On this page we inform about the handling of personal data and the data protection information. This data protection declaration clarifies the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) within our online offer and the websites, functions and contents connected with it as well as external online presences, such as our Social Media Profile (hereinafter referred to collectively as “online offer”). With regard to the terms used, such as “processing” or “responsible party”, we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO).
Responsible
First of all, I would like to point out that the personal data published on these pages may be published by us on the basis of the freedom of the media and freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Values of the European Union and Article 5 of the Basic Law.
As a medium/opinion maker, we (hereinafter also referred to as “editorial office/journalist’s office”) are obliged to comply with Article 85 of the Basic Regulation on Data Protection in conjunction with the national press office applicable to us.
/Landesmediengesetz (State Media Act) or the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Interstate Broadcasting Treaty) for the area of journalistic work are exempted from essential provisions of data protection law and may process personal data for journalistic purposes at their own discretion.
As an editorial office, we are otherwise legally obliged to respect the data secrecy of journalistic data and to process the data for journalistic purposes only, as well as to take appropriate organisational and technical measures.
At the same time, we are fully bound by the regulations of data protection law in the area of non-journalistic activities (e.g. subscription management).
The following statements have considerable significance for your person or your personal data. Reading and taking note of them may have considerable significance for your data, your legal position vis-à-vis the journalism office and/or third parties. From the point of view of the Journalism Office, you are contractually bound to the Journalism Office if you continue to use the website or contact the Journalism Office by e-mail or other means after reading and reading this information.
You should therefore read these rules carefully and seek legal advice if you do not understand any of them. Persons under the age of 18 must show these rules to their legal guardians and obtain their consent.
Irrespective of whether an effective contract is concluded, however, data processing by us may also be based on the fundamental right to freedom of expression and freedom of the media and/or on a legitimate interest (associated with or independent of this) of the journalism office.
As far as the following refers to the Journalism Office, this concerns the employees of the Journalism Office and their assistants, i.e. the owner and their employees or freelancers.
Explanation of the term “data”: Where the term “data” is used in the following, this refers to personal data or data which allow a personal reference at a not completely disproportionate cost, i.e. which allow conclusions to be drawn about you.
As far as these data are concerned in the following, this can be for example:
– Names and addresses of business partners (employees of clients for journalistic assignments, PR activities, corporate publishing and other non-editorial assignments) or informants (freelancers, citizens/whistleblowers, employees of press offices etc.),
– Contents of letters, texts, photos, audio or video data provided, other data collections,
– Date/times of contact, data such as the IP address, which can be determined by servers visited and whose administrators/customers can be displayed when you visit Internet pages without using intermediate servers such as the so-called “TOR” servers.
Notes on how to limit data transmission
First of all, we would like to point out that you can contact us and/or obtain information about us even without visiting this website. In this way, you will generally minimize the amount of data transmitted to us and possibly visible to third parties to a considerable extent.
We would also like to point out that we also accept anonymous mailings or letters under a pseudonym; however, this does not of course make our research any easier or, as a rule, we still need to be given some form of contact if we need further information from you. We will also check anonymous submissions.
Especially when it comes to sensitive information that you want to view or submit to us, the digital way of transmission/reading is not necessarily the most sensible method. (If you nevertheless communicate with us digitally, we recommend the use of encryption programs)
E-mail is also not necessary: just call us and leave your contact details. You can also contact us by post.
General notes on data collection
If you view/visit the pages provided by us under the domain gregorlandwehr.de/ cgl.eu using a digital device (computer, smart TV, smart phone etc.), please be aware that your data is or may be collected in many ways in this context. How this happens or can happen is described below.
First of all, it is pointed out that it is also possible that these pages/contents are displayed via another domain than the one mentioned above. This is not intended by the journalism office and has not been agreed with anyone. However, it is technically possible for third parties to integrate the contents of this site in such a way that it appears as if the domain was provided by the Journalism Office itself (e.g. by so-called “framing”). If you get this page displayed in such a way under another domain, it is possible that they will request considerably more of your data. In such a case, we recommend that you close your browser or your program for displaying content and only access our page directly under the domain mentioned above.
