or prosecution of claims
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What data is processed?

Even while you are visiting our website right now, our web server, which is the computer on which this website is stored, usually automatically stores data such as

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• the complete Internet address (URL) of the web page accessed
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• Browser and browser version (e.g. Chrome 87)
• The operating system used (e.g. Windows 10)
• the address (URL) of the previously visited page (referrer URL) (e.g. https://www.beispielquellsite.de/vondabinichgekommen/)
• the hostname and IP address of the device being accessed from (e.g. COMPUTERNAME and 194.23.43.121)
• the date and time
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• in files called web server log files
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How long is data stored?

In general, the above data is stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We do not share this data, but we cannot exclude the possibility that this data may be viewed by authorities in the event of unlawful conduct.

In short: Your visit is logged by our provider (company that runs our website on special computers (servers)), but we do not share your data without consent!

Rechtsgrundlage

The lawfulness of the processing of personal data in the context of web hosting results from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (protection of legitimate interests), because the use of professional hosting with a provider is necessary to present the company on the Internet in a secure and user-friendly manner and to be able to pursue attacks and claims from this if necessary.

Between us and the hosting provider there is usually a contract for commissioned processing in accordance with Art. 28 f. DSGVO, which ensures compliance with data protection and guarantees data security.

Webhosting-Provider External Privacy Policy

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The following is the contact information for our external hosting provider, where, in addition to the information above, you can learn more about data processing:

Render
655 5th St APT 19, San Francisco

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You can learn more about data processing at this provider in the Privacy Policy.

Audio & Video Introduction

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Audio & Video Privacy Policy Summary 👥 Data subjects: website visitors . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed data: Data such as contact details, user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address may be stored . More details on this can be found below in the relevant data protection texts. 📅 Storage period: data is generally stored as long as it is necessary for the purpose of the service . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests)

What are audio and video elements?

We have included audio or video elements on our website so that you can watch videos or listen to music/podcasts directly through our website, for example. The content is provided by service providers. All content is therefore also obtained from the corresponding servers of the providers.

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These are embedded functional elements of platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo or Spotify. The use of these portals is usually free of charge, but paid content can also be published. With the help of these embedded elements, you can listen to or view the respective content via our website.

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When you use audio or video elements on our website, personal data from you may also be transmitted to the service providers, processed and stored.

Why do we use audio & video elements on our website?

Of course, we want to deliver the best experience on our website. And we are aware that content is no longer conveyed merely in text and static image. Instead of just giving you a link to a video, we provide audio and video formats right on our website that are entertaining or informative, and ideally both. This expands our service and makes it easier for you to access interesting content. Thus, in addition to our text and images, we also offer video and/or audio content.

What data is stored by audio & video elements?

When you access a page on our website that has an embedded video, for example, your server connects to the service provider's server. In the process, data from you is also transmitted to the third-party service provider and stored there. Some data is collected and stored quite independently of whether or not you have an account with the third-party provider. This usually includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, and other general information about your terminal device. Furthermore, most providers also collect information about your web activity. This includes session duration, bounce rate, which button you clicked on, or which website you used to access the service. All this information is usually stored via cookies or pixel tags (also called web beacons). Pseudonymized data is mostly stored in cookies in your browser. You can always find out exactly what data is stored and processed in the privacy policy of the provider in question.

Duration of data processing

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You can find out exactly how long the data is stored on the servers of the third-party providers either below in the privacy text of the respective tool or in the privacy policy of the provider. In principle, personal data is always processed only as long as it becomes absolutely necessary for the provision of our services or products. As a rule, this also applies to third-party providers. In most cases, you can assume that certain data will be stored on the servers of third-party providers for several years. Data can be stored for different lengths of time specifically in cookies. Some cookies are already deleted after leaving the website, others can be stored in your browser for several years.

Widerspruchsrecht

You also have the right and the possibility to revoke your consent to the use of cookies or third-party providers at any time. This works either via our cookie management tool or via other opt-out functions. For example, you can also prevent data collection through cookies by managing, disabling or deleting cookies in your browser. The lawfulness of the processing until the revocation remains unaffected.

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Since the embedded audio and video functions on our site usually also use cookies, you should also read our general privacy policy on cookies. In the privacy statements of the respective third-party providers, you can learn more about the handling and storage of your data.

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Legal basis.

If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by embedded audio and video elements, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. We use the embedded audio and video elements nevertheless only insofar as you have given consent.

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YouTube Privacy Policy

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YouTube privacy policy summary 👥 Data subjects: visitors to the website . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed data: Data such as contact details, user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address may be stored . You can find more details about this further down in this privacy policy. 📅 Storage period: data is generally stored as long as it is necessary for the purpose of the service . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests)

What is YouTube?

