Data protection policy

If you register for our newsletter, we will use the data you enter exclusively for this purpose or to inform you about circumstances relevant to this service or registration. We do not pass this data on to unauthorized third parties. We use Hubspot Inc., Cambridge, USA (complete address with contact data see paragraph „Hubspot“) as our newsletter service provider.

A valid e-mail address is required to receive the newsletter. The IP address used to register for the newsletter and the date on which you ordered the newsletter are also stored. This data serves us as proof in the event of misuse if a third-party email address is registered for the newsletter. In order to also ensure that an e-mail address is not improperly entered into our distribution list by third parties, we work in accordance with the law with the so-called "double opt-in" procedure. Within the scope of this procedure, the ordering of the newsletter, the sending of the confirmation email and the receipt of the registration confirmation are logged. The legal basis is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

You have the option at any time to revoke your consent to the storage of data, e-mail address and their use for the newsletter dispatch. We will provide you with a link for revocation in each newsletter and on the website. You also have the option of informing us of your wish to revoke via the contact options mentioned in this document.

Contact form

On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via the online form or by e-mail. In this case, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the contact. The disclosure of your data is completely voluntary. The processing of the data you provide is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR) or if you wish to conclude a contract with us or have questions in this regard (Art. 6 para. 1 b) GDPR).

You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal e-mail to us is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data will not be passed on to unauthorized third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of our website is also not carried out. The services offered may - as far as technically possible and reasonable - also be used without providing this data or by providing anonymized data or a pseudonym.

Your data will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for the data processing no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

etracker

We use services of etracker GmbH from Hamburg, Germany (www.etracker.com) to analyze usage data. Cookies are used to enable a statistical analysis of the use of this website by its visitors and the display of usage-related content or advertising. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the Internet browser on the user's terminal device. etracker cookies do not contain any information that enables a user to be identified.

The data generated by etracker is processed and stored by etracker on behalf of us of this website exclusively in Germany and is therefore subject to the strict German and European data protection laws and standards. etracker has been independently audited and certified in this respect and awarded the ePrivacyseal data protection seal of approval.

The data processing is carried out on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit f) (legitimate interest) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest is the optimization of our online offer and our web presence. As the privacy of our visitors is particularly important to us, the IP address is anonymized at the earliest possible stage by etracker and log-in or device identifiers are converted to a unique key at etracker that is not assigned to a person. etracker does not use the data in any other way, combine it with other data or pass it on to third parties.

You can object to the aforementioned data processing at any time, insofar as it is personal. Your objection will not have any adverse consequences for you.

Further information on data protection at etracker can be found here

Google Fonts

For the graphically uniform appearance of fonts, we use the fonts of the provider Google Webfonts (Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland).

We only use locally pre-installed fonts. This means that the fonts are initially loaded and installed by us and that no personal data is required for the operation of these services and is not transmitted to the providers.

The above-mentioned services are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of the legal basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Further information on data processing by Google can be found at:

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy

HubSpot

We use a solution from HubSpot Inc., Cambridge, USA for our online marketing activities. This is an integrated software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that we use to cover various aspects of our online marketing.

These include:

• Email marketing (newsletters, personal emails as well as automated emailings).
• Social media publishing & reporting
• Reporting (e.g. traffic sources, hits, etc. ...)
• Contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM)
• Landing pages and contact forms

This information is stored on servers of the software supplier HubSpot Inc. It can be used by us to contact visitors to our website and to determine which of our company's services are of interest to them.

The data processing is based on our legitimate interest Art. 6. para. 1 lit. f) GDPR or for the analysis of your user behaviour (tracking, analyses) on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

All information collected by us is subject to this data protection notice. We use all collected information exclusively to optimize our marketing.

HubSpot is a USA based software company at 25 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA, Phone: +1 888 HUBSPOT. (+1 888 482 7768), Fax: +1 617 812 5820 with an office in Ireland: HubSpot European Office, Ground Floor, Two Dockland Central, Guild St, North Dock, Dublin, D01 K2C5, Ireland, Phone: +353 1 5187500.

An adequate level of data protection in the US has been declared by the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) adequacy decision most recently adopted in July 2023. Hubspot is one of the companies listed and certified therein. We have also agreed so-called EU standard data protection clauses with the provider as well as partial data processing on servers in Germany and the EU.

Please also note the information on transfer to third countries.

• More information from HubSpot regarding the data protection regulations
• More information from HubSpot regarding EU data protection regulations
• More information about the cookies used by HubSpot can be found here & here

YouTube

This website contains plugins from YouTube of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, associated with Google Inc. based in San Bruno/California, USA.

When you start an embedded YouTube video on our website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which website you have visited. If you have your own YouTube account and you are already logged in there, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this association if you log out of your account beforehand.

If you wish, you can use the "YouTube button" or the share function. To do so, it is necessary to register with YouTube. The registration has the effect that the service of the provider is activated.

