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We take the protection and security of your personal data entrusted to us seriously and would like you to feel safe and comfortable when visiting our Internet pages and using our offers.</p><p>It is important to us that you know what personal data is collected when you use our offers and services and how we use it afterwards.</p><h3>Purpose of the data processing</h3><p>Insofar as VDI Wissensforum processes personal data, this is done for the purposes stated in this data protection declaration in each case.</p><p>Personal data, in particular address data, contact data or payment data, are used for the implementation of an emerging contractual relationship or its initiation. The processing of your personal data consequently takes place on the legal basis of Art. 6 para.1 lit.b DSGVO. For this purpose, it is usually necessary to transfer the collected data also to our partner companies or other contract data processors.</p><p>In the case of specific services (in the sovereign or recognized area), processing of personal data and also special categories of personal data takes place on a legal basis.</p><p>Depending on the type of contractual service, these contractual partners may also be located in countries outside the EU.</p><p>Contact details of the responsible person:</p><p>VDI Wissensforum GmbH<br> VDI-Platz 1<br> 40468 Düsseldorf<br> Telefon +49 (0)211 62 14-201<br> E-Mail: <a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2CykuugpuhqtwoBxfk0fg%27);">wissensforum<span>@</span>vdi.de</a></p><p>Data Protection Officer</p><p>If you have further questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact our data protection officer directly, who is also available in the event of requests for information, applications or complaints:</p><p>Nicolas Kurze<br> TÜV Technische Überwachung Hessen GmbH<br> Robert-Bosch-Straße 16<br> 64293 Darmstadt<br> E-Mail: <a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2Cfcvgpuejwvb%5C%2FyhBxfk0fg%27);">datenschutz-wf<span>@</span>vdi.de</a></p><h3>Rights concerning the processing of personal data</h3><p><strong>Right to information</strong><br> You have the right to receive from us at any time, upon request, information about the personal data we have processed concerning you within the scope of Art. 15 DSGVO. For this purpose, you can submit a request by mail or e-mail to the addresses given above.</p><p><strong>Right to rectify inaccurate data</strong><br> You have the right to request<br> that we rectify the personal data concerning you without delay if it is inaccurate (Art. 16 DSGVO). To do so, please contact us at the contact addresses given above.</p><p><strong>Right to erasure</strong><br> You have a right to the immediate erasure ("right to be forgotten") of the personal data concerning you if the legal grounds pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO exist. These are, for example, if the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were originally processed or you have withdrawn your consent and there is no other legal basis for the processing; the data subject objects to the processing (and there are no overriding reasons for processing - this does not apply to objections to direct marketing). To exercise your above right, please contact us at the contact addresses provided above.</p><p><strong>Right to restriction of processing</strong><br> You have a right to restriction of processing if the conditions are met and in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR. According to this, the restriction of processing may be required in particular if the processing is unlawful and the data subject refuses the erasure of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data or the data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds override theirs. To exercise your above right, please contact us at the above contact addresses.</p><p><strong>Right to data portability</strong><br> You have a right to data portability according to Art. 20 DSGVO. Here, you have the right to receive the data relating to you that you have provided to us in a common, structured and machine-readable format and to transfer this data to another controller, such as another service provider. The prerequisite for this is that the processing is based on consent or on a contract and is carried out with the help of automated processes. To exercise your above right, please contact us at the above contact addresses.</p><p><strong>Right to object</strong><br> You have the right to object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation to the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out, inter alia, on the<br> basis of Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) DSGVO, in accordance with Article 21 DSGVO. We will stop processing your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims. To exercise your above right, please contact us at the contact addresses provided above.</p><p><strong>Right to complain to a supervisory authority</strong><br> If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you by us is unlawful, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority responsible for us, which you can contact as follows:</p><p>The State Commissioner for Data Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate<br> Postfach 30 40<br> 55020 Mainz<br> Telefon: +49 (0) 6131 89200<br> E-Mail: <a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2CrquvuvgnngBfcvgpuejwvb0tnr0fg%27);">poststelle<span>@</span>datenschutz.rlp.de</a></p><p><strong>Planned data transfer to third countries</strong><br><br> A transfer to third countries is currently not planned, otherwise the corresponding legal requirements will be created. In particular, you will be informed about the respective recipients or categories of recipients in accordance with the legal requirements.<br><br><strong>Security</strong><br> VDI Wissensforum uses technical and organizational security measures to protect the data you have made available from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. This also applies when external services are obtained. The effectiveness of our security measures is reviewed and the measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments. </p><p><strong>Standard periods for the deletion of data</strong><br> The legislator has enacted various retention periods and obligations. After these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely deleted. If data is not affected by this, it will be deleted or anonymized if the purposes stated within the scope of this data protection declaration cease to apply. Unless this data protection declaration contains other, deviating provisions regarding the storage of data, the data collected by us will be stored by us for as long as it is required for the aforementioned purposes for which it was collected.</p><p><strong>Other data use and data deletion</strong><br> Further processing or use of your personal data will generally only take place if permitted by law or if you have consented to the data processing or use. In the event of further processing for purposes other than those for which the data was originally collected, we will inform you of these other purposes prior to further processing and provide you with the further relevant information.</p><p><strong>Applications</strong></p><p>On our career site vdi-wissensforum.de/karriere you have the possibility to apply online for advertised positions or to submit a speculative application. If you make use of this offer, a new window will open with an application form. This form is provided by the online application service "softgarden" of softgarden e-recruiting GmbH, Tauentzienstraße 14, 10789 Berlin. An order processing agreement has been concluded with softgarden. Softgarden transmits your data after completion of the online application process to VDI Wissensforum, where it is stored for further use.</p><p>We store your application data for the duration of the review of your application. If your application is unsuccessful or if you withdraw your application, your application data will be deleted after a maximum of 6 months, unless you have expressly agreed to longer storage. In the event of a successful application, the data you have provided to us via the application system will be further processed in relation to your future employment with our company. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) a, b and f DSGVO and Section 26 BDSG.</p><p>If you do not provide us with the required personal data, this will not have any negative consequences for you. However, incomplete or inaccurately completed applications will not be considered. Unfortunately, without providing your personal data, the application cannot be submitted and will therefore be deleted.</p></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-padding-bottom u-reset-padding-top" id="c18241"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 11px;">Payment service provider</h3><p>We offer you efficient and secure payment options and use other payment service providers in addition to banks and credit institutions. Depending on the payment method, your payment information may therefore be made available to third parties (e.g. in the case of credit card payments, to your credit card company).</p><p><strong>1.1 Nature and scope of data processing</strong></p><p>The data processed by the payment service providers includes inventory data, such as the name and address, bank data, such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as the contract, total and recipient-related information. However, the data entered is only processed by the payment service providers and stored with them. We ourselves only receive information with confirmation or negative information of the payment. Under certain circumstances, the data is transmitted by the payment service providers to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check your identity and creditworthiness. The payment service provider may also pass on your data to third parties, insofar as this is necessary for the fulfillment of contractual obligations or the data is to be processed on behalf.</p><p><strong>1.2 Purpose and legal basis of data processing</strong></p><p>The information is required to perform the identity and credit checks as well as the actual transactions. The terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective payment service providers apply to the payment transactions, which can be accessed within the respective websites or transaction applications. We also refer to these for the purpose of further information and assertion of revocation, information and other data subject rights.</p><p>The transfer of your data to payment service providers is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO (consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DS-GVO (processing for the performance of a contract) and Art. 6 para.1 lit.f DS-GVO (legitimate interests). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. Data processing operations in the past remain effective in the event of a revocation.</p><p><strong>1.3 Services used and service providers</strong></p><p>Our website enables payment via the following payment service providers. The payment data you enter will be transmitted there in each case.</p><p><strong>1.3.1 Computop Wirtschaftsinformatik GmbH</strong></p><p>The provider of the payment service is Computop Wirtschaftsinformatik GmbH, Schwarzenbergstr. 4, 96050 Bamberg. Computop's privacy policy can be found at <a href="https://computop.com/de/datenschutz" target="_blank">https://computop.com/de/datenschutz</a> .</p><p><strong>1.3.2 Paypal</strong></p><p>The provider of the payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. PayPal's privacy policy can be found at  <a href="https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full" target="_blank">www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full</a> .</p><p><strong>1.3.3 BS Payone</strong></p><p>Provider of the payment service is BS PAYONE GmbH, Fraunhoferstraße 2-4, 24118 Kiel. You can view the privacy policy of PAYONE GmbH at <a href="https://www.payone.com/DE-de/datenschutz" target="_blank">www.payone.com/DE-de/datenschutz</a>.</p><h3 style="margin-bottom: 11px;">Registration for a user account</h3><p>You have the option to register with us for a user account. In the user account all data of the participants are stored, which were entered for the realization of bookings. This has the advantage that you can use the data for future bookings. The stored account and participant data can be autonomously managed or deleted by you at any time.</p><p>To create such a user profile, the following mandatory information is collected:</p><ul><li>Language of the user</li><li>Salutation/First name</li><li>Surname</li><li>Position & activity</li><li>Contact address</li><li>E-mail address</li></ul><p>In the booking process, additional participants can be assigned to you. These can then be viewed in the participant area of your customer account. By registering for an event by a third party, deviating data of the participant may be overwritten. If an entry has been overwritten and a change has been made, the participant will be contacted by e-mail. The processing of your data in the context of your user account is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.</p><h3>Registration Dritev Community Platform</h3><p>We offer you the possibility to register online on our community platform. For this purpose, we use the service and platform of 6Connex.<br>  For registration and participation in such events, the following personal data is collected, processed and stored:</p><ul><li>First name, last name, e-mail address</li><li>In addition, the following data can be specified optionally: Company, job title, date of birth, country</li></ul><p>The processing of your personal data during registration and use of the platform is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO.<br> For the further processing and use of personal data for marketing and sales purposes as well as for use, your consent is obtained during registration. The legal basis is Art. 6 para 1 lit.) a DSGVO. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.</p><p>We have concluded standard contractual clauses with 6Connex. You can read the privacy policy of 6Connex under <a href="https://www.6connex.com/legal/" target="_blank">Privacy Policy, Legal, & Terms of Use | 6Connex</a> .</p><h3>Specific information about the website</h3><h3>Calling our Website</h3><p>When personal data is entered, it is always transmitted in strongly encrypted form.</p><p>We collect and store the IP address assigned to your computer in order to transmit the contents of our website that you have accessed to your computer (e.g. texts, images as well as files made available for download, etc.) (cf. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO). In addition, we process this data for abuse detection and tracking. In this respect, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest in data processing is to ensure the proper functioning of our website and the business transactions conducted via it.</p><p>Insofar as we process your data for the purpose of providing the functions of our website, as described above, you are contractually obligated to make this data available to us.</p><h3>Contact form</h3><p>If you have a more detailed question for us, you can submit an inquiry using the contact details on our website.