1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to all data that can personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy below this text.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website? The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the legal notice (imprint) of this website.

How do we collect your data? On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. For example, this may include data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time of page access). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you access our website.

What do we use your data for? Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice (imprint). Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

2. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data refers to data that can personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., during email communication) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.

Information about the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

SlootTrade
Neue Straße 9
25746 Ostrohe

Represented by: Mr. Stefan Sloot

Contact:

Phone: +49 (0)160 96 79 07 25

Email: stefan@sloottrade.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent already given at any time. A simple informal notification via email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Lodge Complaints with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of data protection violations, the affected individual has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent authority for data protection matters is the data protection officer of the federal state where our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact information can be found at the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address bar of your browser changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted Payment Transactions on This Website

If, after concluding a paid contract, you are required to provide us with your payment details (e.g., account number for direct debit authorization), this data is necessary for processing the payment.

Payment transactions using common payment methods (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address bar of your browser changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

With encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Access, Blocking, Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of the data processing. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the legal notice.

Objection to Advertising Emails

The use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited promotional information, such as spam emails.

3. Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies

Our websites use cookies in some areas. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can configure your browser to notify you about the use of cookies, allow cookies only in specific cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Cookies that are necessary to carry out electronic communication or provide certain functions you desire (e.g., shopping cart functionality) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Any other cookies (e.g., cookies used to analyze your browsing behavior) will be addressed separately in this privacy policy.

Server Log Files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not combined with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits data processing for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the details you provide, including the contact data you entered, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal notification via email is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.

Registration on This Website

You can register on our website to use additional features on the site. The data you provide during registration will only be used for the purpose of utilizing the respective offer or service for which you registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For significant changes, such as to the scope of the offer or in the case of technically necessary changes, we will use the email address provided during registration to inform you accordingly.

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time by sending us an informal email. The legality of data processing carried out prior to revocation remains unaffected.

The data collected during registration will be stored as long as you are registered on our website and will subsequently be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Registration with Facebook Connect

Instead of registering directly on our website, you can register using Facebook Connect. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you choose to register using Facebook Connect and click the “Login with Facebook” / “Connect with Facebook” button, you will automatically be redirected to Facebook’s platform. There, you can log in using your credentials. This links your Facebook profile with our website or services. Through this link, we gain access to the data you have stored on Facebook, which includes:

• Facebook name
• Facebook profile and cover picture
• Facebook cover photo
• Email address stored on Facebook
• Facebook ID
• Facebook friends list
• Facebook likes
• Birthday
• Gender
• Country
• Language

This data is used to set up, provide, and personalize your account.

For more information, please refer to Facebook’s terms of use and privacy policy, available at: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/.

Comment Function on This Website

For the comment function on this site, we store not only your comment but also details such as the time of the comment’s creation, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you choose.

Storage of IP Address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not review comments on our site before they are published, we need this data to take action against the author in cases of legal violations, such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribing to Comments

As a user of this site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time using a link in the informational emails. The data provided in connection with subscribing to comments will be deleted in such cases. If you have provided this data to us for other purposes (e.g., subscribing to a newsletter), it will remain with us.

Retention Period for Comments

Comments and related data (e.g., IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the content being commented on is completely deleted or the comments need to be removed for legal reasons (e.g., offensive comments).

Legal Basis

The storage of comments is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time by sending an informal email to us. The legality of data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data)

We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary for establishing, structuring, or modifying the legal relationship (inventory data). This is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process, and use personal data related to the use of our internet pages (usage data) only to the extent necessary to enable the user to utilize the service or for billing purposes.

The customer data collected will be deleted after the completion of the order or the termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Data Transfer upon Contract Conclusion for Online Shops, Retailers, and Shipping

We transmit personal data to third parties only when it is necessary as part of the contract execution, for example, to the companies entrusted with the delivery of goods or the financial institution responsible for payment processing. Further transmission of data does not occur unless you have explicitly agreed to its transmission. Your data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent, such as for advertising purposes.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Data Transfer upon Contract Conclusion for Services and Digital Content

We transmit personal data to third parties only when it is necessary as part of the contract execution, for example, to the financial institution responsible for payment processing.

Further transmission of data does not occur unless you have explicitly agreed to its transmission. Your data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent, such as for advertising purposes.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

4. Social Media

Sharing Content via Plugins (Facebook, Google+1, Twitter & Co.)

The content on our pages can be shared in social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ in a data protection-compliant manner. This site uses the eRecht24 Safe Sharing Tool, which only establishes direct contact between the networks and users when the user actively clicks on one of these buttons.

No automatic transfer of user data to the operators of these platforms occurs through this tool. If the user is logged into one of the social networks, an information window will appear when using the social buttons from Facebook, Google+1, Twitter & Co., where the user can confirm the text before submitting it.

Our users can share the content of this page in social networks in a data protection-compliant manner without allowing complete browsing profiles to be created by the network operators.

Facebook Plugins (Like & Share Button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated into our pages. You can recognize Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like Button” (“Gefällt mir”) on our page. An overview of Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook is thereby informed that you visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like Button” while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how Facebook uses it. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy: https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.

Twitter Plugin

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated into our pages. These features are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter in the process. We point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at: https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Google+ Plugin

Our pages use functions of Google+. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Collection and Sharing of Information: The Google+ button allows you to publish information worldwide. Through the Google+ button, you and other users receive personalized content from Google and its partners. Google stores both the information that you gave a +1 for content and information about the page you viewed when you clicked +1. Your +1 may appear along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as in search results, your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads on the Internet.