Information on concretely used programs/mechanisms for data collection
The Journalism Bureau itself does not use any programs or other mechanisms on these Internet pages with which personal data of visitors are processed in a special way. By “special way” is meant technical or other methods by which the data of visitors are processed in a way that goes beyond the type of processing that is already carried out by techniques or methods that cannot be influenced by the Journalism Office, such as techniques or methods on the computer of visitors themselves or on technical equipment of third parties with the help of which visitors access the Internet pages of the Journalism Office.
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The Journalism Bureau itself uses the following programs or other mechanisms on these Internet pages with which personal data of visitors are processed:
Reference to cookies
This website uses cookies, which are text files that are stored on your computer or other device when you visit our pages. These enable us to determine repeated visits in order to gain information from user behaviour for our editorial work, which contents are particularly attractive. We do not use these text files to associate them with your name or with names and other data entered via contact forms.
Note on log files
When you call up our website, information is automatically sent to the server of our website by the browser used on your end device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:
– IP address of the requesting computer,
– Date and time of access,
– Name and URL of the retrieved file,
– Website from which the access takes place (referrer URL),
– the browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.
The above-mentioned data will be processed by us for the following purposes:
– To ensure a smooth connection of the website,
– Ensuring a comfortable use of our website, web analysis and statistics
– To optimize the editorial content or to plan the content to be displayed in the future, including the conception of the user guidance
– Evaluation of system security and stability and
– for other administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the above-mentioned purposes for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.
Reference to tracking tools
The legal basis is Article 6 paragraph 1 lit f DSGVO, which permits data processing if there is a legitimate interest, which in our case is the interest in providing up-to-date content of interest to readers. Under no circumstances will we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person).
Usage-based online advertising
The advertising spaces on this website are marketed by Quarter Media. A part of the advertising on this portal will be optimized for you by the anonymous collection and processing of your usage behavior on predicted interests. For this purpose cookies are stored on your computer.
In order to optimise advertising for you on the basis of your user interests, we have allowed Quarter Media to collect usage data on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of the online offer in the sense of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). You can find further information on this here.
Plugins
The journalism office has stored the program and data for the presentation of these internet pages at the Hetzner company.
The Journalism Office assumes that the Hetzner Company does not process data from visitors. The hosting services used by us serve to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, email dispatch, security services and technical maintenance services which we use for the purpose of operating this online offer.
For this purpose, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO in conjunction with Art. 28 DSGVO (conclusion of contract processing agreement).
Akismet anti-spam check
Our online offer uses the service “Akismet”, which is provided by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. The use is based on our legitimate interests in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. With the help of this service, comments from real people are distinguished from spam comments. For this purpose, all comments are sent to a server in the USA, where they are analysed and stored for four days for comparison purposes. If a comment is classified as spam, the data is stored beyond this time. This information includes the name entered, the e-mail address, the IP address, the comment content, the referrer, information on the browser used and the computer system and the time of entry.
For more information on the collection and use of data by Akismet, please refer to Automattic’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Users are welcome to use pseudonyms, or refrain from entering their name or email address. You can completely prevent the transmission of data by not using our comment system. That would be a pity, but unfortunately we do not see any other alternatives that are as effective.
Retrieval of profile pictures from Gravatar
We use within our online offer and especially in our blog the service Gravatar of Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Gravatar is a service where users can register and store profile pictures and their e-mail addresses. If users leave contributions or comments on other websites (especially blogs) using their e-mail address, their profile pictures can be displayed alongside the contributions or comments. For this purpose, the e-mail address provided by the user is transmitted in encrypted form to Gravatar for the purpose of checking whether a profile is stored for it. This is the sole purpose of transmitting the e-mail address and it will not be used for other purposes, but will be deleted afterwards.