<br>  When you contact us, the data you provide will be stored by us. The processing is carried out for the purpose of processing the requests on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b, f DSGVO.<br>  The data generated in the course of your contact will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the processing of your request.</p><h3>Forms</h3><p>On our website you will find various other forms with which you can make certain inquiries or leave information, e.g. inquiries about certain further training measures, press accreditation, downloading certain materials or updating your data. The mandatory information is marked accordingly on each form. The provision of further, separately marked data is voluntary and is used in particular to be able to address you personally. We use the data for the purpose of the request you have made in each case. We delete the data accruing in this context after the storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if there are legal retention obligations. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO or, if it serves the fulfillment of a contract or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DS-GVO.</p><h3>Online-Seminars</h3><p>If you would like to book training measures via our website, it is necessary for the conclusion of the contract that you provide your personal data, which we require for the processing of your booking. Mandatory information required for the processing of contracts is marked separately, other information is voluntary. We process the data you provide to process your booking. For this purpose, we may pass on your payment data to our house bank. In the case of individual orders under the registration, we also request data that is required for payment with the respective means of payment selected by you. We pass this data on to the corresponding payment service provider or it is collected directly by the payment service provider as part of the payment process. On our website, payment can be made by credit card and by invoice. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DS-GVO.</p><p>We may also process the data you provide to inform you of other interesting training opportunities or to send you emails with technical information.</p><p>After complete execution of the contract and complete payment of the remuneration, your data will be blocked for use and deleted after expiry of the retention obligations under commercial and tax law.</p><p>By participating in a face-to-face event, you contractually agree to use the contact tracking app (Luca app or e-guest app) specified by us. The privacy policy of the operator of the contact tracking app can be found here please insert links privacy policy Luca-App and e-guest-App. Within the contact tracking app, we create an event for which a QR code is generated. As an attendee, you register before the event by scanning this QR code. Thereby, a processing of personal data takes place. The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Our legitimate interest in the processing is based on an efficient design of the contact data collection.</p><h3>Disclosure to third parties</h3><p>Your data will be processed transparently, based on this privacy policy. Information may also be passed on to other companies based in the VDI Group for processing for administrative purposes, if necessary. However, this is only done insofar as this is necessary for the purposes stated in this data protection declaration or the other company acts as a service provider / order processor bound by instructions. The legal basis for this transfer is Art.6 para.1 lit.f), ErwG 48 DSGVO.</p><p>The transfer of data to processors is based on Art. 28 (1) DSGVO.</p><p>We also do not sell your data to third parties, nor do we market it in any other way.</p><p>In addition, your personal data will be forwarded to law enforcement authorities and, if necessary, to injured third parties without your express consent if it is necessary to clarify an illegal use of our services or for legal prosecution. However, this only happens if there are concrete indications of unlawful or abusive behavior. A transfer may also take place if this serves the enforcement of terms of use or other agreements. We are also legally obligated to provide information to certain public authorities upon request. These are law enforcement agencies, authorities that prosecute administrative offenses subject to fines and the tax authorities.</p><p>The transfer of this data is based on our legitimate interest in combating abuse, prosecuting criminal acts and securing, asserting and enforcing claims, provided that your rights and interests in the protection of your personal data do not prevail, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. </p><h3>Cookies</h3><p>In order to make our website user-friendly for you and to optimally adapt it to your needs, we use cookies in some areas. A cookie is a small file that is stored locally on your computer when you visit a website. If you visit the website again with the same terminal device, the cookie indicates, for example, that it is a repeat visit. Cookies also enable us to analyze the use of our website. The cookie does not contain any personal information, it is not suitable to identify you on third party websites, including the websites of analytics providers.</p><p>We use the following types of cookies:</p><ul><li>Basic/necessary cookies</li></ul><p>These cookies are essential for the function of our website. This is, for example, the allocation of anonymous session IDs for bundling multiple queries to a web server or the error-free functioning of logins and orders.</p><ul><li>Functionality Cookies</li></ul><p>These cookies help us to save settings you have chosen or support other functions when you navigate our website. For example, we can remember your preferred settings for your next visit or save your login details for certain areas of our website.</p><ul><li>Performance/Statistics Cookies</li></ul><p>These cookies collect information about how you use our website (e.g. internet browser used, number of visits, pages viewed or time spent on the website). These cookies do not store information that allows personal identification of the visitor. The information collected with the help of these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.</p><p>You can declare your consent or rejection of cookies - also for web tracking - via the settings of your web browser. You can configure your browser so that the acceptance of cookies is refused in principle or you are informed in advance when a cookie is stored. In this case, however, the functionality of the website may be impaired (e.g. when placing orders). Your browser also offers a function to delete cookies (e.g. via Delete browser data). You can find more information about this in the operating instructions or, as a rule, under Settings of your Internet browser.</p></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-padding-bottom u-reset-padding-top" id="c18242"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 11px;">Website tracking</h3><p>Our website uses the web analysis service of etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, www.etracker.com*.</p><p>When you visit our website, data is therefore collected and stored for marketing and optimization purposes:</p><ul><li>Request (page name)</li><li>Browser type / version (Ex.: Internet Explorer)</li><li>Browser language (Ex.: German)</li><li>Operating system used (Ex: Windows 10)</li><li>Referrer URL (the previously visited page)</li><li>anonymized (shortened) IP address</li><li>Time of access</li><li>City and country</li><li>Clicks</li></ul><p>From this data, usage profiles can be created under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used for this purpose (see point Cookies). The data collected with the etracker technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website without the separately granted consent of the person concerned and will not be merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym. The data collection and storage can be objected to at any time with effect for the future.</p><p>This website uses etracker to collect data about how its users interact with the website and its content. VDI Wissensforum uses this data to ensure that the website creates added value for its visitors, for example through content adapted to their personal needs. Only the website owner has access to this data; it is encrypted before it is collected. Your security and privacy are not compromised.</p><p>For more information on data protection at etracker, please visit <a href="https://www.etracker.com/de/datenschutz.html" target="_blank">https://www.etracker.com/de/datenschutz.html</a>.</p><p>To deactivate etracker and exclude the collection of usage data, a cookie ("cntcookie") must be set by eTracker. The cookie is available at <a href="https://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=Zl3oQb" target="_blank">https://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=Zl3oQb</a> verfügbar. If the cookie is set, the usage data will not be collected.</p><p>The web analysis remains deactivated as long as the cookie from eTracker is not deactivated or deleted on your part. Therefore, please do not delete the cookie as long as the respective web analysis is not wanted.</p><h3>Integration of social network plug-ins</h3><p>Our web site uses buttons for each of the social networks</p><ul><li>Instagram facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA</li><li>Twitter, Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA</li><li>Xing, XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Deutschland</li><li>YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno CA 94066, USA</li><li>LinkedIn, LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA</li></ul><p>The buttons are marked with the logo of the respective social network. However, they are not the usual social plugins, but buttons with deposited links. The buttons must be activated (clicked) separately by you. As long as these buttons are not clicked, no data is transmitted to the social networks. Only when you click on the buttons and thus declare your consent to communication with the servers of the social network, the buttons become active and the connection is established.</p><p>After clicking, the button corresponds to a so-called share plugin. The social network is provided with information about the visited page, which you can share with your contacts in your social network. If you want to "Share" the information, you must be logged in. If you are not logged in, you will land on the login page of the social network you clicked on and you will no longer be on the pages of tuev-hessen.de. If you are logged in, the information is transmitted that you want to recommend the respective article.</p><p>By activating the button, the social networks then also receive, among other things, the information that and when you accessed the corresponding page of our website, as well as, for example, your IP address, information on the browser used and the language settings. When you click the button, your click is transmitted to the social network and used according to its data usage guidelines.</p><p>When activating the button, we have no influence on the collected data and data processing operations and are not responsible for this data processing and in this respect also not responsible in the sense of the GDPR. We are also not aware of the full extent of the data collection, its legal basis, the purposes as well as the storage periods. Therefore, the information provided here is not necessarily complete.</p><p>The transmission of the data takes place regardless of whether you actually have an account with the provider or are logged in there. If you are logged in to the provider, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If applicable, the providers also use cookies on your computer to track you.</p><p>To our knowledge, the provider stores this data in usage profiles, which it uses for purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (also for non-logged-in users) for the display of needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles. To exercise this right of objection, please contact the respective provider.</p><p>For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the respective social network, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the information</p><ul><li>on Instagram: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy</a></li><li>on Google: <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy</a></li><li>on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/privacy" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/privacy</a></li><li>at Xing: <a href="https://www.xing.com/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.xing.com/privacy</a></li><li>on youtube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube</a></li><li>onLinkedIN: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy&trk=hb_ft_priv*" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy&trk=hb_ft_priv</a></li></ul><p>If you do not want the social network to receive data about you, do not click the button.</p><h3>Abuse detection and tracking</h3><p>We retain information for abuse detection and tracking, in particular your IP address, for a maximum of 7 days. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest in retaining data for 7 days is to ensure the proper functioning of our website and the transactions conducted via it, as well as to be able to defend against cyber attacks and the like. We may use anonymous usage information to tailor our website to your needs.</p><h3>Specific information about our online presence in social media</h3><p>VDI Wissensforum maintains several online presences within social networks and platforms, such as Instagram, Twitter, youtube, Xing and LinkedIn, in order to have the possibility to communicate with active users there and to inform them about our service portfolio. VDI Wissensforum uses the technical platforms and services offered by the operators for this purpose. In social networks and on other external platforms, the respective operators' own data protection provisions apply, even if we disseminate information and maintain presences there.</p><p>We would like to point out that you use the services of the social networks and platforms offered here as well as their functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating, etc.). The data collected about you in this context will be processed by the operators of the platforms and, if necessary, transferred to countries outside the European Union. What information the operators receive and how it is used is described in general terms in the respective privacy policies. On the individual platforms, you will also find information about contact options to the operators as well as about the setting options for advertisements.</p><ul><li>on Google: <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy" target="_blank">www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy</a></li><li>on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/privacy" target="_blank">twitter.com/privacy</a></li><li>at Xing: <a href="https://www.xing.com/privacy" target="_blank">www.xing.com/privacy</a></li><li>on youtube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube</a></li><li>on LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy&amp;trk=hb_ft_priv" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/static</a></li><li>on Instagram: <a href="https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875" target="_blank">https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875</a></li></ul><p>In which way the operators of the social networks use the data from the visit of the respective pages for their own purposes, to which extent activities on the pages are assigned to individual users, how long these data are stored and whether data from a visit of the respective page are passed on to third parties, is not conclusively and clearly stated by the operators and is not known to us.