Rhenus Media Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Rhenus-Platz 1 59439
Holzwickede

In case of questions regarding the processing of your personal data by us, please contact our data protection officer in writing or by e-mail:

RDP Röhl - Dehm & Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB

Michaela Berger and Norbert Geyer

Moritzplatz 6

86150 Augsburg

dsb.media-systems@rdp-law.de

Personal data is immediately processed upon accessing the website. This happens automatically, without you having to take any further actions such as filling out and submitting a contact form.

These automated processing operations involve:

IP address processing

1. Description and scope of data processing

When you access this website, requests are sent to the server, which must answer them. For this purpose, your IP address must be collected and processed by the server so that the corresponding server requests can be answered.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of processing your IP address is to establish and secure the functionality of the website and to technically enable the retrievability of the website.

4. legitimate interest

The legitimate interest in the temporary storage of the IP address is that the functionality and provision of the technical retrievability of the website is not possible without this storage.

5. Duration of storage

The data will be deleted again as soon as further storage is no longer necessary due to the fulfillment of its purpose. This is the case after 28 days maximum.

6. recipients of personal data

The IP address is processed by the following hosting provider:

Rhenus Assets & Services GmbH & Co. KG, Rhenus Platz 1, 59439 Holzwickede, Germany.

There is also administrative access to the data within the scope of maintenance and services.

7. Transfer to a third country

It is not intended to transfer the personal data to a third country or to an international organization.

8. Necessity of the provision

The provision of the data is necessary because otherwise the website cannot be accessed.

9. Automated decision making/profiling

No automated decision-making or so-called profiling takes place.

Processing of server log files

1. Description and scope of data processing

The IP addresses collected when this website is accessed are also stored in so-called server log files in order to detect and rectify technical errors and/or attempts to manipulate or break into the server structure.

In addition, the hosting provider of this website automatically collects, stores and processes information in server log files, that are automatically transmitted by your browser.

This information includes:

Browser type and version

Operating system

Referrer URL

Host name of the accessing computer

Time of the server request

However, this information is not merged with other data sources.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of processing your IP address and the above information is to detect malfunctions and intrusion attempts. This ensures the security of the website and the system integrity of the servers.

4. Legitimate interest

The legitimate interest in processing the IP address and the information mentioned above is to provide a functional and uncompromised technical website environment.

5. Duration of storage

The data will be deleted within 28 days.

6. Recipients of personal data

The IP address and the information mentioned above are processed by the following hosting provider:

Rhenus Assets & Services GmbH & Co. KG, Rhenus Platz 1, 59439 Holzwickede, Germany

7. Transfer to a third country

It is not intended to transfer the personal data to a third country or to an international organization.

8. Necessity of the provision

The provision of the data is necessary because otherwise the website cannot be accessed.

9. Automated decision making/profiling

No automated decision-making or so-called profiling takes place.

Cookie usage

1. Description and scope of data processing

The site uses so-called cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the memory and/or on a hard drive of your device used to visit the site and are processed by your internet browser according to its settings.

A distinction is made between necessary cookies and other cookies.

Necessary cookies are processed, as otherwise no functional website can be provided.

These necessary cookies are:

Optanon Consent - Storage 365 days - Belongs to the OneTrust cookie banner (no information about identification of the user).

Xsrf-token - Security

Laravel Session - Security

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of these necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR in conjunction with § 25 para. 2 TTDSG.

3. Purpose of the data processing

These cookies contain technical information for the provision of website functionalities within the scope of use. This enables the technical realization of the website.

4. Legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR

The cookies used only contain technical data. The use of these cookies is necessary in order to offer the user a functionality of our website that meets his expectations and to ensure the security of the system.

5. Duration of storage as well as possibilities of objection and elimination

These technically necessary cookies are so-called session cookies. They are automatically deleted from your computer's browser cache/memory at the end of your website visit and/or when you close your browser, provided that you have activated this function in your browser.

Please check the settings of your internet browser (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Opera, Safari). Your internet browser also gives you the option of regulating the handling of cookies or deactivating them altogether. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.