The use of Gravatar is based on our legitimate interests in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO, because with the help of Gravatar we offer the possibility to personalise the contributions and comments of the authors with a profile picture.
By displaying the images, Gravatar can find out the IP address of the user, as this is necessary for communication between a browser and an online service. For more information about Gravatar’s collection and use of data, please see Automattic’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
If users do not want a user picture linked to their email address to appear in their comments, they should use an email address that is not registered with Gravatar. We would also like to point out that it is also possible to use an anonymous e-mail address or no e-mail address at all, if users do not want their own e-mail address to be sent to Gravatar. Users can completely prevent the transmission of data by not using our comment system.
Google Analytics
On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO) we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC (“Google”). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the website by the user is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).
Google will use this information on our behalf in order to evaluate the use of our website by the users, to compile reports on the activities within this website and to provide us with further services related to the use of this website and the internet. The processed data can be used to create pseudonymous user profiles of the users.
We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymisation. This means that the IP address of the user is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offer to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Further information on the use of data by Google, setting and objection options, you can find in the privacy policy of Google (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and in the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).
Die personenbezogenen Daten der Nutzer werden nach 14 Monaten gelöscht oder anonymisiert.
[ga-optout text=”Google Analytics deaktivieren”]Google Universal Analytics
We use Google Analytics in the design as “universal analytics”. “Universal Analytics” refers to a Google Analytics method in which user analysis is based on a pseudonymous user ID, thus creating a pseudonymous profile of the user with information from the use of various devices (so-called “cross-device tracking”).
On this page I inform about the handling of personal data and the data protection information. This data protection declaration clarifies the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) within our online offer and the websites, functions and contents connected with it as well as external online presences, such as our Social Media Profile (hereinafter referred to collectively as “online offer”). With regard to the terms used, such as “processing” or “responsible party”, we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO).
Notes on how to limit data transmission
First of all, we would like to point out that you can contact us and/or obtain information about us even without visiting this website. In this way, you will generally minimize the amount of data transmitted to us and possibly visible to third parties to a considerable extent.
We would also like to point out that we also accept anonymous mailings or letters under a pseudonym; however, this does not of course make research any easier for us or, as a rule, we will still need to be given some form of contact if we need further information from you. But we will also check anonymous submissions.
Especially when it comes to sensitive information that you want to see or send to us, the digital way of transmission/reading is not necessarily the most sensible method. (If you nevertheless communicate with us digitally, we recommend the use of encryption programs)
E-mail is also not necessary: just call us and leave your contact details. You can also contact us by post.
Recall of emojis and smilies
Within our WordPress blog we use graphic emojis (or smilies), i.e. small graphic files expressing feelings, which are obtained from external servers. Here, the providers of the servers collect the IP addresses of the users. This is necessary so that the emojie files can be transmitted to the users’ browsers. The emojie service is provided by Automattic Inc. 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Automattic’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/. The server domains used are s.w.org and twemoji.maxcdn.com. To the best of our knowledge, these are so-called content delivery networks, i.e. servers that are only used for the fast and secure transmission of files and the personal data of users is deleted after transmission.
The use of the emojis is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in an attractive design of our online offer according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO.
Soziale Networks / Buttons
This page uses buttons that allow visitors to promote these pages on social networks under their name or dial-in names, and to post comments that can be seen both on these pages and – depending on the settings of visitors on their networks – on these networks. As a rule, the networks collect personal data of visitors at the moment they enter these pages, the extent of which cannot be influenced by the journalism office, but only results from the terms and conditions or data protection regulations of the respective networks.
This site also uses buttons of social networks of providers that are located outside the European Union and states of the European Economic Area and have not been recognized by the EU Commission as countries with a secure level of data protection or have concluded special agreements with the EU, according to which a suitable level of protection exists under certain conditions, i.e. the use of buttons or comments is also possible in networks in countries that are legally insecure from a data protection point of view, if the Journalism Bureau decides to do so at its own discretion.