We have YouTube videos built into our website. So we can present you interesting videos directly on our site. YouTube is a video portal that has been a subsidiary of Google since 2006. The video portal is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you call up a page on our website that has a YouTube video embedded, your browser automatically connects to the YouTube or Google servers. In the process, various data are transferred (depending on the settings). Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all data processing in the European area.

In the following, we would like to explain in more detail which data is processed, why we have embedded YouTube videos and how you can manage or delete your data.

On YouTube, users can watch, rate, comment and upload videos themselves for free. Over the past few years, YouTube has become one of the most important social media channels in the world. In order for us to display videos on our website, YouTube provides a code snippet that we have included on our site.

Why do we use YouTube videos on our website?

YouTube is the video platform with the most visitors and the best content. We are committed to providing you with the best possible user experience on our website. And of course, interesting videos can't be missing from that. With the help of our embedded videos, we provide you with other helpful content in addition to our texts and images. In addition, the embedded videos make our website easier to find on the Google search engine. Also, when we run ads through Google Ads, Google - thanks to the data we collect - can really only show these ads to people who are interested in what we have to offer.

What data is stored by YouTube?

Once you visit one of our pages that has a YouTube video embedded, YouTube sets at least one cookie that stores your IP address and our URL. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can usually assign your interactions on our website to your profile using cookies. This includes data such as session duration, bounce rate, approximate location, technical information such as browser type, screen resolution or your internet provider. Other data may include contact details, any ratings, sharing content via social media or adding to your favorites on YouTube.

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If you are not signed into a Google account or a YouTube account, Google stores data with a unique identifier associated with your device, browser, or app. For example, your preferred language setting is retained. But a lot of interaction data can't be stored because fewer cookies are set.

In the following list, we show cookies that were set in a test in the browser. On the one hand, we show cookies that are set without a YouTube account logged in. On the other hand, we show cookies that are set with a logged-in account. The list cannot claim to be complete, because user data always depends on the interactions on YouTube.

Name: YSC
Value: b9-CV6ojI5Y112343890-1
Purpose: This cookie registers a unique ID to store statistics of the video watched.
Expiration date: after session end

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Name: PREF
Value: f1=50000000
Purpose: This cookie also registers your unique ID. Google gets statistics about how you use YouTube videos on our website via PREF.
Expiration date: after 8 months

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Name: GPS
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie registers your unique ID on mobile devices to track GPS location.
Expiration date: after 30 minutes

Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Value: 95Chz8bagyU
Purpose: This cookie attempts to estimate the user's bandwidth on our web pages (with embedded YouTube video).
Expiration date: after 8 months

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Other cookies set when you are logged in with your YouTube account:

Name: APISID
Wert: zILlvClZSkqGsSwI/AU1aZI6HY7112343890-
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile about your interests. Used are the data for personalized advertisements.
Expiration date: after 2 years

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Name: CONSENT
Value: YES+AT.com+20150628-20-0
Purpose: The cookie stores the status of a user's consent to use different services from Google. CONSENT is also used for security purposes to verify users and protect user data from unauthorized attacks.
. Expiration date: after 19 years

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Name: HSID
Value: AcRwpgUik9Dveht0I
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile about your interests. This data helps to display personalized advertising.
Expiration date: after 2 years

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Name: LOGIN_INFO
Value: AFmmF2swRQIhALl6aL...
Purpose: This cookie stores information about your login details.
Expiration date: after 2 years

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Name: SAPISID
Value: 7oaPxoG-pZsJuuF5/AnUdDUIsJ9iJz2vdM
Purpose: This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. It is used to create a profile about your interests.
. Expiration date: after 2 years

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Name: SID
Value: oQfNKjAsI112343890-
Purpose: This cookie stores your Google account ID and your last login time in digitally signed and encrypted form.
Expiration date: after 2 years

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Name: SIDCC
Value: AN0-TYuqub2JOcDTyL
Purpose: This cookie stores information about how you use the website and what advertisements you may have seen before visiting our site.
Expiration date: after 3 months

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How long and where will the data be stored?

The data that YouTube receives from you and processes is stored on Google servers. Most of these servers are located in America. At https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/?hl=de you can see exactly where Google's data centers are located. Your data is distributed across the servers. This means that the data can be accessed more quickly and is better protected from manipulation.

Google stores the collected data for different lengths of time. Some data you can delete at any time, others are automatically deleted after a limited time, and still others are stored by Google for a longer period of time. Some data (such as items from My Activity, photos or documents, products) stored in your Google Account will remain until you delete it. Even if you are not signed into a Google account, you can delete some data associated with your device, browser, or app.