</p><h3><strong>I. Xing</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Dynatrace</strong><br> Dynatrace, a service provided by Dynatrace LLC, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, provides insight into the performance of a particular web application and how users navigate the site. Dynatrace collects data such as W3C timings, button clicks, link clicks, JavaScript errors, browser types, and geographic regions. This helps to improve the respective offers and to fix functional problems. Dynatrace uses various cookies for this purpose. To the privacy policy of Dynatrace:  <a href="https://www.dynatrace.com/company/trust-center/" target="_blank">https://www.dynatrace.com/company/trust-center/</a>  <br>  </li><li><strong>Google Analytics & Google Conversion Tracking</strong><br> Google Analytics, a service of Google Inc., Moutain View, California, USA, uses cookies that are stored on your terminal device and that enable an analysis of your use of our online presences in social media. The information generated by the cookie about your visit to our online presences in the social media is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If anonymization of the IP address to be transmitted by the cookie is activated on the website ("IP anonymization"), your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to 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. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our online presence in social media and to compile reports on website usage. In doing so, pseudonymous usage profiles can be created from the processed data. The IP address transmitted when using Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.<br> You can find more information on data protection here <a href="http://www.google.de/privacy.html" target="_blank">http://www.google.de/privacy.html</a>. <br>  </li><li><strong>Adobe Marketing Cloud</strong><br> Adobe Marketing Cloud provides website traffic analytics. The operator of these services is Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland. The analytics allow instant analysis of visitor flows. User behavior is presented in a way that provides an overview of users' online activity on social media sites. Adobe Marketing Cloud uses "cookies" that are stored on your computer and allow analysis of your website usage. If website usage information generated by the cookie is sent to an Adobe server, the settings ensure that the IP address is anonymized before geolocation and replaced with a generic IP address before storage. <a href="http://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/opt-out.html" target="_blank">http://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/opt-out.html</a><br>  </li><li><strong>Facebook Pixel</strong><br> Xing uses the remarketing function "Facebook Pixel", a service of Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. This function is used to present interest-based advertisements ("Facebook Ads") to visitors of the website. For this purpose, Facebook's remarketing tag has been implemented on this website. Via this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is established when visiting the website. This transmits to the Facebook server that you have visited this website and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account..<a href="https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153?helpref=search&sr=3&query=pixel" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153?helpref=search&sr=3&query=pixel</a><br>  </li><li><strong>comScore</strong><br> On Xing, information about usage is also collected and stored in anonymized form using a procedure from comScore, a service of comScore Inc from Reston, Virginia, USA. In this process, a small image file or JavaScript is integrated into accessible Internet pages to enable the measurement of access figures, e.g. by means of a cookie. In addition, audio and video usage within the player on the web pages is recorded. Under no circumstances can the data obtained be used to personally identify the visitor to this website. The collected data is only used to improve the service. Therefore, all IP addresses are stored only in anonymous form. No other use or disclosure to third parties will take place.<br><a href="https://www.comscore.com/ger/Ueber-Uns/Datenschutzerklaerung" target="_blank">https://www.comscore.com/ger/Ueber-Uns/Datenschutzerklaerung</a></li></ul><h3><strong>II. LinkedIn</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Facebook Pixel</strong><br> LinkedIn uses the remarketing function "Facebook Pixel", a service of Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. This function is used to present interest-based advertisements ("Facebook Ads") to visitors of the website. For this purpose, Facebook's remarketing tag has been implemented on this website. Via this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is established when visiting the website. This transmits to the Facebook server that you have visited this website and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153?helpref=search&sr=3&query=pixel" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153?helpref=search&sr=3&query=pixel</a><br>  </li><li><strong>Nielsen NetRatings</strong><br> Nielsen NetRatings is provided by Nielsen GmbH, Lindwurmstraße 10, 80634 Munich, Germany, and is an Internet tracking service for measuring and analyzing consumer behavior. You can object to the collection or analysis of your data by this tool by downloading or setting and saving the opt-out cookie available at the following link:<br><a href="https://twitter.com/personalization" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/personalization</a><br>  </li><li><strong>AppNexus</strong><br> AppNexus is provided by AppNexus Inc, 28 W 23rd Street, 4th floor, New York, NY - 10010, USA and is a web analytics and interest-based advertising tool. You can object to the collection or analysis of your data by this tool here.<br><a href="https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/platform-privacy-policy-de" target="_blank">https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/platform-privacy-policy-de</a>. <br>  </li><li><strong>Eloqua Tracking</strong><br> Eloqua, a service of Oracle Cor, 500 Oracle Parkway, M/S 5op7, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, places a persistent cookie on each login page unless an Eloqua cookie is already present on your device. If you have already used a website that uses Eloqua, you may already have an Eloqua cookie. The Eloqua cookie may be used to analyze your use of pages in order to improve them. Emails sent using Eloqua use tracking technologies of the type described above. If you would like to completely prevent the use of Eloqua tracking technologies for your device, you can do so on the Eloqua opt-out page.<br> For more information, please see the Eloqua privacy policy. (<a href="https://www.oracle.com/marketingcloud/products/marketing-automation/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.oracle.com/marketingcloud/products/marketing-automation/index.html</a>)</li></ul><h3><strong>III. Twitter</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Twitter Analytics & Twitter Ads</strong><br> The service is operated by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter Analytics stores and processes information about your user behavior on our online presences in social media. For this purpose, Twitter Analytics uses, among other things, cookies that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device and that enable an analysis of your use of the social media platforms. Twitter Ads can be used to create targeted marketing campaigns..<a href="https://twitter.com/personalization" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/personalization</a><br>  </li><li><strong>Facebook Insights</strong><br> Via Facebook Insights, a service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA , Facebook collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is available in the form of cookies on your PC. This information is used to provide statistical information about the use of the respective page. Facebook provides more detailed information on this under the following link: <a href="http://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights" target="_blank">http://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights</a>.<br>  </li><li><strong>Google Analytics</strong><br> Google Analytics, a service of Google Inc., Moutain View, California, USA, uses cookies that are stored on your terminal device and enable an analysis of your use of our online presences in social media. The information generated by the cookie about your visit to Twitter is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If anonymization of the IP address to be transmitted by the cookie is activated on the website ("IP anonymization"), your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to 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. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of Twitter and compiling reports on website activity. In doing so, pseudonymous usage profiles can be created from the processed data. The IP address transmitted when using Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.<a href="http://www.google.de/privacy.html" target="_blank">http://www.google.de/privacy.html</a><br>  </li><li><strong>Dynatrace</strong><br> Dynatrace, a service provided by Dynatrace LLC, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, provides insight into the performance of a particular web application and how users navigate the site. Dynatrace collects data such as W3C timings, button clicks, link clicks, JavaScript errors, browser types, and geographic regions. This can be used to improve the performance of the particular offering and fix functional issues. This data helps to continuously improve the offering and to identify functional problems. Dynatrace uses various cookies for this purpose.<a href="https://www.dynatrace.com/company/trust-center/" target="_blank">https://www.dynatrace.com/company/trust-center/</a><br>  </li><li><strong>Infusionsoft</strong><br> Infusionsoft is a program for preparing, creating and executing targeted marketing campaigns. Infusionsoft is operated by: Infusionsoft Inc, 1260 S. Spetrum Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85286. With the software it is possible to link statistical data as well as network behavior of individual users with contact data of concrete person for marketing purposes. If you install a deactivation add-on for your web browser, you can object to the collection of your data. <a href="https://www.infusionsoft.com/legal/privacy-policy" target="_blank">https://www.infusionsoft.com/legal/privacy-policy</a></li></ul><h3><strong>IV. youtube</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>DoubleClick Floodlight</strong><br> DoubleClick Floodlight is a service provided by Google Inc, Moutain View, California, USA. DoubleClick Floodlight cookies allow us to understand whether you complete certain actions on social media platforms after viewing or clicking through to a display/video ad on Google or other platforms through DoubleClick. DoubleClick uses this cookie to understand the content you have interacted with on our the websites in order to later send you targeted advertising. <a href="https://support.google.com/ds/answer/2839090?hl=en" target="_blank">https://support.google.com/ds/answer/2839090?hl=en</a><br>  </li><li><strong>Facebook Insights</strong><br> Via Facebook Insights, a service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA , Facebook collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is available in the form of cookies on your PC. This information is used to provide statistical information about the use of the respective page. Facebook provides more detailed information on this at the following link:<a href="http://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights" target="_blank">http://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights</a>.<br>  </li><li><strong>MediaMind</strong><br> Youtube uses technology from MediaMind Technologies Inc, 135 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, to optimize online ads. MediaMind uses cookies with anonymous and personally non-identifiable information in connection with the ad serving service. Adserving assists youtube in selecting appropriate advertising media for users. The cookie does not contain names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses or other information that can personally identify the user. For more information regarding MediaMind privacy, please visit <a href="http://www.mediamind.com/privacy-policy" target="_blank">http://www.mediamind.com/privacy-policy</a> You can disable MediaMind cookies at <a href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/" target="_blank">http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/</a> .</li></ul><h3><strong>V. Instagram</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Facebook Insights </strong><br> Via Facebook Insights, a service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA , Facebook collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is available in the form of cookies on your PC. This information is used to provide statistical information about the use of the respective page. Facebook provides more detailed information on this at the following link: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights&sa=D&ust=1592569220617000" title="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights&sa=d&ust=1592569220617000" target="_blank">http://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights</a>.<br>  </li><li><strong>Goolge Analytics</strong><br> Gooogle Analytics, a service of Google Inc., Moutain View, California, USA uses cookies that are stored on your terminal device and enable an analysis of your use of our online presences in social media. The information generated by the cookie about your visit to Instagram is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If anonymization of the IP address to be transmitted by the cookie is activated on the website ("IP anonymization"), your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to 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. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of Instagram and compiling reports on website activity. In doing so, pseudonymous usage profiles can be created from the processed data. The IP address transmitted when using Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.google.de/privacy.html&sa=D&ust=1592569220617000" title="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.google.de/privacy.html&sa=d&ust=1592569220617000" target="_blank">http://www.google.de/privacy.html</a>.