6. Recipients of personal data

The IP address and the information mentioned above are processed by the following hosting provider:

Rhenus Assets & Services GmbH & Co. KG, Rhenus Platz 1 ,59439 Holzwickede, Germany

7. Transfer to a third country

It is not intended to transfer the personal data to a third country or to an international organization.

8. Necessity of the provision

The provision of the data is necessary because otherwise the website cannot be accessed.

9. Automated decision making/profiling

No automated decision-making or so-called profiling takes place.

In addition, depending on your selection made via the Consent Manager, we process further cookies that we only use based on your consent. You can find information about these cookies in the Consent Manager settings.

Google Analytics - performance cookie

You can find further information and exercise your right of revocation via the above link directly in the Consent Manager.

1. Description and scope of data processing

We process personal data of the representatives and employees involved in the course of establishing contact, providing business cards or carrying out the business and customer relationship. In most cases, this is the contact data of the internal representatives provided to us by our customers or suppliers.

This data is entered into our CRM.

This data can be:

Name, first name

Company

E-mail address

Telephone number, mobile number

Position in the company

2. Legal basis for data processing and legitimate interest

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR, insofar as the data is processed for the purpose of initiating or implementing a contractual relationship.

In addition, in the case of employees as representatives, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR, as the processing is carried out in the legitimate interest.

This legitimate interest arises from the fact that the data was handed over to us for the purpose of maintaining contacts and establishing contact at a later date. In addition, the processing of contact data is necessary to maintain a business relationship.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The data listed above and handed over to us are processed exclusively for the purpose for which the data were handed over to us (by handing over a business card, by naming the respective representatives, etc.). In addition to the implementation of a business relationship, this can also be the initiation of a business relationship, the facilitation of a subsequent contact or the exploration of common and future business interests.

4. Duration of storage

The data will be deleted within 6 months after they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected or are not subject to any further legal retention obligations (e.g., 10 years according to AO, 6 years according to HGB).

5. Recipients of personal data

Processing of data in the context of maintenance and services of the CRM system and the IT infrastructure:

Rhenus Assets & Services GmbH & Co. KG, Rhenus-Platz 1, 59439 Holzwickede, Germany.

Processing of data in the context of sales activities:

Rhenus BPO Services GmbH, Rhenus Platz 1, 50439 Holzwickede, Germany.

6. Transfer to a third country

It is not intended to transfer the personal data to a third country or to an international organization.

7. Necessity of the provision

The provision of the data is necessary because otherwise the website cannot be accessed.

8. Automated decision making/profiling

No automated decision-making or so-called profiling takes place.

1. Description and scope of data processing
In the case of enquiries or communication by e-mail, personal data are processed depending on the content of your e-mail:
These are in any case your e-mail address, date and time as well as the content of the message. In addition, depending on the content of your e-mail, the following personal data may be processed, for example:
First name, last name, telephone number, position in the company, department, etc.
The data is used for the processing of the conversation and/or the implementation and/or initiation of a contractual relationship.

2. Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the processing of data within the scope of general e-mail communication is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. If the contact by e-mail is also aimed at the conclusion and/or implementation of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.

3. Zweck der Datenverarbeitung
Die Verarbeitung der personenbezogenen Daten der E-Mail-Kommunikation dient dem Zweck der Aufrechterhaltung eines geordneten Geschäftsbetriebs. Die E-Mail-Kommunikation ist aus der Geschäftswelt sowohl für die interne Unternehmenskommunikation als auch für die Kommunikation mit Kunden, Lieferanten und potentiellen Geschäftspartnern nicht mehr wegzudenken.

4. Purpose of data processing
The processing of personal data of e-mail communication serves the purpose of maintaining orderly business operations. It is no longer possible to imagine the business world without e-mail communication, both for internal company communication and for communication with customers, suppliers and potential business partners.

5. Duration of data storage
The data is deleted within 6 months after it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected or is not subject to any further legal retention obligations (e.g. 10 years according to AO, 6 years according to HGB). For your email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended.
The conversation is ended when it is clear from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified.

6. Recipients of personal data
Processing of data within the scope of maintenance and services of the IT infrastructure:
Rhenus Assets & Services GmbH & Co. KG, Rhenus-Platz 1, 59439 Holzwickede, Germany
Rhenus Office Systems GmbH, Rhenus-Platz 1, 59439 Holzwickede

7. Transfer to a third party country
It is not intended to transfer the personal data to a third country or to an international organisation.