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How can I delete my data or prevent it from being stored?

Generally, you can delete data in Google Account manually. With the automatic deletion feature of location and activity data introduced in 2019, information will be stored for either 3 or 18 months depending on your decision – and then deleted.

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Whether or not you have a Google account, you can configure your browser to delete or disable cookies from Google. Depending on which browser you use, this works in different ways. Under the section "Cookies" you will find the corresponding links to the respective instructions of the most popular browsers.

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If you basically do not want cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. This way, you can decide for each individual cookie whether to allow it or not.

Rechtsgrundlage

If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by embedded YouTube elements, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. Nevertheless, we only use the embedded YouTube elements insofar as you have given your consent. YouTube also sets cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view the privacy policy or cookie policy of the respective service provider.

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YouTube also processes data in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks to the legality and security of data processing.

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As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular the USA) or a data transfer there, YouTube uses standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). These clauses oblige YouTube to comply with the EU level of data protection when processing relevant data outside the EU as well. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the clauses here, among other places: https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_de.

Because YouTube is a subsidiary of Google, there is a shared privacy policy. If you want to learn more about how your data is handled, we recommend you read the privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

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We always try to write our privacy policy as clear and understandable as possible. However, especially with technical and legal topics, this is not always easy. It often makes sense to use legal terms (such as personal data) or certain technical terms (such as cookies, IP address). However, we do not want to use these without explanation. Below you will now find an alphabetical list of important terms used that we may not have sufficiently addressed in the previous privacy policy. If these terms are taken from the GDPR and are definitions, we will also cite the GDPR texts here and add our own explanations if necessary.

contract-processor

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Definition of terms under Article 4 of the GDPR.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

"processor"a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;

Explanation: As a company and website owner, we are responsible for all the data we process from you. In addition to the responsible parties, there may also be so-called processors. This includes any company or person that processes personal data on our behalf. Consequently, in addition to service providers such as tax advisors, processors can also be, for example, hosting or cloud providers, payment or newsletter providers, or large companies such as Google or Microsoft.

Consent

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Determination of terms under Article 4 of the GDPR.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

"consent" of the data subject means any freely given specific, informed and unambiguous indication of his or her wishes, in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject signifies his or her agreement to personal data relating to him or her being processed;

Explanation: As a rule, such consent is given on websites via a cookie consent tool. You probably know this. Whenever you first visit a website, you are usually asked via a banner whether you agree or consent to data processing. In most cases, you can also make individual settings and thus decide for yourself which data processing you allow and which you do not. If you do not consent, no personal data of yours may be processed. In principle, consent can, of course, also be given in writing, i.e. not via a tool.

Personal data

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Definition of terms according to Article 4 of the GDPR.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

"personal data" any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

Explanation: Personal data are therefore all those data that can identify you as a person. This is usually data such as:

• Name
• Adresse
• E-Mail-Adresse
• Mail address
• Phone number
• Date of birth
• Identification numbers such as social security number, tax identification number, ID card number, or matriculation number
• Bank information such as account number, credit information, account balances, and more
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According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), your IP address also counts as personal data. IT experts can use your IP address to determine at least the approximate location of your device and subsequently you as the connection owner. Therefore, storing an IP address also requires a legal basis in terms of the GDPR. There are also still so-called "special categories" of personal data that also require special protection. These include:

• racial and ethnic origin
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• political opinions
• religious or ideological beliefs
• union affiliation
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• genetic data such as data taken from blood or saliva samples
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• biometric data (which is information about mental, physical, or behavioral characteristics that can identify an individual)
  . Health data
• Sexual orientation or sexual life data
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Profiling

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Definition of terms under Article 4 of the GDPR.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

"profiling" any automated processing of personal data which consists in using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, and in particular to analyze or predict aspects relating to that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or change of location;

Explanation: Profiling involves gathering various pieces of information about an individual in order to learn more about that person. In the web sector, profiling is often used for advertising purposes or even for credit checks. Web or advertising analysis programs, for example, collect data about your behavior and interests on a website. This results in a specific user profile, which can be used to play out advertising to a targeted group.

 

responsible

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Definition of terms according to Article 4 of the GDPR.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the term means:

"controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its designation may be provided for by Union law or Member State law;

Explanation: In our case, we are responsible for the processing of your personal data and consequently the “controller”. If we pass on collected data to other service providers for processing, they are “order processors”. For this purpose, an “order processing agreement (AVV)” must be signed.

 

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Source: Created with the Data Protection Generator by AdSimple

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