Google records information about your +1 activities to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google+ button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that must at least contain the name chosen for the profile. This name is used across all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace another name that you used when sharing content through your Google account. The identity of your Google profile may be displayed to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you.

Use of the Collected Information: In addition to the purposes described above, the information you provide is used in accordance with Google’s applicable privacy policies. Google may publish aggregated statistics about users’ +1 activities or share them with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.

Instagram Plugin

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated into our pages. These functions are provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Instagram uses it.

For more information, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Tumblr Plugin

Our pages use buttons from the Tumblr service. The provider is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA.

These buttons allow you to share a post or page on Tumblr or follow the provider on Tumblr. When you access one of our websites that includes a Tumblr button, your browser establishes a direct connection to Tumblr’s servers. We have no control over the extent of the data that Tumblr collects and transmits using this plugin. According to current knowledge, the user’s IP address and the URL of the respective website are transmitted.

For more information, please refer to Tumblr’s privacy policy: https://www.tumblr.com/policy/de/privacy.

Pinterest Plugin

Our website uses social plugins from the Pinterest social network, operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”).

When you visit a page containing such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. The plugin transmits log data to Pinterest’s servers in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the address of the websites you visited that also contain Pinterest features, the type and settings of your browser, the date and time of your request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies.

For more information about the purpose, scope, and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest, as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

5. Analytics Tools and Advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies.” These are text files stored on your computer that enable the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and advertising.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of this website’s operator, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide additional services related to website and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software. However, we point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. Additionally, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie related to your website use (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Opt-Out of Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Data Processing Agreement

We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic Data in Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that contain statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data is derived from Google’s interest-based advertising as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be attributed to a specific individual. You can disable this feature at any time through the ad settings in your Google account or prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section “Opt-Out of Data Collection.”

WordPress Stats

This website uses the WordPress Stats tool to statistically analyze visitor access. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.

WordPress Stats uses cookies that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the website’s usage. The information generated by the cookies about the use of our website is stored on servers in the USA. Your IP address is anonymized after processing and before storage.

“WordPress Stats” cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

The storage of “WordPress Stats” cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior to optimize both the website and its advertising.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies, allow cookies only in specific cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

You can object to the collection and use of your data for the future by setting an opt-out cookie in your browser through the following link:
https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/.

If you delete the cookies on your computer, you will need to set the opt-out cookie again.

Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the features of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device capabilities of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This feature allows the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked with the cross-device features of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. This allows interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted based on your previous usage and browsing behavior on one device (e.g., a mobile phone) to be displayed on another device (e.g., a tablet or PC).

If you have given the corresponding consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history with your Google account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be delivered on any device on which you log into your Google account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users, which are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create target groups for cross-device advertising.

You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising in your Google account. To do so, follow this link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The aggregation of the data collected in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can provide or revoke with Google (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). For data collection operations not aggregated in your Google account (e.g., because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the aggregation), data collection is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the website operator’s interest in anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

For more information, see Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad delivered by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser stores on your computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and do not personally identify users. If the user visits certain pages on this website and the cookie has not expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.

Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are informed of the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not receive any information that can personally identify users.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt out by easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your internet browser settings. You will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its web offering and advertising.

For more information about Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking, see Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our websites (e.g., in a contact form) is entered by a human or an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the website visitor’s behavior based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various data (e.g., IP address, time spent on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

Data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its websites against abusive automated data extraction and spam.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, see the following links:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we require your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and consent to receive the newsletter. Additional data will only be collected on a voluntary basis. This data is used exclusively for sending the requested information and will not be shared with third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter subscription form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, such as by using the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you cancel your subscription. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g., email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected.

MailChimp

This website uses the services of MailChimp for sending newsletters. The provider is Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

MailChimp is a service used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. When you enter data for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter (e.g., email address), this data is stored on MailChimp’s servers in the USA.

MailChimp is certified under the “EU-US Privacy Shield,” which ensures compliance with European data protection standards in the USA.

Using MailChimp allows us to analyze our newsletter campaigns. When you open an email sent via MailChimp, a file contained in the email (a so-called web beacon) connects to MailChimp’s servers in the USA. This determines whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links were clicked. Additionally, technical information is collected (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system). This information cannot be attributed to specific newsletter recipients. It is used solely for statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better tailor future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.

If you do not wish to be analyzed by MailChimp, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. A corresponding link is provided in every newsletter email. Alternatively, you can unsubscribe directly on the website.

Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The legality of data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe and deleted from our servers as well as MailChimp’s servers after cancellation. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g., email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected.

For more details, see MailChimp’s privacy policy: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.

Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement

We have entered into a data processing agreement with MailChimp, in which we require MailChimp to protect our customers’ data and not share it with third parties. This contract can be viewed here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement/sample-agreement/.

8. Plugins und Tools

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, a service operated by Google. The operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of providing an appealing presentation of our online content. This constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For more information on how user data is handled, see YouTube’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Vimeo

Our website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages with a Vimeo plugin, a connection to Vimeo’s servers is established. The Vimeo server is informed about which of our pages you visited. Additionally, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged into Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to Vimeo’s servers in the USA.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

For more information on how Vimeo handles user data, see Vimeo’s privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

To do this, your browser connects to Google’s servers. Google is thereby informed that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online content. This constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer is used.

For more information on Google Web Fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use Google Maps features, your IP address must be stored. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online content and easy discoverability of the locations specified on our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For more information on how user data is handled, see Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.