Privacy Policy

The legal basis for our services and basic information on the use and disclosure of data.

The information in this Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of the purpose, scope, and manner in which your personal information is processed within this website and the accompanying services. This statement applies to all platforms and devices (such as mobile devices or desktop PCs) on which our offering is used or executed, regardless of the domain or system used. The terms used, such as personal data or their processing are explained in the definitions in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Within this offer processed personal user data are IP-addresses, as well as data on use and if the user expresses interest by inputting information, the personal information of the input will also be processed further. Persons affected by data processing include all visitors or users of our offers, the website, including business partners, interested parties and customers, hereinafter referred to as users. The terms used, such as User, Customer or Service Provider are to be understood as gender-neutral. All personal user data will be processed in compliance with the relevant data protection regulations. The basis for this is the existence of a legal permit and the consent of the user. The data processing is for the performance of our contractual services (eg order processing) or the online service (eg to ensure and comply with legal regulations), or due to our legitimate interest (eg for the security of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. GDPR, analysis to optimize the safety and efficiency of our business, including profiling for advertising and marketing purposes, a collection of reach and access data and third-party services), we will use the data in accordance with the legal permission framework. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. and Art. 7 GDPR form the legal basis for the consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of contracts and services. The legal basis for the processing of the data to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 (1) lit. c. GDPR, and as a basis for the processing of the data to safeguard our legitimate interests, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR.

Disclosure of data to third parties and third party providers

A transfer of data to third parties takes place exclusively in accordance with legal requirements. It only takes place if this is necessary for the purpose of the contract (in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR) or because of legitimate interests in our economic and effective business operations (pursuant to Article 6 (1) lit. GDPR). In order to comply with the legal requirements and for the protection of personal data, we also take appropriate legal, technical and organizational measures when using subcontractors. If third-party services, tools or other means are used and the named seat of this provider is located in a third country, data transfer to that country is also likely. The GDPR is an EU regulation and applies to all member states. Transmission to countries outside the EU or the European Economic Area is only permitted with legal permission, consent of the users, or at an adequate level of data protection in the respective third country.

Measures for protection and safety

In order to protect the data processed by us from accidental or intentional manipulation, destruction, loss or access by unauthorized persons, and to comply with the provisions of data protection laws, we make technical, organizational and contractual security arrangements according to the state of the art. The encrypted transmission of data between our server and the user's computer or browser is one of the security measures used.

Fulfillment of contractual services

In order to fulfill our contractual and service obligations and to protect against misuse or unauthorized use and to protect our legitimate interests, we store the IP address and time when installation occurs. This is required to be able to provide proof of consent. Basically, This data is not passed on to third parties on a personalized level, exceptions are the pursuit of our claims or a legal obligation under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. For security purposes and to assure the proper functioning of all systems, we can profile the statistics on a user level (this can include installation statistics, metadata such as operating system and installed offers and add-ons).

Contact by the user

To process user requests (via email or contact form), the information of the user in accordance with. Art. 6 paras. 1 lit. f) and b) GDPR processed, as it can be assumed that the request comes from a user that has potential interest in becoming a partner or partnering software publisher. This data may be used to create a profile about the partner or software publisher.

Measuring the range and use of cookies

Cookies are small files that are stored on users media. We mainly use cookies (session cookies), which are deleted from the respective storage medium at the end of the browser session. Session cookies are needed to, for example, to allow information to be shown and processes correctly your entries across multiple pages. However, we also use cookies that remain on the users hard drive. This allows for automatic detection of the user when re-visiting and the preferred inputs and settings. These cookies are stored for a period of one month to 10 years on the hard disk and delete themselves after the given time. These cookies are primarily intended to make the online offering more user-friendly, secure and effective. We also inform users within this Privacy Policy about the use of cookies in the context of pseudonymous range measurement. If users want to avoid storing cookies, this option can be disabled in the browser settings themselves. Already stored cookies can also be deleted there, however, the exclusion of cookies can lead to functional restrictions of our online offer. An objection to the use of cookies for the purpose of measuring reach and advertising purposes can be obtained through the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/), the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ and additionally the US-American website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices). Collection of access data and records (logfiles) Any access to our servers is subject to our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, corresponding data (so-called server log files), including date and time, amount of data, the name of the accessed website, success report on the call, the operating system including browser type and version, the previously visited websites, the IP address, and the provider. For the purpose of fraud or misuse, the log file information is stored for security reasons for a maximum of seven days and then deleted. If certain data is necessary for evidence purposes, the deletion will be postponed until the final clarification of the incident.