8. Necessity of the provision
Contact can also be made by telephone or post. If necessary, this may entail restrictions, especially with regard to response times.

9. Automated decision-making / profiling
No automated decision-making or so-called profiling takes place.

If you apply for specific job advertisements of Rhenus Media Systems, you will find the instructions for processing your data within the scope of the online application of the career portal.

For initiative applications, the following applies:

1. Description and scope of data processing.

You can send us your initiative application either by post or by e-mail.

In doing so, the following personal data may be processed by us:

Name, address and contact details

Curriculum vitae including all other details

Personal cover letter

Qualifications

Interests

If you send us your data by e-mail, we additionally process your e-mail address, date and time as well as the content of the message. In addition, depending on the content of your e-mail, the following personal data may be processed, for example:

First name, last name

Telephone number

The data will be used exclusively within the scope of the application procedure for the purpose of making a decision on filling the position.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of data within the scope of the application procedure is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, § 26 para. 1 BDSG.

If you provide us with special categories of personal data within the scope of the application procedure, such as an existing status as a severely disabled person or health data that are necessary for the assessment of your employability for a specific position, the processing of this data provided on your initiative is carried out in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. b), lit. h) GDPR, § 26 Para.3 BDSG.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The processing of personal data in the context of the application procedure serves the sole purpose of personnel planning and the establishment of employment relationships.

4. Duration of storage

The data will be deleted within 6 months after they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected or are not subject to any further legal retention obligations (e.g., 10 years according to AO, 6 years according to HGB).

5. Recipients of personal data

Organizational processing via Rhenus :people! Bamberg GmbH on the basis of order processing.

6. Transfer to a third country

It is not intended to transfer the personal data to a third country or to an international organization.

7. Necessity of the provision

The provision of the data is necessary because otherwise the website cannot be accessed.

8. Automated decision making/profiling

No automated decision-making or so-called profiling takes place.

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. The controller is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").

Google Analytics 4 uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of our websites. The information collected by means of the cookies about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics 4 has IP anonymisation enabled by default. Due to IP anonymisation, your IP address will be shortened 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 transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. According to Google, the IP address transferred by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

The following visitor data, which is not assigned to a person, can be collected:

• Acquisition (= source of visitors, e.g. Google search, direct entry);
• User behaviour (pages visited, bounce rate, links clicked);
• Geographical data (country, region, city, language);
• Technology (browser, device category mobile / desktop, screen resolution, device model, operating system).

We use Google Analytics 4 for the following purposes: tracking user behaviour in order to derive optimisation potential (ROI maximisation), reporting website performance, monitoring the success of campaigns. The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art.6 para.1 p.1 lit.a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 p.1 TTDSG.

In addition, Google Analytics 4 is integrated via server-side tag management, i.e. the visitor data is not transferred directly to Google Analytics 4. The data is first transmitted to a so-called tagging server (via Google Cloud) in Germany and from there transferred to Google Analytics 4 in a controlled manner (i.e. no personal/demographic data).

Recipients of the data may be

• Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as processor under Art. 28 GDPR).;
• Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;
• Alphabet Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA:

For the USA, the European Commission adopted a news adequacy decision on 10 July 2023. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework. Since Google servers are distributed worldwide and a transfer to third countries (for example to Singapore) cannot be completely ruled out, we have also concluded the EU standard contractual clauses with the provider to establish an appropriate level of data protection in those countries.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies are automatically deleted after 14 months. The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is 2 years. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached occurs automatically once a month.

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by accessing the cookie settings and changing your selection there. The lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation remains unaffected.

You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the outset by setting your browser software accordingly. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may result in a restriction of functionalities on this and other websites. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, and the processing of this data by Google, by not giving your consent to the setting of the cookie or downloading and installing the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics HERE.

For more information on Google Analytics' terms of use and Google's privacy policy, please visit https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/ and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.

We use Friendly Captcha on our website, a service provided by Friendly Captcha GmbH, Am Anger 3-5, 82237 Wörthsee, Germany.