The legal basis is Article 6 paragraph 1 lit f DSGVO, which permits data processing if there is a legitimate interest, which in our case is the interest in providing up-to-date content of interest to readers. Under no circumstances will we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person).
Information about the social networks in detail and their handling of data:
Categories of data subjects
Visitors and users of the online offer (in the following we refer to the persons concerned collectively also as “users”)
Purpose of the processing
– Provision of the online offer, its functions and contents.
– Answering of contact requests and communication with users.
– security measures.
– Reach measuring/marketing
Used terms
“Personal data” shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an on-line identifier (e.g. a cookie), or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person
“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and covers virtually all processing of data.
“pseudonymisation” shall mean the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data cannot be related to a specific data subject without the use of supplementary information, provided that this supplementary information is kept separate and is subject to technical and organisational measures ensuring that the personal data is not related to an identified or identifiable natural person
“profiling” shall mean any automated processing of personal data consisting in using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular in order to analyse or predict aspects relating to the performance of work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, conduct, location or change of location of that natural person
Controller” shall mean the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
“processor” shall mean any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller
Relevant legal bases
In accordance with Art. 13 DSGVO, we inform you of the legal basis of our data processing. If the legal basis is not stated in the data protection declaration, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consents is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 DSGVO, the legal basis for processing for the purpose of fulfilling our services and implementing contractual measures and answering enquiries is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, the legal basis for processing for the purpose of fulfilling our legal obligations is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c DSGVO, and the legal basis for processing for the purpose of safeguarding our legitimate interests is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. d DSGVO serves as the legal basis.
Security measures
In accordance with Art. 32 DSGVO and taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the varying probability of occurrence and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.
Such measures shall include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to data, as well as access, input, disclosure, safeguarding of availability and segregation of data relating to them. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure that data subjects’ rights are exercised, data is deleted, and we respond to data threats. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings (Art. 25 DSGVO).
Cooperation with contract processors and third parties
If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transfer it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of a legal authorisation (e.g. if the data must be transferred to third parties, such as payment service providers, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter b DSGVO for the fulfilment of the contract), if you have given your consent, if a legal obligation provides for this or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosters, etc.).
If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called “contract processing agreement”, this is done on the basis of Art. 28 DSGVO.
Transfers to third countries
If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this is done in the context of using the services of third parties or disclosure or transfer of data to third parties, this will only take place if it is done to fulfil our (pre-)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we will only process or transfer data to a third country if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. DSGVO. In other words, processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognised determination of a level of data protection corresponding to that of the EU (e.g. for the USA through the “Privacy Shield”) or compliance with officially recognised special contractual obligations (so-called “standard contractual clauses”).
Rights of data subjects
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether or not data in question is being processed and to obtain information about this data and to receive further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO.
You have accordingly. Art. 16 DPA, you have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.
Under Art. 17 DSGVO, you have the right to demand that data concerning you be deleted immediately, or alternatively, under Art. 18 DSGVO, to demand that the processing of the data be restricted.
You have the right to request that the data concerning you which you have made available to us be received in accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO and to demand that it be passed on to other responsible parties.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO.
Right of withdrawal
You have the right to revoke consents granted in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO with effect for the future.
Right of objection
You can object to the future processing of data concerning you at any time in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO. In particular, you may object to processing for the purposes of direct advertising.
Cookies” are small files that are stored on the user’s computer. Different information can be stored within the cookies. A cookie is primarily used to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after his visit to an online offer. Temporary cookies, or “session cookies” or “transient cookies”, are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offer and closes his browser. In such a cookie, for example, the contents of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status can be stored. Cookies are described as “permanent” or “persistent” if they remain stored even after the browser is closed. For example, the login status can be saved if the user visits it after several days. Likewise, the interests of the users can be stored in such a cookie, which are used for range measurement or marketing purposes. Third-party cookies” are cookies that are offered by providers other than the person responsible for operating the online service (otherwise, if they are only the cookies of this person, they are called “first-party cookies”).