Use of Google Analytics

For the optimization, analysis and economic operation of the website, we rely on our own interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, Google Analytics. This is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC Google uses cookies for the purpose of analysis with information about the use of the online offer by the users, which are usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. Google provides a guarantee for compliance with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAIstatus=Active). Google produces reports on the use of our online offer on our behalf. For this and for further services on our behalf, information about the activities of the users are collected within our offer. This information can also be used to create pseudonymous usage profiles. In general, Google shortens the users IP address within the EU or the EEA (IP anonymization enabled). In exceptional cases, however, the full IP address can be transferred to a Google server in the US and shortened there. A combination of the IP address of the user and other Google data does not take place. Users can prevent the collection and processing of user data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en The storage of cookies can also be done by Settings in the respective browsers are avoided. In addition to the browser settings and Googles additional software, we offer another function to prevent data collection. Here you can see if the collection of your views via Google Analytics is activated on our website. You can also prevent capture by clicking Disable Now. If you click the button, an HTML5 storage object is saved on your computer, which then ensures that no script is loaded by Google Analytics. If the site data is deleted in this browser, the link must be clicked again. Furthermore, the opt-out applies only within the browser you use and only within our respective web domain, on which the link was clicked.

For further information on setting and contradictory possibilities as well as for data collection by Google, please contact Google directly: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners, http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads, and http://www.google.com/settings/ads You can also view and edit your ad settings here, https://adssettings.google.com/. You can opt-out of interest-based advertising through Google Marketing Services by using Googles recruitment and opt-out options: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences. The overview page: Googles https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads provides more information on marketing data usage. Googles Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.

Integration of services and content of third parties

Our offer also includes offers from third-party providers. This is also based on our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. Content and its presentation (such as videos or fonts) require that third parties recognize the users IP address. For the transmission of the contents to the browser, this is unavoidable. When selecting third-party vendors, we take care to only use those vendors who use the IP address only for delivery of the content. In addition, third parties may use web beacons or pixel tags to collect data for statistics and marketing. As a result, z. B. Information about the visitors to the website will be evaluated. All data may be stored in cookies on the device used by the user, pseudonymized. These data include technical information about the operating system and browser, as well as data on the use of the offer. This data can also be linked to data from other sources. Below you will find an overview of some of the third-party providers we include, including links to the corresponding data protection statements. These also contain further information on possibilities of objection, as well as opt-out options, if these are possible.

• For the integration and administration of the various analysis and marketing services, we can use the Google Tag Manager.
• External code of the JavaScript framework jQuery provided by the third-party jQuery Foundation, https://jquery.org.
• External code of the Cookie Consent Bar, provided by the third-party Silktide Ltd., https://cookieconsent.insites.com.

Personal rights of users

Upon request, every user can obtain information about their personal data stored by us, if technically possible. In addition, users have the right to have incorrect data rectified and to limit the processing and deletion of their personal data. In addition, the right to data portability can be invoked. A complaint to the competent supervisory authority is possible at any time. Any consent given by the user can always be revoked at any time, only with future effect.

Data deletion

Data that is not subject to a statutory retention period will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for your purpose. If the deletion is not possible due to its purpose or other provisions, its processing will be restricted. Blocking the data thus prevents processing for other purposes. The storage takes place in accordance with § 257 exp. 1 HGB (for trading books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual accounts, trade letters, accounting documents, etc.) for 6 years, as well as § 147 Abs. 1 AO (for books, records, management reports, accounting documents, trading and business letters, documents relevant to taxation, etc.) for 10 years.

Right to object

Users may object to the processing of their personal data in accordance with legal requirements at any time. The objection may, in particular, be made against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Updating the privacy policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy if the legal situation changes, as well as changes in our services or data processing. However, this applies exclusively with regard to declarations of data processing. If users consent is required, or if elements of the privacy policy contain provisions of the contractual relationship with the users, changes are only possible with the consent of the users. We ask users to regularly obtain independent information about the content of the privacy policy.