The processing is carried out in accordance with your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). If you have given your consent, you can revoke it at any time in the cookie settings.

Through the embedded use of YouTube, further services are reloaded, we cannot prevent this and we do not actively use these services ourselves.

These services are:

• Google Fonts
  For details see section Google Fonts
• DoubleClick
  For details see section Google Marketing Platform
• Google Fotos
  Supporting service on YouTube for image display
• Google APIs
  Supporting service on Google for providing the programming interface
• Google Video
  Supporting service on YouTube for video viewing
• YouTube Images
  Supporting service on YouTube for the display of images

Google Marketing Platform / DoubleClick / Campaign Manager

The embedded use of YouTube loads the online marketing tool Campaign Manager from Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Campaign Manager 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. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are served in which browser and can thus prevent them from being shown more than once. In addition, Campaign Manager 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 Campaign Manager ad and later visits the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase. According to Google, Campaign Manager cookies do not contain any personal information.

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, it is possible that the provider will find out and store your IP address.

The processing is carried out in accordance with your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). If you have given your consent, you can revoke it at any time in the cookie settings.

You can prevent participation in Google tracking processes in various ways:

• By setting your browser accordingly; in particular, the suppression of third-party cookies will result in you not receiving third-party ads;
• by disabling conversion tracking cookies by setting your browser to block cookies from the googleadservices.com domain, https://adssettings.google.de/anonymous?hl=en, this setting being deleted when you delete your cookies;
• by disabling the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaign "About Ads", via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, this setting being deleted when you delete your cookies;
• by permanently deactivating them in your Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browser using the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin, by using the appropriate cookie setting. 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. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookies about your use of the websites and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/142293?hl=en  under "Display settings", "Extension for Campaign Manager deactivation".

The data sent by us and linked to cookies are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month.

Further information on the Google Marketing Platform can be found at https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/en_uk/about/  and on data protection at Google in general: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de . Alternatively, you can visit the website of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at http://www.networkadvertising.org.

ARIVA

We use the service "ARIVA" (ARIVA.DE AG, Neufeldtstraße 9, 24118 Kiel, hereinafter referred to as "ARIVA"). ARIVA is a bank-independent financial portal that provides stock quotes, market prices, news and other financial information. This service is integrated into our website. Technical data (e.g. IP address, browser type, date and time of the request) may be processed. The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a) DSGVO with your consent. Further information on data protection and the processing of your data by Ariva can be found here.

EQS News

With the service of EQS News we have integrated financial news on current information on our site. This service is provided by EQS Group AG Karlstraße 47, 80333 Munich, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "EQS News"). This service is integrated into our website. Technical data (e.g. IP address, browser type, date and time of request) may be processed. The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a) DSGVO with your consent. Further information on data protection and the processing of your data by EQS News can be found here and here

Online application

We are pleased if you are interested in an open position in our company or would like to send us your application documents by way of a speculative application and provide you with the option of applying online. We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure and for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship. This takes place and is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR - pre-contractual measures as well as Art. 88 (1) GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Your online application will be processed by our HR department as quickly as possible. Your application documents will be forwarded to the relevant specialist department or the affiliated company in which the vacancy exists or for which your application could be of interest. We will use your application documents exclusively within the company and its affiliated companies for application purposes. The data will not be passed on to unauthorized third parties.

If we are unable to identify a suitable position for your profile internally, we will delete all data upon delivery of the rejection, provided that deletion does not conflict with any contractual, legal or other legitimate interests of the person responsible. Other legitimate interests in this sense include, for example, a burden of proof in the event of legal defense in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Please understand that the review may take some time. However, if your profile is of interest in principle and there are merely no suitable positions available at the moment, we will contact you again to obtain your consent to the retention and storage of your application data. If you agree in principle, you should note this immediately in your covering letter.

If the data controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions.

Please read our note notifiable information in the case of direct collection.

3. your rights to information, correction, blocking, deletion and objection

• gemäß Art. 18 DSGVO das Recht, die Einschränkung der Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zu verlangen, soweit
• die Richtigkeit der Daten von Ihnen bestritten wird;

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• Pursuant to Art. 15 of the GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
•  pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to demand the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us without undue delay;
• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is necessary
• to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
• to comply with a legal obligation;
• for reasons of public interest; or
• necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;

·       Pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if

•  the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;
•  the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure;
• we no longer require the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims; or
•  you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

·       pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it shall be transferred to another controller;

·       pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose.

The supervisory authority responsible for us is:

Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Rheinland-Pfalz
Hintere Bleiche 34
55116 Mainz

e-mail: poststelle(at)datenschutz.rlp.de
phone: +49 6131 8920-0, fax: +49 6131 8920-299
https://datenschutz.rlp.de

4. changes to our data protection information

In order to ensure that our data protection information always complies with the current legal requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the data protection information has to be adapted due to new or revised services, for example new services. The new data protection information will then apply the next time you visit our website. This data protection notice is valid as of July 2023.