We may use temporary and permanent cookies and provide information about this in our privacy policy.
If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in the system settings of their browser. Stored cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional limitations of this online offer.
A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by deactivating them in the browser settings. Please note that not all functions of this online offer can be used then.
Deletion of data
The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in their processing in accordance with articles 17 and 18 DSGVO. Unless expressly stated within the scope of this data protection declaration, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage obligations. If the data are not deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing will be restricted. This means that the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.
According to the legal requirements in Germany, the storage takes place in particular for 10 years according to §§ 147 para. 1 AO, 257 para. 1 nos. 1 and 4, para. 4 HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years according to § 257 para. 1 nos. 2 and 3, para. 4 HGB (commercial letters).
In accordance with legal requirements in Austria, the retention is in particular for 7 J in accordance with § 132 para. 1 BAO (accounting documents, vouchers/invoices, accounts, vouchers, commercial documents, statement of income and expenditure, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate and for 10 years for documents in connection with electronically provided services, telecommunications, radio and television services which are provided to non-entrepreneurs in EU member states and for which the Mini-One-Stop-Shop (MOSS) is used.
Agency services
We process the data of our customers within the scope of our contractual services, which include conceptual and strategic consulting, campaign planning, software and design development/consulting or maintenance, implementation of campaigns and processes/handling, server administration, data analysis/consulting services and training services.
We process inventory data (e.g., customer master data, such as names or addresses), contact data (e.g., e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos), contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, duration), payment data (e.g., bank details, payment history), usage and metadata (e.g., in the context of the evaluation and performance measurement of marketing measures). As a matter of principle, we do not process special categories of personal data, unless they are part of a commissioned processing. Those affected include our customers, interested parties and their customers, users, website visitors or employees, as well as third parties. The purpose of processing is to provide contractual services, billing and our customer service. The legal basis of the processing is derived from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (contractual services), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (analysis, statistics, optimisation, security measures). We process data which are necessary for the justification and fulfilment of the contractual services and point out the necessity of their disclosure. Disclosure to external parties is only made if it is necessary within the scope of an order. When processing the data provided to us within the scope of an order, we act in accordance with the instructions of the client and the legal requirements of order processing in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO and do not process the data for any other purposes than those specified in the order.
We delete the data after the expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations. The necessity of storing the data is reviewed every three years; in the case of statutory archiving obligations, the deletion is carried out after the expiry of these obligations (6 years, in accordance with § 257 para. 1 HGB, 10 years, in accordance with § 147 para. 1 AO). In the case of data that has been disclosed to us by the client within the scope of an order, we delete the data in accordance with the specifications of the order, in principle after the end of the order.
Comments and contributions
If users leave comments or other contributions, their IP addresses may be changed on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO for 7 days. This is done for our security if someone leaves illegal content in comments and contributions (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In this case we can be prosecuted ourselves for the comment or contribution and are therefore interested in the identity of the author.
Furthermore, we reserve the right, on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO, we reserve the right to process the information provided by users for the purpose of spam detection.
The data provided in the context of the comments and contributions will be permanently stored by us until the users object.
Comment subscriptions
Users can subscribe to the follow-up comments with their consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. Users will receive a confirmation e-mail to check whether they are the owner of the e-mail address entered. Users can unsubscribe from ongoing commentary subscriptions at any time. The confirmation e-mail will contain information on the cancellation options. For the purpose of proving the users’ consent, we store the time of subscription together with the users’ IP address and delete this information when users unsubscribe from the subscription.
You can cancel the receipt of our subscription at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. We may store the unsubscribed e-mail addresses for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before we delete them in order to be able to prove a previously given consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defence against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of a consent is confirmed at the same time.
Integration of third party services and content
Within our online offer, we set the following priorities on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO), we use content or service offers from third parties in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “content”).