<br>  </li><li><strong>Facebook Pixel</strong><br> Instagram uses the remarketing function "Facebook Pixel", a service of Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. This function is used to present interest-based advertisements ("Facebook Ads") to visitors of the website. For this purpose, Facebook's remarketing tag has been implemented on this website. Via this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is established when visiting the website. This transmits to the Facebook server that you have visited this website and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account.. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153?helpref%3Dsearch%26sr%3D3%26query%3Dpixel&sa=D&ust=1592569220617000" title="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153?helpref%3dsearch%26sr%3d3%26query%3dpixel&sa=d&ust=1592569220617000" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153?helpref=search&sr=3&query=pixel</a></li></ul></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-padding-bottom u-reset-padding-top" id="c18243"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 11px;">Google Ads Conversions</h3><p>We use the offer of Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising media (so-called Google Ads) on external websites. We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. In this way, we pursue the interest of displaying advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.</p><p>These advertisements are delivered by Google via so-called "ad servers". For this purpose, we use ad server cookies, which can be used to measure certain parameters for measuring success, such as the display of ads or clicks by users. If you access our website via a Google ad, Google Ads will store a cookie on your PC. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not intended to identify you personally. The unique cookie ID, number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), last impression (relevant for post-view conversions) and opt-out information (marking that the user no longer wishes to be addressed) are usually stored as analysis values for this cookie.</p><p>These cookies enable Google to recognize your internet browser. If a user visits certain pages of the website of an Ads customer and the cookie stored on his computer has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. A different cookie is assigned to each Ads customer. Cookies can therefore not be tracked across Ads customers' websites. We ourselves do not collect and process any personal data in the aforementioned advertising measures. We only receive statistical evaluations from Google. Based on these evaluations, we can see which of the advertising measures used are particularly effective. We do not receive any further data from the use of the advertising media; in particular, we cannot identify users on the basis of this information.</p><p>Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of Ads Conversion, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is the possibility that the provider learns your IP address and stores it.</p><p>You can prevent participation in this tracking process in various ways: a) by setting your browser software accordingly, in particular suppressing third-party cookies will result in you not receiving ads from third-party providers; b) by disabling cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com",, <a href="https://www.google.de/settings/ads" target="_blank">www.google.de/settings/ads</a>, deleting this setting when you delete your cookies; c) by disabling the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaign "About Ads" via the link <a href="http://www.aboutads.info/choices" target="_blank">www.aboutads.info/choices</a>, deleting this setting when you delete your cookies; d) by permanently disabling them in your Firefox, Internetexplorer or Google Chrome browsers at the link <a href="http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin" target="_blank">www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin</a>. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this offer to their full extent.</p><p>The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Further information on data protection at Google can be found here:: <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy" target="_blank">www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy</a> and <a href="https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html" target="_blank">services.google.com/sitestats/de.html</a>. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at <a href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/" target="_blank">www.networkadvertising.org</a> . Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield,, <a href="https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework" target="_blank">https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework</a>.</p><h3>Remarketing</h3><p>In addition to Ads Conversion, we use the Google Remarketing application. This is a procedure with which we would like to address you again. Through this application, our advertisements can be displayed to you during your further internet use after visiting our website. This is done by means of cookies stored in your browser, which Google uses to record and evaluate your usage behavior when you visit various websites. In this way, Google can determine your previous visit to our website. According to its own statements, Google does not combine the data collected in the course of remarketing with your personal data, which may be stored by Google. In particular, according to Google, pseudonymization is used in remarketing.</p><h3>DoubleClick by Google</h3><p>This website continues to use the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google. DoubleClick uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once. Via a cookie ID, Google records which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once. In addition, DoubleClick can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later calls up the advertiser's website with the same browser and buys something there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.</p><p>Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is the possibility that the provider learns your IP address and stores it.</p><p>You can prevent participation in this tracking process in various ways: a) by setting your browser software accordingly, in particular suppressing third-party cookies will result in you not receiving ads from third-party providers; b) by disabling cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com", <a href="https://www.google.de/settings/ads" target="_blank">www.google.de/settings/ads</a>, in which case this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies; c) by disabling the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaign "About Ads" via the link <a href="http://www.aboutads.info/choices" target="_blank">www.aboutads.info/choices</a>, in which case this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies; d) by permanently disabling them in your Firefox, Internetexplorer or Google Chrome browsers at the link <a href="http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin" target="_blank">www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin</a>. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this offer to their full extent.</p><p>The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. For more information on DoubleClick by Google, please visit <a href="https://www.google.de/doubleclick" target="_blank">www.google.de/doubleclick</a> and <a href="http://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090" target="_blank">support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090</a>, as well as on data protection at Google in general: <a href="https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy</a>. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at <a href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/" target="_blank">www.networkadvertising.org</a>. Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, <a href="https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework." target="_blank">https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.</a></p><h3>Use of Bing Ads, Bing Ads Conversion Tracking and Bing Ads Remarketing</h3><p>Our website also uses conversion tracking from Microsoft Corporation, (One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA). Microsoft Bing Ads sets a cookie on your computer if you have accessed our website via a Microsoft Bing ad. In this way, Microsoft Bing and we can recognize that someone has clicked on an ad, been redirected to our website and reached a previously determined target page (conversion page). We only learn the total number of users who clicked on a Bing ad and were then redirected to the conversion page. No personal information about the user's identity is disclosed. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse the setting of a cookie required for this - for example, via a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. Further information on data protection and the cookies used by Microsoft Bing can be found on the  <a href="https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement" target="_blank">Website Microsoft.</a></p><h3>Bing Ads Remarketing</h3><p>We also use the "Bing Ads Remarketing" application. Through this application, we can show you our advertisements when you continue to use the internet after visiting our website. In this way, we want to show you advertising that is of interest to you. This is done via a cookie stored in your browser (see above), via which your usage behavior is recorded and evaluated. No personal information is disclosed to us about individual website visitors and website customer target groups can only be targeted by us in advertisements if the customer target group has reached a critical size in terms of numbers. This makes it impossible for us to determine individual visitor identities.</p><p>You can deactivate tracking in various ways. For example, you can prevent the storage of cookies in your browser settings, whereby our online offer may then only function in a restricted manner for you. In addition, you can deactivate the interest-based ads of providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaigns "YourAdChoices" (<a href="https://optout.networkadvertising.org/" target="_blank">optout.networkadvertising.org</a>) whereby this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies. Disabling interest-based ads is also possible at <a href="https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads" target="_blank">https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads</a>.</p><h3>Google Analytics</h3><p>This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc ("Google"). The use includes the operating mode "Universal Analytics". This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus analyze the activities of a user across devices. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use 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. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to 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.</p><p>The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 26 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month.</p><p>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 plug-in available at the following link: <a href="http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de" target="_blank">http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de</a>.</p><p>You can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the future collection of your data when visiting our pages:</p><p><strong>Deactivate Google Analytics</strong></p><p>To prevent collection by Universal Analytics across devices, you must opt-out on all systems used.</p><p>This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()". This means that IP addresses are processed in abbreviated form, which means that personal references can be ruled out. Insofar as the data collected about you has a personal reference, this is therefore immediately excluded and the personal data is deleted immediately.</p><p>We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.   </p><p>Third-party provider information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. User terms and conditions: www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, Privacy policy overview:: <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html" target="_blank">www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html</a>, and Privacy policy:: <a href="http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy" target="_blank">http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy</a>.</p><h3>Google Signals</h3><p>Also based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO), we use the web analytics service Google Signals. Google provides website operators with Signals reports on cross-device user numbers as well as on different groups of users based on different device combinations used. Google uses what is known as "cross-device tracking" for this purpose. This means that website visits by a single visitor with different devices can be assigned to this one visitor, provided that the visitor has logged into a Google service during the sessions and at the same time has activated the "personalized advertising" option in his Google account settings. Google Signals is only used with IP pseudonymization activated. This means that the IP address of the user is shortened within the member states of the EU or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. This shortening eliminates the personal reference of your IP address. Thus, no conclusions can be drawn about the identity of an individual user.</p><p>The collection by Google Signals can be objected to at any time by the site visitor deactivating "personalized advertising" in his Google account under the following link: <a href="https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de" target="_blank">https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de</a></p><p>Additional information about how Google handles your personal information in its advertising network can be found here: <a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de" target="_blank">Advertising and Privacy</a></p><h3>Facebook tracking pixel</h3><p>We use Facebook Pixel for the purpose of analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website. With the help of the Facebook pixel, it is possible for Facebook to determine the visitors to our website as a target group for the display of ads (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to display the Facebook ads placed by us only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offer or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called "Custom Audiences"). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interest of users and do not have a harassing effect. With the help of the Facebook pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of the Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called "conversion").</p><p><strong>Objection/Deactivation:</strong></p><p>You can object to the collection by the Facebook pixel and use of your data to display Facebook ads. The settings for Facebook ads can be edited here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/</a> </p><p>Further explanations can also be found at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217</a></p><h3>SalesViewer</h3><p>This website uses SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH on the basis of the website operator’s legitimate interests (Section 6 paragraph 1 lit.f GDPR) in order to collect and save data on marketing, market research and optimisation purposes.