The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is
WiredMinds GmbH
Lindenspürstrasse 32
70176 Stuttgart
Email: contact(at)wiredminds.de
Phone: +49 / 711 / 585 331- 0
Fax: +49 / 711 / 585 331- 11
YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:
– Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art.15 GDPR)
– Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art.16 GDPR),
– Deletion of your data stored by us (Art.17 GDPR),
– Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art.18 GDPR)
– Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and data portability, provided that you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR). GDPR)
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
COLLECTION OF GENERAL INFORMATION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE:
Nature and purpose of processing
When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, and your IP address is completely deleted after the first “corporate customer / private customer” check by us. In this way, we ensure that no information about you is stored that could be used to identify you personally
They are processed for the following purposes in particular:
– Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
– Ensuring the smooth use of our website,
– Evaluation of system security and stability and
– for other administrative purposes.
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be processed by us. statistically evaluated in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.
In general, the data collected by WiredMinds is not processed in a third country.
Legal basis:
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Storage duration:
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of collection and data backup (back-up process). The data backup is max. 6 weeks.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. Without the IP address, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
COOKIES:
Nature and purpose of the processing:
Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard disk. We use cookies to enable the recognizability/differentiability of visitors to our website. See also storage duration and cookies used.
Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transfer viruses to a computer. Using the information contained in cookies, we can make navigation easier for you and enable the correct display of our web pages.
Under no circumstances will the data collected by us be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Storage duration and cookies used:
Tracking with WiredMinds is possible completely without cookies. If the customer uses tracking with cookies, the cookies are used for the following purposes:
– To recognize returning visitors A cookie is set for the visitor (or in the visitor’s browser), which identifies this visitor as a returning visitor on the next visit. It is not possible to draw conclusions about the person via the cookie. This is therefore an anonymized value.
– For the assignment of clicks to a visit A tracking cookie remains active for 90 days. If the user returns, the service life is extended by a further 90 days.
– To detect whether a visitor has deliberately opted out of tracking. Each visitor can use an opt-out function to determine whether their actions should be excluded from tracking. The cookie itself does not contain any user data. It prevents the tracking code from being executed so that no further tracking impulses are sent. Such a cookie is set, for example, via the so-called objection link (i.e. the opt-out function) for the visitor. This is implemented on the customer’s website (e.g. in the legal notice or in a page on data protection). An opt-out cookie remains active indefinitely.
– The naming of the cookies follows a certain scheme, but only to prevent misuse; user data cannot be derived from this. Insofar as these cookies may (also) affect personal data, we will inform you about this in the following sections.
You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:
– Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
– Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
– Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
– Opera: https://www.opera.com/de/help
– Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE
Online chat with Userlike
WiredMinds uses a live chat from the company href=”https://www.userlike.com/”>Userlike UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Probsteigasse 44-46, 50670 Cologne, Germany. You can use the live chat like a contact form to chat with our employees almost in real time. The following personal data is collected when you start the chat: – Date and time of the call, – URL of the previously visited website. Depending on the course of the conversation with our employees, further personal data may be collected in the chat and entered by you. The nature of this data depends largely on your request or the problem you describe to us. The purpose of processing all this data is to provide you with a quick and efficient way to contact us and thus improve our customer service. All of our employees have been and continue to be trained in the subject of data protection and instructed in the secure and confidential handling of customer data. All of our employees are obliged to maintain confidentiality and have signed an addendum to their employee contracts to commit to confidentiality and compliance with data protection. By calling up the website dev-help.wiredminds.de, the chat widget is loaded in the form of a JavaScript file from AWS Cloudfront. The chat widget technically represents the source code that is executed on your computer and enables the chat. In addition, WiredMinds stores the history of live chats for a period of 30 days. The purpose of this is to save you from having to provide extensive explanations about the history of your request and to ensure constant quality control of our live chat service. Therefore, the processing is in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR is permitted. If you do not wish this, you are welcome to inform us using the contact details below. Saved live chats will then be deleted by us immediately. The storage of chat data also serves the purpose of ensuring the security of our information technology systems. This is also our legitimate interest, which is why the processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR is permissible. Further information can be found in the privacy policy of Userlike UG(haftungsbeschränkt).REGISTRATION ON OUR WEBSITE
Nature and purpose of the processing:
When registering for the use of our personalized services (demo account registration), some personal data is collected, such as name, address, contact and communication data (e.g. telephone number and e-mail address). If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we only offer to registered users. Registered users also have the option of changing or deleting the data provided during registration at any time. Of course, we will also provide you with information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time.
Legal basis:
The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of the user’s consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Storage duration:
Data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. They will then be deleted, provided there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary. To contact us in this context, please use the contact details provided at the end of this privacy policy.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content and services we offer.
YouTube with enhanced data protection
Our website displays videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transfer of data is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you are watching a video.
As soon as you start a YouTube video on our website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are in are logged in to your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to use your assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can do this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your end device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to collect statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts. The cookies remain on your end device until you delete them.