 Friendly Captcha is a privacy-friendly protection solution to make it more difficult for automated programs and scripts (so-called "bots") to use websites. Friendly Captcha thus protects websites from misuse. For this purpose, we have integrated a program code from Friendly Captcha in certain areas of our website, e.g. in a contact form. This causes the visitor's end device to establish a connection to the Friendly Captcha servers in connection with the protected area (e.g. sending a contact form). The visitor's browser receives a calculation task from Friendly Captcha. The complexity of the calculation task depends on various risk factors. The visitor's end device solves the calculation task, which requires certain system resources, and sends the calculation result to our web server. This contacts the Friendly Captcha server via an interface and receives a response as to whether the puzzle has been solved correctly by the end device.

In addition, the visitor's browser transmits connection data, environmental data, interaction data and functional data to Friendly Captcha. Friendly Captcha evaluates this data and determines how likely it is that it is a human user or bot and transmits the result to our web server.

Friendly Captcha does not store any personal data about the visitor. Data that could identify the visitor (such as IP addresses) is anonymized using one-way hashing. Friendly Captcha does not use HTTP cookies and does not store any data in the persistent browser memory.

The legal basis for the use of Friendly Captcha is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in protecting the website from abusive, automated crawling and spam.

Further information can be found at: https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/privacy-end-users/

All social media functionalities (Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc.) on our website and all links to social media portals are provided by Rhenus SE & Co. KG.

Rhenus BPO Services GmbH is not responsible for these social media integrations in terms of data protection laws.

The data protection information of Rhenus SE & Co. KG can be found at www.rhenus.group/data-protection-policy

If your personal data is processed, you are the person concerned within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation. Therefore, you have the following rights with respect to us as the data controller.

To exercise your data subject rights against us, please contact us at the following e-mail address: dsb.media-systems@rdp-law.de

1. Right to information - Art. 15 GDPR

You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.

If such processing is taking place, you have the right to obtain information about this personal data and the following information:

• the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
• the categories of personal data that are processed;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed;
• if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if it is not possible, the criteria for determining the storage period;
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by us or a right to object to such processing;
• the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
• any available information about the origin of the data, if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.
• In addition, you have the right to request information about whether the personal data concerning you will be transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may also request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. Right to rectification – Art. 16 GDPR

You have the right to request us to correct and/or complete the data concerning you without delay if the personal data processed is inaccurate or incomplete.

3. Right to deletion – Art. 17 GDPR

Obligation to delete:

You have the right to request the immediate deletion of your personal data at any time, provided that one of the following reasons is given:

• the personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
• you have withdrawn your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing;
• you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR;
• the personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully;
• the erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under a union or member state law to which we are subject;
• the personal data concerning you has been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1) GDPR.

Exceptions:

A right to erasure does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary

• to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
• for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under a union or member state law to which we are subject; or
• for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;
• for reasons of public interest in the field of public health in accordance with Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3);
• for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, to the extent that the right referred to in section a) is likely to make impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing; or
• for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

4. Right to processing restriction – Art. 18 GDPR

You have the right to request the restriction of personal data concerning you under the following conditions:

• if you dispute the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period of time that allows us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
• if the processing is unlawful and you object to the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of the use of the personal data;
• if we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need them for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims; or
• if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds override your grounds.

If the processing of personal data relating to you has been restricted, this data - apart from storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the union or a member state.

If the restriction of processing has been restricted on the basis of the aforementioned conditions, you will be informed by us before the restriction is lifted.

5. Right to notification– Art. 19 GDPR

If you have exercised one of your rights to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, we are obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of the rectification, erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

In addition, you have the right to be informed about these recipients.

6. Right to data transfer – Art. 20 GDPR

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transfer this data to another controller without obstruction from us, to whom the personal data has been provided, as long as

a) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR and b) the processing is carried out with the help of automated procedures.

In exercising this right to data portability, you also have the right to obtain the personal data concerning you directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible.

9. Right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority – Art. 77 GDPR

Without limiting any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to which you file a complaint shall inform you, as the complainant, of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 78 of the GDPR.