</p><p>In order to do this, a javascript based code, which serves to capture company-related data and according website usage. The data captured using this technology are encrypted in a non-retrievable one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymised and is not used to identify website visitors personally.</p><p>The data stored by Salesviewer® will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and there are no legal obligations to retain them.</p><p>The data recording and storage can be repealed at any time with immediate effect for the future, by clicking on <a href="https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out" target="_blank">https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out</a> in order to prevent SalesViewer® from recording your data. In this case, an opt-out cookie for this website is saved on your device. If you delete the cookies in the browser, you will need to click on this link again.</p><h3>Webtrekk</h3><p>Visits to our website are analyzed pseudonymously for marketing and optimization purposes by the technology of Webtrekk GmbH ("Webtrekk"). Webtrekk is a company based in Germany, Robert-Koch-Platz 4, 10115 Berlin, which collects, stores and analyzes usage data. It has been certified for data protection in the area of web controlling in Germany, after its data processing was checked for data protection conformity and data security. Each time you access our website, some information transmitted by your browser is collected and analyzed. The collection is done by a pixel, which is embedded on every page, or/and via a Java script as well as cookies. The following information is collected and processed:</p><ul><li>Name of the retrieved file, timestamp</li><li>Operating system used</li><li>Device identifier</li><li>Information about the browser used by the user</li><li>Screen/browser resolution and color depth</li><li>Browser language</li><li>Referrer URL (the previously visited page)</li><li>IP address</li><li>Clicks</li><li>Java on/off</li><li>Cookie on/off</li><li>Plugins.</li></ul><p>Webtrekk shortens the IP address immediately after receipt and uses it on our behalf only for session recognition, for geolocation (down to city level) and for defense against cyber attacks. The shortened IP address is then immediately deleted again, so that the collected data is then anonymous.</p><p>When using Webtrekk, the following cookies are set, which have a shelf life as indicated:</p><ul><li>Session cookie (for session detection, lifetime: one session, i.e. until the browser is closed).</li><li>Long-term cookie (for pseudonymized recognition of returning visitors: 6 months)</li><li>Opt-out cookie (if you object to tracking: 12 months)</li></ul><p>The legal basis for the use of Webtrekk is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.<br> Further information on data protection at Webtrekk can be found at <a href="https://www.webtrekk.com/de/legal/opt-out-webtrekk/" target="_blank">www.webtrekk.com/de/legal/opt-out-webtrekk</a>.</p><p>n order to deactivate Webtrekk and object to the collection of usage data, a cookie ("webTrekkOptOut" called) must be set. By clicking on the following link, you can object to the collection of data by Webtrekk: <br><br><a href="https://www.vdi-wissensforum.de/datenschutz/" target="_blank">Disagree with Webtrekk</a></p><p>This objection is valid as long as you do not delete the cookie, but for a maximum of 12 months. The cookie is set for our website, per browser and end device. Therefore, if you visit our website from different end devices or with different browsers, you must set the cookie separately for each end device and browser.</p><h3>Shariff bookmarking</h3><p>Our websites also contain Shariff plug-ins. These plug-ins allow you to set bookmarks or share interesting content with other users. Through the plug-ins, we offer you the opportunity to interact with the social networks and other users, so that we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>Via these plug-ins, your internet browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of Shariff and, if applicable, the selected social network or bookmarking service. The recipients receive the information that you have called up the corresponding website of our online offer and the data automatically collected when you visit the website (see above). This information is processed on Shariff's servers in the USA. If you send content on our website to social networks or bookmarking services, a connection may be established between your visit to our website and your user profile with the corresponding network. We have no influence on the data collected and data processing operations, nor are we aware of the full scope of data collection, the purposes of processing, the storage periods. We also have no information about the deletion of the collected data by the plug-in provider.</p><p>The plug-in provider stores this data as usage profiles and uses it for 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 the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact the respective plug-in provider to exercise this right.</p><p>If you do not wish to participate in this procedure, you can object to the data collection and storage at any time by setting an opt-out cookie with effect for the future: <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/opting-into-or-out-of-data-use-for-your-private-repository/" target="_blank">help.github.com/articles/opting-into-or-out-of-data-use-for-your-private-repository/</a>. Alternatively, you can set your browser to prevent the setting of a cookie.</p><p>For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider, as well as further information on your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please contact: GitHub, Inc. 88 Colin P. Kelly Junior Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-policy/" target="_blank">https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-policy/.</a></p></div></div></div></section> <section class="section" id="c18244"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 11px;">A/B testing</h3><p>(1) This website continues to perform analyses of user behavior via so-called A/B testing. In doing so, we can show you our websites with slightly varied content, depending on a profile assignment that has been made. This allows us to analyze our offer, improve it regularly and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for A/B testing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>Cookies (see above) are stored on your computer for this evaluation. You can prevent the evaluation by deleting existing cookies and preventing the storage of cookies. If you prevent the storage of cookies, we point out that you may not be able to use our website in full. Preventing the storage of cookies is possible through the setting in your browser. Preventing the use of A/B testing is also possible by clicking the following link:<a href="http://www.abtasty.com/#abtastyoptout=1" target="_blank">http://www.abtasty.com/#abtastyoptout=1</a>.The cookie activated in this way will cause AB Tasty to stop running. The objection is stored in a special cookie and is valid as long as the cookie is not deleted.</p><p>Before the analyses are carried out, the IP addresses are processed in abbreviated form, so that a direct link to a person can be ruled out. The IP address transmitted by your browser is not merged with other data collected by us.</p><p>The service provider of the analysis is AB Tasty GmbH, Am Hof 20-26, 50667 Cologne, Germany.</p><h3>Hotjar</h3><p>This website uses Hotjar, an analysis software of Hotjar Ltd ("Hotjar") (http://www.hotjar.com, 3 Lyons Range, 20 Bisazza Street, Sliema SLM 1640, Malta, Europe). With Hotjar it is possible to measure and analyze the usage behavior (clicks, mouse movements, scroll heights, etc.) on our website. The information generated by the "tracking code" and "cookie" about your visit to our website is transmitted to the Hotjar servers in Ireland and stored there. The legal basis for the use of Hotjar is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>The tracking code collects the following information:</p><p>Device dependent data</p><p>The following information may be recorded by your device and browser:</p><ul><li>The IP address of your device (collected and stored in an anonymized format).</li><li>Your e-mail address including your first and last name, if you have provided it to us via our website</li><li>Screen size of your device</li><li>Device type and browser information</li><li>Geographical point of view (only the country)</li><li>The preferred language to display our website</li></ul><h3>Log data</h3><p>The following data is automatically created by our servers when Hotjar is used:</p><ul><li>Referring domain</li><li>Visited pages</li><li>Geographical point of view (only the country)</li><li>The preferred language to display our website</li><li>Date and time when the website was accessed</li></ul><p>Hotjar will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, generate usage reports, and provide other services related to website usage and internet evaluation of the website. Hotjar also uses third-party services, such as Google Analytics and Optimizely, to provide services. These third-party companies may store information that your browser sends as part of your website visit, such as cookies or IP requests. For more information on how Google Analytics and Optimizely store and use data, please refer to their respective privacy statements.</p><p>By continuing to use this website, you consent to the aforementioned processing of data there by Hotjar and its third-party providers under their privacy policies.</p><p>The cookies that Hotjar uses have different "lifetimes"; some remain valid for up to 365 days, and some remain valid only during the current visit.</p><p>You can prevent the collection of data by Hotjar by clicking on the following link: Disable Hotjar.</p><h3>SurveyMonkey</h3><p>Sometimes we ask you to participate in surveys to give us feedback on our work, for example after our Telemedicus summer conference. We process the surveys using SurveyMonkey, a service provided by SurveyMonkey Inc. of San Mateo, California, USA. We do not ask you for personal data in the surveys and cannot assign your answers to your person. Therefore, Telemedicus does not process any personal data with SurveyMonkey.</p><p>However, SurveyMonkey collects some data on its own responsibility and uses tracking services, for example, to statistically record the use of its services. For details, please see SurveyMonkey's privacy policy, which you can access here <a href="https://de.surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/privacy-policy/" target="_blank">https://de.surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/privacy-policy/</a>.</p><h3>Linking with SugarCRM</h3><p>Certain interactions lead to a new contact creation or to a contact information update in the central CRM system</p><ol><li>Request for one or more newsletters</li><li>Pre-registration for one or more events</li><li>Download one or more whitepapers</li></ol><p>All interactions require that the person actively provides the following information</p><ul><li>Salutation</li><li>First name</li><li>Name</li><li>E-mail address</li></ul><p>For all interactions, the person will receive an email to submit a DOI, verifying the corresponding order and allowing the person to consent to the sending of the information. No information will be sent to the person without explicit consent.</p><p>If a contact already exists for this combination in the CRM system, the data stored there is updated with the interaction information. If no contact exists, a new contact is created in the CRM system and the interaction information is added to it.</p><p>All interactions are logged with date and time.</p><p>The interaction does not lead to the creation of an automatic customer account.</p><p>It is possible to object to the further sending of information by means of an opt-out. This right of objection is pointed out with every customer contact. This is also logged with date and time.</p><p>Status: August 2022</p></div></div></div></section> <section class="section section--grid" id="c3555"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-9 "><div id="c3557"><h1 class="u-txt-left"> Data Protection Statement </h1><header><p><strong>Name and address of those responsible:</strong></p></header><p>The responsible party (“we”) in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation and other member state’s national data protection laws as well as other provisions related to data protection is:</p><p><strong>VDI Wissensforum GmbH</strong><br> VDI-Platz 1<br> 40468 Duesseldorf<br> Germany<br> Tel.: +49 (0)2116214-201<br> E-Mail: wissensforum@vdi.de</p><p><strong>Name and address of the data protection officer</strong></p><p>The responsible party’s data protection officer is:</p><p>Vasiliki Magolidou<br> TÜV Technische Überwachung Hessen GmbH<br> Robert-Bosch-Str. 16<br> 64293 Darmstadt<br> E-Mail: <a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2Cfcvgpuejwvb%5C%2FyhBxfk0fg%27);">datenschutz-wf<span>@</span>vdi.de</a></p><p><strong>Information about the collection of personal data</strong></p><p>Below, we would like to inform you about how we collect personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data that are personally connected to you, such as your name, address, email address and user behavior.</p><p>When you contact us by email or through a (contact) form, the data you provide (your email address, your name and your telephone number) is stored by us in order to answer your questions and to be able to allocate that data to you. This is why providing the aforementioned data is mandatory. We delete this data as soon as storage is no longer necessary or we limit storage in the case of legal requirements to preserve records. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR, or, in the case of the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual duties: Art. 6 Paragraph. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR.</p><p>We will inform you in detail about individual processes if we need to pass your data on to contracted third parties for individual website functions or would like to use your data for advertising purposes. We will also inform you about the set criteria for the duration of storage.</p><p><strong>Your rights</strong></p><p>You have the following rights in terms of your personal data:</p><p>- The right of disclosure<br> - The right of amendment or deletion<br> - The right to limit processing<br> - The right to object to processing<br> - The right of data transferability</p><p>You also have the right file a complaint about our use of your personal data at a national data protection regulator.</p><p><strong>Collection of personal data when visiting our website</strong></p><p>If you solely use our website for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or provide us with any further details, then we only collect the personal data that your browser sends to our server. If you would like to look at our website, then we collect the following data that is necessary for technical reasons and to ensure stability and safety (legal basis article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO):</p><p>(1)  Information about the browser type and version</p><p>(2)  The user’s operating systems and its platform</p><p>(3)  The user’s Internet service provider</p><p>(4)  The user’s IP address</p><p>(5)  Date and time of access</p><p>(6)  Websites that have led the user’s system to our website</p><p>(7)  Websites that were accessed by the user’s system through our website</p><p>(8)  Volume of data transferred</p><p>(9)  Access status/http status code</p><p>In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are saved on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are saved on your hard drive by your browser and note specific information (set by us) that is then sent to us. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are used to make our Internet presence more effective and user friendly as a whole.</p><p><strong>Use of cookies:</strong></p><p>a) this website uses the following kinds of kinds of cookies, whose function will be explained as follows:</p><p>-                Transient cookies (explanation b)</p><p>-                Persistent cookies (explanation c).</p><p>b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. This includes session cookies in particular. They save a so-called session ID, which allows various requests your browser makes to be allocated to a common session. Your computer can de identified in this way when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you log out or close the browser.</p><p>c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a set period of time, which can vary depending on the type of cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.</p><p>d) You can set up your browser according to your individual wishes and block third party cookies or all cookies completely, for example. However, we would like to make you aware of the fact that you may not be able to use all the functions on this website if you do so.</p><p><strong>Bookings</strong></p><p>If you would like to book a space for a further education training on our website, then it is necessary for you to give us the personal details we require to complete the booking in order to complete the contract. The information required to complete the contract is specially highlighted. Further information is voluntary. The data you provide is processed to complete your booking. In doing so, we can send your payment details to our bank. In the case of individual orders made under a registration, data is collected that is necessary to process payment made by the payment methods you have chosen. This data is given to a corresponding payment services provider or is taken directly from them as part of the payment process. Payment can be made by credit card and by invoice on this website. The legal basis for this is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>We can also process the data you provide to inform you about other further education trainings that may be of interest to you or send you emails with technical information.</p><p>After the contract is completed and full payment has been made, your data will be blocked for further use and deleted after expiration of commercial and tax-related obligations to preserve records.</p><p><strong>Forms</strong></p><p>Our website contains various forms, with which you can make specific requests or leave information, such as questions about certain further education trainings, press accreditation, the download of specific material or updating your data. The required fields are highlighted in the forms accordingly. Providing further, correspondingly highlighted data is voluntary and is used primarily to be able to address you personally. We use this data for the purposes of the request(s) you have made. The data collected in this case is deleted as soon as its storage is no longer necessary, or inhibits its processing when legal obligations to preserve records exist. The legal basis for this is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO or, or when it comes to fulfilling a contract or the fulfillment of pre-contractual measures, article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. b DS-GVO.</p><p><strong>E-Mail</strong></p><p>With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, white papers and other email services, with which we inform you about our current further education trainings and other news connected to our company. The services advertised are listed in the consent agreement.</p><p>The so-called double opt-in procedure is used to register for our email service. This means that we send you an email to the address provided asking you to confirm that you would like to receive the newsletter. In addition to that, we save the IP address used and the time of registration and confirmation. The purpose of the procedure is to be able to verify your registration and to clarify any potential misuses of your personal data.</p><p>The only requirement for receiving emails as part of the email service is your email address. The provision of further, specifically highlighted data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. After receiving your confirmation, we save your email address in order to send you the newsletter. The legal basis for this is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>You can withdraw your consent to receiving the newsletter and can unsubscribe from it at any time. To withdraw your consent, you can click on the link provided in every newsletter email, send an email directly to wissensforum@vdi.de or send a message to the contacts listed in the imprint.</p><p>We would like to make you aware that we analyze your user behavior when sending you newsletters. To perform this analysis, the emails sent contain so-called web-beacons or tracking pixels that show one-pixel images that are saved on our website. For the analysis, we automatically connect the data collected when visiting the website (see above) and the web-beacons with your email address and an individual ID. The data collected in this way is used to create a user profile, which allows us to tailor the newsletter to your individual interests. In the process, we collect data when you read our newsletter and which links you click on. This allows us to deduce your personal interests. This data is connected with the actions you take on our website. The legal basis for this is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>You can withdraw your consent to this tracking at any time by clicking on a special link provided in each email or by contacting us in another way. The information is saved for as long as you subscribe to the newsletter. After de-registration, the data saved is purely statistical and anonymous.</p><p><strong>Google Ads Conversions</strong></p><p>We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google Ads). In relation to the advertising campaign’s data, we can determine how successful individual advertising measures are. We do this in order to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting to you and to achieve a fairer calculation of advertising costs.</p><p>These advertising materials are provided by Google through a so-called ‘ad server’. We use ad server cookies, which use certain parameters to measure success, such as the overlay of ads or user clicks. If you arrive at our website via a Google ad, then Google Ads saves a cookie on your computer. These cookies generally loose their validity after 30 days and should not be used for the purposes of identifying you personally. As a rule, these cookies save analytic data such as the unique cookie ID, the number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), the last impression (relevant for post-view conversions) as well as opt-out information (markers that indicate that the user does not want to be solicited).</p><p>These cookies allow Google to recognize your Internet browser. If a user visits an ads client’s specific websites and the cookie saved on their computer is still valid, then both Google and the client can see that the user clicked on the ad and that it led to the website. Every ads client is allocated a different cookie. This means that cookies cannot be traced back through the websites of ads clients. We do not collect and process personal data in the advertising materials mentioned. Google only provides us with statistical analyses. On the basis of these analyses, we can recognize which of the advertising materials used are particularly effective. We do not receive further data from the use of advertising materials. In particular, we are not able to identify the user on the basis of this information.</p><p>Because of the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with a Google server. We have no influence upon the scope and further usage of the data by Google that come as a result of using this tool. As far as we know, Ads Conversion gives Google the information that you have clicked on a specific section of our Internet presence or an ad. If you are registered with a Google service, then Google can allocate this action or visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, it is still possible that the provider can find your IP address and save it.</p><p>You can prevent this kind of tracking in various ways: a) by setting up your browser software accordingly, especially by suppressing third-party cookies, which ensures that you don’t receive ads from third parties; b) by deactivating cookies for conversion tracking by setting up your browser so that cookies from the domain ‘www.googleadservices.com’ are blocked (this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies); c) by deactivating interest-based ads from providers that are part of the self-regulating ‘about ads’ campaign, a list of which can be found here <a href="http://www.aboutads.info/choices" target="_blank">http://www.aboutads.info/choices</a> (this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies); d) by permanent deactivation in Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome at the following link: <a href="http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin</a>. We would like to point out that by taking any of these measures, it is possible that you will be unable to use all the functions we offer completely.</p><p>The legal basis for the processing of your data is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Further information about data protection at Google can be found here: <a href="http://www.google.com/policies/privacy" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/policies/privacy</a> and <a href="https://services.google.com/sitestats/en.html" target="_blank">services.google.com/sitestats/en.html</a>. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at <a href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/" target="_blank">www.networkadvertising.org</a>. Google is also subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield <a href="https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework" target="_blank">https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework</a>.</p><p><strong>Remarketing</strong></p><p>In addition to Ads Conversion, we also use the Google Remarketing application. This is a process with which we want to be able to address you again. This application can lead to you being shown advertisements while browsing the Internet after visiting our site. This is done via the cookies saved by your browser, which Google uses to collect and analyze your user behavior when visiting various websites. This is how Google can determine that you have previously visited our website. According to Google, a consolidation of your personal data that Google has saved and the data gathered as part of remarketing does not happen. Pseudonymisation is used, especially in remarketing, according to Google.</p><p><strong>DoubleClick by Google</strong></p><p>This website continues to use DoubleClick by Google, an online marketing tool. DoubleClick uses cookies to deliver advertisements that are relevant to the user, to generate reports to improve campaign performance and to avoid showing a user the same ad several times. Google collects which ads were run in which browser with a cookie ID and can therefore prevent ads being shown multiple times. Furthermore, DoubleClick can collect conversions with the help of cookie IDs that are related to the display of ads. This is the case when a user sees a DoubleClick advertisement and then uses the same browser to later access the advertiser’s website to buy something, for example. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.</p><p>Your browser automatically makes a direct connection with one of Google’s servers as part of the use of this marketing tool. We have no influence upon the scope and further usage of the data by Google that come as a result of using this tool. As far as we know, DoubleClick gives Google the information that you have clicked on a specific section of our Internet presence or an ad. If you are registered with a Google service, then Google can allocate this action or visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, it is still possible that the provider can find your IP address and save it.</p><p>You can prevent this kind of tracking in various ways: a) by setting up your browser software accordingly, especially by suppressing third-party cookies, which ensures that you don’t receive ads from third parties; b) by deactivating cookies for conversion tracking by setting up your browser so that cookies from the domain ‘www.googleadservices.com’ are blocked (this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies); c) by deactivating interest-based ads from providers that are part of the self-regulating ‘about ads’ campaign, a list of which can be found here <a href="http://www.aboutads.info/choices" target="_blank">http://www.aboutads.info/choices</a> (this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies); d) by permanent deactivation in Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome at the following link: <a href="http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin</a>. We would like to point out that by taking any of these measures, it is possible that you will be unable to use all the functions we offer completely.</p><p>The legal basis for the processing of your data is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Further information about DoubleClick by Google can be found here: <a href="https://www.google.de/doubleclick" target="_blank">www.google.de/doubleclick</a> and <a href="http://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090" target="_blank">http://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090</a>. You can find out more about Google’s general data protection policies here: <a href="https://www.google/" target="_blank">www.google</a>. de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at <a href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/" target="_blank">www.networkadvertising.org</a>. Google is also subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield <a href="https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework." target="_blank">https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.