If necessary, after the start of a YouTube video, additional data processing operations are triggered over which we have no influence.
The use of YouTube takes place in the interest of an appealing Presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest in the within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR represent.
You can find more information about data protection at YouTube in their Privacy policy at: https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube.
NEWSLETTER
Nature and purpose of the processing:
Your data will only be used to send you the subscribed newsletter by e-mail. Your name is given in order to be able to address you personally in the newsletter and, if necessary, to identify you if you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject.
To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to enter your e-mail address. When you register to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also be informed by e-mail about circumstances relevant to the service or registration (e.g. changes to the newsletter offer or technical circumstances).
We require a valid e-mail address for effective registration. We use the “double opt-in” procedure to check that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address. For this purpose, we log the newsletter order, the sending of a confirmation e-mail and the receipt of the reply requested. No further data is collected. The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter and will not be passed on to third parties.
Legal basis:
On the basis of your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation via the contact option provided at the end of this data protection notice.
Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage duration:
The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. They are then deleted.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.
CONTACT FORM
Nature and purpose of the processing:
The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, a valid e-mail address and your name are required. This is used to assign the request and then answer it. The specification of further data is optional.
Legal basis:
The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and for possible follow-up questions.
If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage duration:
Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the request has been processed.
If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the request.
Analysis by WiredMinds
Nature and purpose of the processing:
Our website uses the pixel-code technology of WiredMinds GmbH(www.wiredminds.de) to analyze visitor behavior. WiredMinds is WiredMinds GmbH, Lindenspürstraße 32, 70176 Stuttgart, Germany.
Data is collected, processed and stored, from which user profiles are created under a pseudonym. Where possible and reasonable, these usage profiles are completely anonymized. Cookies can be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the visitor’s Internet browser and are used to recognize the Internet browser. The data collected, which may also include personal data, is transmitted to WiredMinds or collected directly by WiredMinds. WiredMinds may use information left behind by visits to the websites to create anonymized usage profiles. The data obtained in this way will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website without the separately granted consent of the person concerned and will not be merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.
You can object to the collection, processing and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking on the following link: Exclude from tracking
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of wiredminds can be found HERE.
Legal basis:
The data is processed on the basis of the legitimate interests of the controller (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Recipient:
The recipient of the data is WiredMinds GmbH as the processor.
Storage duration:
IP addresses are generally not stored
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
Profiling:
With the help of the WiredMinds tool, the behavior of website visitors can be evaluated and their interests analyzed. It also enables an improvement of the Internet offering. We create a pseudonymous user profile for this purpose.
GOOGLE ADWORDS
Nature and purpose of the processing:
Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The operating company of the Google AdWords services is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you have reached our website via an advertisement placed by Google, Google Adwords will set a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google.
If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.
Legal basis:
The legal basis for the integration of Google AdWords and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Recipient:
Every time you visit our website, personal data, including your IP address, is transferred to Google in the USA. This personal data is stored by Google. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.
Our company does not contain any information from Google that could be used to identify the data subject.
Storage duration:
These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification.
Third country transfer:
Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
Withdrawal of consent:
If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can refuse the setting of a cookie required for this – for example, by setting your browser to generally deactivate the automatic setting of cookies or to set your browser so that cookies from the domain “googleleadservices.com” are blocked.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.
USE OF GOOGLE REMARKETING
Nature and purpose of the processing:
This website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”).
This function is used to present interest-based advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. A so-called “cookie” is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognize the visitor when he or she visits websites that belong to the Google advertising network. On these pages, the visitor may be presented with advertisements relating to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use Google’s remarketing function.
Legal basis:
The legal basis for the integration of Google Remarketing and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Recipient:
Every time you visit our website, personal data, including your IP address, is transferred to Google in the USA. This personal data is stored by Google. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.
Our company does not contain any information from Google that could be used to identify the data subject.
Withdrawal of consent:
According to its own information, Google does not collect any personal data during this process. However, if you do not wish to use Google’s remarketing function, you can deactivate it by making the appropriate settings at https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/143465.
Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies for interest-based advertising via the advertising network initiative by following the instructions at https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
Third country transfer:
Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.
SSL ENCRYPTION
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.
APPOINTED PROCESSOR
The following organizations, companies or persons have been commissioned by the operator of this website to process data:
Hetzner Online AG
Industriestrasse 25
91710 Gunzenhausen
Germany
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.
INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT ACCORDING TO ART. 21 GDPR
Individual right of objection
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Recipient of an objection
The objection can be made informally with the subject “Objection”, stating your name, address and date of birth, and should be addressed to:
WiredMinds GmbH
Lindenspürstrasse 32
70176 Stuttgart
E-mail: data protection officer (at) wiredminds.de
QUESTIONS TO THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:
Data protection officer of WiredMinds GmbH
datenschutzbeauftragter(at)wiredminds.de
c/o activeMind AG
Potsdamer Strasse 3
80802 Munich
Phone: +49 89 418 560 170