This privacy notice will be updated on a regular basis.

This website uses functions of Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

DoubleClick is used to show you interest-based ads across the Google advertising network. In order to be able to show users interest-based advertising, DoubleClick must recognize the respective viewer and be able to assign the websites they have visited, clicks and other information on user behavior to them. For this purpose, DoubleClick uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). Google DoubleClick uses a special cookie script. This draws among other things on:

• the number of page views,

• the surfing behavior of users on the site,

• the IP address of the user,

• previously visited pages and

• for searching for used keywords.

The information collected is combined into a pseudonymous user profile in order to display interest-based advertising to the user concerned. If you have a Google account, the search engine associates the data obtained with the information available in the Google account.

As part of processing by Google, data may be transmitted to the USA. The following recipients may include Google LLC. and Alphabet Inc. The level of data protection in the USA is currently not equivalent to that in the EU. This is due in particular to far-reaching official access rights to personal data processed by companies and insufficient legal protection options for data subjects. The security of the transmission is secured by so-called standard contractual clauses, which ensure that the processing of personal data is subject to a security level that corresponds to that of the GDPR.

Processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. For more information on how to object to the ads displayed by Google, please see https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en. 

This website uses functions of the service "Google Ads" (formerly Google AdWords), a service of  Google  Ireland  Limited,  Google  Building  Gordon  House,  Barrow  St,  Dublin  4,  Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Google Ads enables us to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising media on external websites. This enables us to determine how successful individual advertising measures are. These advertising media are delivered by Google via so-called "AdServers". For this purpose, we use so-called AdServer cookies, which can be used to measure certain parameters for measuring success, such as display of the 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. They are not intended to identify you personally. The following information is usually stored as analysis values for this cookie: unique cookie ID, number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), last impression (relevant for post-view  conversions),  opt-out  information  (marking  that  the  user  no  longer  wishes  to  be addressed). These cookies allow Google to recognize your web browser. If a user visits certain pages  of  an  Ads  customer's  website  and  the  cookie  stored  on  their  computer  has  not  yet expired,  Google  and  the  customer  can  recognize  that  the  user  clicked  on  the  ad  and  was redirected  to  that  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  tools;  in  particular,  we  cannot  identify  users  on  the  basis  of  this information. Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of Google Ads. According to our knowledge, Google receives the information that you have called up the relevant part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you have a user account with Google and are registered, Google can assign the visit to your user account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is the possibility that Google learns your IP address and stores it. The legal basis for the processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. If you do not  want  Google  Ads  to  collect  and  process  the  aforementioned  data,  you  can  refuse  your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future. In the context of processing by Google Ads, data may be transmitted to the USA. The following recipients  may  be,  among  others,  Google  LLC.  and  Alphabet  Inc.  The  security  of  the transmission  is  secured  via  so-called  standard  contractual  clauses,  which  ensure  that  the processing  of  personal  data  is  subject  to  a  level  of  security  that  corresponds  to  that  of  the GDPR.

For more information about data processing by Google, please refer to Google's privacy policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

We use the cookie management platform called OneTrust on our website to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider is OneTrust Technology Limited (hereinafter "OneTrust"), 82 St John St, Farringdon , London EC1M 4JN, United Kingdom (UK).

By integrating a JavaScript code, a banner is displayed to users when the page is accessed, which gives the user the option of giving or rejecting their consent to the setting of cookies for individual purposes or individual functions of our website. The tool blocks the setting of all cookies that require consent until the respective user gives their consent. This ensures that cookies that require consent are only set on the user's end device if there is a legal basis. So that OneTrust can individually record and log the consent settings made by the user, the following user information is collected by the tool when our website is accessed:

• IP address (only temporarily to display the correct banner depending on the access location); • The user's respective consent settings, whereby we cannot trace which natural person is behind the user.

OneTrust is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis is Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR. We have concluded an order processing contract with OneTrust. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that One Trust only processes the personal data of our website visitors according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR. We would like to point out that your data may be transferred to the USA. The data collected is stored until you ask us to delete it or delete the OneTrust cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Details on the data processing of OneTrust cookies can be found in the OneTrust data protection declaration at https://www.onetrust.com/privacy/.