This always presupposes that the third-party providers of such content are aware of the IP address of the users, as without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browsers. The IP address is therefore required to display this content. We make every effort to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only to deliver the content. Third party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as “web beacons”) for statistical or marketing purposes. Pixel tags” can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may contain technical information on the browser and operating system, referring web pages, visiting time and other details on the use of our online offer, as well as being linked to such information from other sources.
Vimeo
We can integrate the videos of the platform “Vimeo” of the provider Vimeo Inc, Attention: Legal Department, 555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA. Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy. We point out that Vimeo may use Google Analytics and refer to the privacy policy (https://www.google.com/policies/privacy) and opt-out options for Google Analytics (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) or the settings of Google for the use of data for marketing purposes (https://adssettings.google.com/.).
YouTube
We integrate the videos of the platform “YouTube” of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
Google Fonts
We integrate the fonts (“Google Fonts”) of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
Google ReCaptcha
We integrate the function for detecting bots, e.g. when entering data in online forms (“ReCaptcha”) of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
Google Maps
We integrate the maps of the “Google Maps” service of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The processed data may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of the users, which, however, are not collected without their consent (usually in the context of the settings of their mobile devices). The data may be processed in the USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
Use of Facebook Social Plugins
On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO) Social Plugins (“Plugins”) of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”). The Plugins can display interaction elements or content (e.g. videos, graphics or text contributions) and can be recognized by one of the Facebook logos (white “f” on blue tile, the terms “Like”, “Like” or a “thumbs up” sign) or are marked with the addition “Facebook Social Plugin”. The list and appearance of the Facebook Social Plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).
If a user calls up a function of this online offer that contains such a plugin, his device establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to the user’s device and integrated into the online offer by the user. User profiles can be created from the processed data. We therefore have no influence on the Translated with
With the help of the Facebook pixel, on the one hand, Facebook is able to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the presentation of ads (so-called “Facebook ads”). Accordingly, we use the Facebook Pixel in order 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), which 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 the users and do not appear annoying. With the help of the Facebook Pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users are redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called “conversion”).
The processing of data by Facebook takes place within the framework of Facebook’s data usage guidelines. Accordingly, general information on the display of Facebook ads is provided in the Facebook Data Usage Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Specific information and details about the Facebook pixel and its functionality can be found in the Facebook help section: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.
You may object to the collection by the Facebook Pixel and use of your information to display Facebook Ads. To control what types of ads are displayed to you within Facebook, you can go to the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions for usage-based advertising settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. The settings are platform-independent, meaning that they are applied to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.
You can also opt-out of the use of cookies for audience measurement and advertising purposes by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally the U.S. website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).
privacy-policy
We use the “Scalable Central Measurement Method” (SZM) of INFOnline GmbH (INFOnline GmbH, Brühler Str. 9, D-53119 Bonn. ) for the determination of statistical characteristic values to determine the copy probability of texts. Anonymous measured values are collected. The access number measurement uses alternatively a session cookie or a signature, which is created from various automatically transmitted information of your browser, for the recognition of computer systems. IP addresses are only processed in anonymised form. The procedure was developed in compliance with data protection. The sole aim of the procedure is to determine the probability of individual texts being copied. At no time are individual users identified. Their identity always remains protected. You will not receive any advertising via the system.
Many of our pages are equipped with JavaScript calls, through which we report access to the Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (VG Wort). We thus enable our authors to participate in the distributions of VG Wort, which ensure the legal remuneration for the use of copyrighted works in accordance with § 53 UrhG.
Usage data and metadata of the users are processed in this process, whereby the IP addresses are shortened and the measurement methods are pseudonymous. The shortened IP address is stored for a maximum of 60 days. The usage data in conjunction with a pseudonymous allocation value (“identifier”) is stored for a maximum of 6 months.
This text was created with the help of DJV and RA Dr. Thomas Schwenke.