</a></p><p><strong>Usage of Bing Ads, Bing Ads Conversion Tracking and Bing Ads Remarketing</strong></p><p>Our website uses Conversion Tracking from Microsoft Corporation (One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA). This involves setting a cookie on your computer by Microsoft Bing Ads in the event that you reached our website as a result of clicking on a Microsoft Bing advertisement. This allows us and Microsoft Bing to recognize that someone has clicked on an advertisement, was referred to our website and reached a pre-determined conversion site. In the process, we only learn the total number of users that have clicked on an advertisement and were referred to a conversion site. No personal information that can identify the user is communicated. If you do not want to take part in this tracking process, you can reject the setting of the cookie – such as through your browser settings and automatically deactivating the setting of cookies. Further information about data protection and to the cookies used by Microsoft Bing can be found on Microsoft’s website.</p><p><strong>Bing Ads Remarketing</strong></p><p>In addition to the measures mentioned, we also use the ‘Bing Ads Remarketing’ application. This allows us to show you our advertisements in the process of your further web browsing activity after visiting our website. In this way, we want to show you advertisements that are of interest to you. This happens through a cookie saved in your browser (see above), which collects and processes data about your user behavior. No personal information is transferred to us about individual website visitors and website client target audiences can only be targeted by us with ads when a numerical critical mass is reached. In this process it is impossible for us to determine the identity of individual users.</p><p>You can deactivate tracking in a variety of ways. You can prevent the saving of cookies in your browser in its settings. However, this will limit the functionality of our online offer to you. You can also deactivate interest-based advertising as part of the ‘YourAdChoices’ self-regulation campaigns (<a href="https://optout.aboutads.info/" target="_blank">optout.aboutads.info</a>) or through the Network Advertising Initiative (<a href="https://optout.networkadvertising.org/" target="_blank">optout.networkadvertising.org</a>), for example. However, please note that if you delete you cookies, this will also delete these settings. The deactivation of interest-based advertisements is also possible at <a href="https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads" target="_blank">https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads</a>.</p><p><strong>Google Analytics</strong></p><p>This website uses Google Analytics, a Google Inc. (“Google”) web analysis service. Its use involves “universal analytics”. This makes it possible to analyze a user’s data, sessions, interactions and activities across multiple devices by assigning a pseudonymous user ID. Google Analytics uses cookies, text files that are saved on your computer and allow for the analysis of a website’s use. As a rule, information generated by cookies are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there. If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, then your IP address is shortened by Google if you are in European Union member states and other countries that are members of the European Economic Area. Your full IP address is only sent to Google in the USA and shortened there in exceptional circumstances.</p><p>On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to analyze your use of the website, to generate reports about website activities and to deliver further website and Internet usage-based services to the website operator.</p><p>As part of the usage of Google Analytics, the IP address your browser transmits is not connected with other Google data. The data we send and the data connected to cookies, user recognition (such as a user ID) or advertising IDs are deleted automatically after 26 months. Data that has reached its retention period is deleted automatically once a month.</p><p>You can prevent the saving of cookies on your computer by setting up your browser accordingly. However, we would like to point out that it is possible that you may not be able to use all of the functions provided on the website completely. Furthermore, you can prevent the collect of data generated by cookies and website usage-related data (including your IP address) by Google by downloading and installing the plug-in available at the following link: <a href="http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de" target="_blank">http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de</a>.</p><p>You can prevent collect by Google Analytics by clicking on the link below. An opt-out cookie is set, which will prevent the collection of your data when visiting our sites:</p><p>deactivate Google Analytics</p></div></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3 "></div></div></div></section> <section class="section section--grid" id="c3558"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-9 "><div id="c3559"><p>To prevent data collection by universal analytics on various devices, you need to perform the opt-out on all systems used.</p><p>This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeip()”. This means that IP addresses are processed in a shortened form, which makes a connection to an individual virtually impossible. As soon as any data collected can be connected to a person, it is automatically barred and the personal data is deleted immediately.</p><p>We use Google Analytics to analyze how our website is used and to be able to constantly improve it. The statistics gained can help us improve our Internet presence and make it more interesting to for you as a user. In exceptional cases where personal data is transmitted to the USA, Google is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield: <a href="https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework" target="_blank">https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework</a>. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.                                                            </p><p>Third party information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms and conditions: <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html" target="_blank">www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html</a>, Overview of data protection: <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html" target="_blank">www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html</a>, Google’s data protection policy: <a href="http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy." target="_blank">http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.</a></p><p><strong>Google Signals</strong></p><p>Also based on our justifiable interests (such as our interest in analysis, the optimization and economic function of our business activities and online offer, as described in Art. 6, paragraph 1 lit. f. GDPR), we use the Google Signals web analysis service. With Signals, Google provides website operators with reports about user numbers spanning several devices as well as various groups of users, which are based on the device combinations used. In the process, Google uses so-called “Cross Device Tracking”. This makes it possible to allocate website visits made by an individual with various devices to this one user, insofar as they have logged into a Google service during the sessions and have activated the “personalized advertising” option in their account settings. Google Signals is only used with IP pseudonymization active. This means that the user’s IP address is shortened if they are in an EU member state or in a state that belongs to the EEC. This shortening means that the personal connection related to the IP address no longer applies. Consequently, no conclusions can be drawn about the identity of an individual user.</p><p>Consent to the gathering of data by Google Signals can be withdrawn at any time. In order to do so, the user must deactivate “personalized advertising” on their Google account by clicking on the following link:<a href="https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de" target="_blank">https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de</a></p><p>More information about how Google uses your personal data in their advertising network can be found here: advertising and data protection.</p><p><strong>Facebook Tracking-Pixel</strong></p><p>We set a Facebook pixel on our website for the purposes of analysis, optimization and economic operation. With the help of the Facebook pixel, it is possible to determine the target audience for advertisements (so-called ‘Facebook ads’) among users of our website. Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to show Facebook ads only to those users who have shown interest in our online offers or who show certain characteristics (such as interest in certain areas or products that can be determined based on the websites they have visited and sent to Facebook – so called ‘custom audiences’). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we would also like to ensure that our Facebook ads are relevant to the interests of users and do not come across as irritating. The Facebook pixel can also be used to measure the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes, insofar as we can see whether a user is forwarded to our website after being shown a Facebook ad (so-called ‘conversion’).</p><p>Objection/Deactivation:<br> You can withdraw your consent to the collection of your data through the Facebook pixel and the processing of your data through Facebook ads. The settings for Facebook ads can be modified here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/</a></p><p>More information can be found here:<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217</a></p><p><strong>LinkedIn Analytics and LinkedIn Ads</strong></p><p>On our website, we use conversion tracking technology as well as a retracking function from the LinkedIn Corporation. The provider is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.</p><p>This technology helps to show personalized advertisements on LinkedIn to visitors of this website. Furthermore, the possibility exists to create anonymous reports about the performance of advertisements as well as information about website interaction. The LinkedIn Insight Tag is integrated into this website for this purpose, and it makes a connection to the LinkedIn service insofar as you visit this website and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the same time.</p><p>You can find more information about data collection and usage as well as the possibilities and rights you have to protect your privacy at LinkedIn’s data protection policy: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy</a></p><p>When you are logged in to LinkedIn, you can deactivate data collection at any time at the following link: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising</a></p></div></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3 "></div></div></div></section> <section class="section section--grid" id="c3560"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-9 "><div id="c3561"><p><strong>Webtrekk</strong></p><p>Visits to our website are evaluated and analyzed in a pseudonymized fashion for marketing and optimization purposes by technology belonging to Webtrekk GmbH (hereafter “Webtrekk”). Webtrekk is a company that collects, stores and analyzes user data and is based in Germany, registered at Robert-Koch-Platz 4, 10115, Berlin. Webtrekk has received certification in Germany for data protection in the area of web controlling. This certification has been granted upon fulfillment of relevant conditions for data processing, data protection conformity and data security. Your browser transmits information that is collected and analyzed with every visit to our website. Analysis and collection of information takes places through a ‘Pixel’ that is embedded into every page and/or through java scripts as well as cookies. The following information is collected and processed:</p><ul><li>Name of the file accessed, timestamp</li><li>Operating system used</li><li>Device recognition</li><li>Information about the browser used</li><li>Monitor/browser resolution and color depth</li><li>Browser language</li><li>Referrer URL (the site previously visited)</li><li>IP address</li><li>Clicks</li><li>Java on/off</li><li>Cookie on/off</li><li>Plugins</li></ul><p>Webtrekk shortens the IP address as soon as it is received and is only used to identify a session, for geolocalization (down to the level of a specific city) and for protection from cyber attacks. The shortened IP address is then deleted immediately, thereby making the data collected anonymous.</p><p>The use of Webtrekk involves the creation of the following cookies with the stated storage life:</p><ul><li>Session cookie (to identify sessions, storage life: one session, which means it is valid until the browser is closed)</li><li>Long-term cookie (for the pseudonymous identification of returning visitors: 6 months)</li><li>Opt-out cookie (in case of objection to tracking: 12 months)</li></ul><p>The legal basis for the use of Webtrekk is article 6 paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.<br> Further information about data protection at Webtrekk can be found here: <a href="https://www.webtrekk.com/de/legal/opt-out-webtrekk/" target="_blank">www.webtrekk.com/de/legal/opt-out-webtrekk</a>.</p><p>To deactivate Webtrekk and to object to the collection of user data, a cookie must be set (this is called “webTrekkOptOut"). You can object to the collection of data by Webtrekk at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.vdi-wissensforum.de/en/privacy-policy/#" target="_blank">Object to Webtrekk</a></p></div></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3 "></div></div></div></section> <section class="section section--grid" id="c3562"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-9 "><div id="c3563"><p>This objection is valid as long as you do not delete the cookie, up to a maximum of 12 months (the lifespan of a cookie). The cookie is set per browser and device for our website. If you use our website with various different devices or browsers, then you must set the cookie for each one individually.</p></div></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3 "></div></div></div></section> <section class="section section--grid" id="c3564"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-9 "><div id="c3565"><p><strong>Shariff Bookmarking</strong></p><p>Our websites contain Shariff plug-ins. They allow you to set bookmarks or to share interesting content with other users. This plug-in allows us to offer you the possibility to interact with other users in social networks, thus improving our Internet presence and making it more interesting to you. The legal basis for the use of plug-ins is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>Your Internet browser makes a direct connection with Shariff servers as well as selected social networks or bookmarking services through this plug-in. The receivers obtain information that you have accessed our website and the other information automatically collected when visiting the website (see above). This information is processed on Shariff servers in the USA. When you send content from our website to social networks or bookmarking services, a connection can be made between your visit of our website and your user profile on the respective networks. We have no influence on the data gathered and how it is processed. We are also unaware of the complete scope of data collected and what time limits apply to their storage. We have no information about the deleting of data collected by the plug-in provider.</p><p>The plug-in provider saves this data as user profiles and uses it for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of their website. This kind of analysis takes place (even for users that are not logged in) to deliver needs-based advertising and to inform other users of social networks about your activity on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of user profiles. However, you have to contact the provider of the plug-in in order to be able to do so.</p><p>If you would like to opt-out of this process, then you can object to the data collection and storage at any time with an opt-out cookie, which also works in future: <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/opting-into-or-out-of-data-use-for-your-private-repository/" target="_blank">help.github.com/articles/opting-into-or-out-of-data-use-for-your-private-repository/</a>. Alternatively, you can set up your browser so that it prevents cookies.</p><p>Further information about the nature and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider, as well as further information about your corresponding rights and set-up possibilities to protect your privacy can be found at: GitHub, Inc. 88 Colin P. Kelly Junior Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-policy/" target="_blank">help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-policy/.</a>.</p><p><strong>Twitter</strong></p><p>At the moment, we use the following social media plug-ins: Twitter. In doing so, we used a so-called two-click solution. That means that if you visit our page, in principle we do not pass on any personal data to plug-in providers. You can recognize the providers of plug-ins through the tag above the first letter of their name or their logo. We give you the possibility to communicate directly with the provider of the plug-in through a button. The plug-in provider is only notified that you have visited our website if you click on the highlighted field and activate it. The data gathered automatically when visiting the website (see above) is also transmitted. By activating the plug-in, personal data is transmitted by you to the plug-in provider and stored there (in the USA in the case of American providers). Since the plug-in provider gathers data with cookies in particular, we recommend that you delete all your browser’s cookies before you click on the grayed out button.</p><p>We have no influence on the data gathered and how it is processed. We are also unaware of the complete scope of data collected and what time limits apply to their storage. We have no information about the deleting of data collected by the plug-in provider.</p><p>The plug-in provider saves this data as user profiles and uses it for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of their website. This kind of analysis takes place (even for users that are not logged in) to deliver needs-based advertising and to inform other users of social networks about your activity on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of user profiles. However, you have to contact the provider of the plug-in in order to be able to do so. By using plug-ins, we give you the opportunity to interact with other users and social networks, which allows us to improve our Internet presence and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of plug-ins is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>Data forwarding happens regardless of whether you have an account with the plug-in provider and you are logged in. If you are logged in with the plug-in provider, then the data we have collected is directly connected with the account that exists with the plug-in provider. If you push the activated button and you link to the page, for example, then the plug-in provider saves this information in your user account and publically shares it with your contacts. We recommend that you log out of social networks regularly, especially before activating the button, which will prevent a connection with your profile at the plug-in provider.</p><p>Further information about the scope and nature of data collected and how the plug-in provider processes it can be found in their data protection statement. There, you will also find further information about your rights and the settings you can use to protect your privacy: Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94103, USA; <a href="https://twitter.com/privacy" target="_blank">twitter.com/privacy</a>. Twitter is subject to the EU-US-Privacy Shield, <a href="https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework" target="_blank">www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework</a>.</p><p><strong>A/B-Testing</strong></p><p>(1) This website continues to analyze user behavior with so-called A/B testing. This allows us to show you our website with slightly variable content on the basis of profile assignment. We can analyze our Internet presence, improve it regularly and make it more interesting to you as a user. The legal basis for A/B testing is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>Cookies (see above) are used for this analysis and saved on your computer. You can prevent this analysis by deleting existing cookies and preventing their storage. If you would like to prevent the storage of cookies, then we must point out that it is possible that you may not be able to use all functions on our website completely. Preventing the saving of cookies is possible by adjusting your browser’s settings. Preventing A/B testing is also possible by clicking on the following link: <a href="http://www.abtasty.com/#abtastyoptout=1" target="_blank">http://www.abtasty.com/#abtastyoptout=1</a>. The cookie that is then activated leads to a stop of AB Tasty. The opt-out is saved in a special cookie and remains valid as long as the cookie is not deleted.</p><p>Before analysis is performed, IP addressed are shortened. This means that a personal connection is virtually impossible. The IP address forwarded by your browser is not connected with the other data we collect.</p><p>The provider of these analytic services is AB Tasty GmbH, Am Hof 20-26, 50667 Köln, Deutschland.</p><p><strong>Hotjar</strong></p><p>This website uses Hotjar, analytic software made by Hotjar Ltd. (“Hotjar”) (http://www.hotjar.com, 3 Lyons Range, 20 Bisazza Street, Sliema SLM 1640, Malta, Europe). Hotjar allows us to measure and analyze user behavior (clicks, mouse movements, scrolling, etc.) on our website. The information that is generated as a ‘tracking code’ and cookie when you visit our website is sent to Hotjar’s servers in Ireland and saved there. The legal basis for using Hotjar is article 6, paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.</p><p>The tracking code collects the following information:</p><p><strong>Device-dependent data</strong></p><p>The following information can be logged by your device and your browser:</p><p>- Your device’s IP address (collected and saved in an anonymised format)</p><p>- Your email address, including your first and last name, insofar as these have been provided by you through our website</p><p>- Your device’s screen size</p><p>- Device type and browser information</p><p>- Geographical location (only the country)</p><p>- The preferred language you see our website in</p><p><strong>Log data</strong></p><p>The following data is automatically created by our servers when Hotjar is used:</p><p>- Referring domain</p><p>- Sites visited</p><p>- Geographical location (only the country)</p><p>- The preferred language you see our website in</p><p>- Date and time of access to website</p><p>Hotjar uses this information to analyze your use of our website, to generate reports about usage as well as other services that relate to website use and Internet analysis. Hotjar uses services provided by third parties to deliver its own services, such as Google Analytics and Optimizely. These third parties can store information that your browser sends when visiting the website, such as cookies or IP requests, for example. For more information about how Google Analytics and Optimizely use and store data, please refer to their data protection statements.</p><p>If you continue to use this website, then you agree to the above mentioned processing of data by Hotjar and their third parties as part of their data protections statements.</p><p>The cookies that Hotjar uses have various ‘lifespans’. Some remain for up to 365 days and some remain valid only for the duration of the actual visit.</p><p>You can prevent the collection of data by Hotjar by clicking on this link : deactivate Hotjar.</p><p>From time to time we ask you to participate in surveys to give us feedback on our work, for example after our Telemedicus summer conference. We process the surveys using SurveyMonkey, a service provided by SurveyMonkey Inc. of San Mateo, California, USA. We do not ask you for personal data in the surveys and cannot assign your answers to your person. Therefore, Telemedicus does not process any personal data with SurveyMonkey.</p><p>However, SurveyMonkey collects some data on its own responsibility and uses tracking services, for example, to statistically record the use of its services. You can learn the details from SurveyMonkey's privacy policy, which you can access here <a href="https://de.surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/privacy-policy" target="_blank">https://de.surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/privacy-policy/.</a><br>  </p><h3><br> Linking with SugarCRM</h3><p>Certain interactions result in a new contact creation or contact information update in the central CRM system</p><ol><li>    Request for one or more newsletters</li><li>    Pre-registration for one or more events</li><li>    Download of one or more whitepapers</li></ol><p>All interactions require that the person actively provides the following information</p><p>All interactions require the person to actively provide the following information</p><ul><li>    Salutation</li><li>    First name</li><li>    Name</li><li>    E-mail address</li></ul><p>For all interactions, the person will receive an email to submit a DOI, verifying the appropriate order and allowing the person to consent to the sending of the information. No information will be sent to the person without explicit consent.</p><p>If a contact already exists for this combination in the CRM system, the data stored there is updated with the interaction information. If no contact exists, a new contact is created in the CRM system and the interaction information is added to it.</p><p>All interactions are logged with date and time.</p><p>The interaction does not lead to the creation of an automatic customer account.</p><p>It is possible to object to the further sending of information by means of an OptOut. This right of objection is pointed out with every customer contact. This is also logged with date and time.</p><h3>General note</h3><p>Parts of our communication may be generated using AI.</p><p>Status: November 2024</p></div></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3 "></div></div></div></section> <section class="section section--grid" id="c3566"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-9 "><div id="c3567"><p><b>Updates to this data protection statement</b></p><p>We reserve the right to update this data protection statement as necessary in relation to technical developments or in connection with the provision of new services or products. You will always be able to see the current version on the website.</p></div></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3 "></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-margin-bottom u-add-padding-top-quadruple" id="c20234"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h1 class="u-txt-left"> General information on data usage </h1><header><p>The following information provides you with an overview of how your personal data is processed by our company and the rights arising for you from the GDPR.</p></header></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-padding-bottom u-reset-padding-top" id="c20235"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3>General information on the use of your personal data</h3><p>We use your contact details based on your areas of interest and your professional activity. We only use your data for this purpose and do not share it with companies outside of VDI Wissensforum. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR (legitimate interest) for advertising purposes. Our legitimate interest lies in the targeted selection of potential attendees for our events.</p><p>More information about the source and use of your data can be found here.</p><p>If you no longer wish to receive further emails about this topic, please send an email to <a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2CykuugpuhqtwoBxfk0fg%27);">wissensforum<span>@</span>vdi.de</a>.</p></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-padding-bottom u-reset-padding-top" id="c20237"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3>Information about the use of your data for participants</h3><p>For more information, please visit the following link: <a href="/privacy-policy-participants/">wwwv.vdiconference.com/privacy-policy-participants</a></p><p>If you no longer wish to receive further emails about this topic, please send an email to: <a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2CykuugpuhqtwoBxfk0fg%27);">wissensforum<span>@</span>vdi.de</a>.</p></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-padding-bottom u-reset-padding-top" id="c20239"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3>Information about the use of your data for exhibitors and sponsors</h3><p>For more information, please visit the following link: <a href="/privacy-policy-speakers-exhibitors/">www.vdiconference.com/privacy-policy-speakers-exhibitors</a></p><p>If you no longer wish to receive further emails about this topic, please send an email to: <a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2ChcejcwuuvgnnwpigpBxfk0fg%27);">fachausstellungen<span>@</span>vdi.de</a>.</p></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-padding-bottom u-reset-padding-top" id="c20241"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3>Information about the use of your data for speakers</h3><p>For more information, please visit the following link: <a href="/privacy-policy-speakers-exhibitors/">www.vdiconference.com/privacy-policy-speakers-exhibitors</a> </p><p>If you no longer wish to receive further emails about this topic, please send an email to <a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2CykuugpuhqtwoBxfk0fg%27);">wissensforum<span>@</span>vdi.de</a>.</p></div></div></div></section> <section class="section u-reset-padding-bottom u-reset-padding-top" id="c20242"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><h3>Information on the use of your data for in-house participants</h3><p>For organizational processing, after commissioning and at least 2 weeks before the agreed implementation date, it is necessary to send a list of participants with details of title, first and last name and email address. This information is needed to send the manuscript and the participation certificate. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 b GDPR (contract fulfillment). Furthermore, we use this information to send a questionnaire and to inform you about further VDI Wissensforum offers by email. The legal basis in this context is our legitimate interest in designing the events according to customer wishes or informing existing customers about interesting events, Art. 6 para. 1 f GDPR. You can object to the use for advertising purposes at any time. 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