Privacy

Hannover Marketing und Tourismus GmbH (HMTG)

Privacy policy

1. data protection at a glance

General information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. Finally, we need the data to process orders, deliver goods and provide services, and process payments.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a 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 given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers

When visiting our website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. For this purpose, we provide you with a Consent Management Platform (CMP). Through this CMP, you have the option to individually configure your consent to cookies and similar technologies. You can make these settings here: https://www.hannover.de/#.

2 General notes and mandatory information

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 the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible office

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Hannover.de Internet GmbH

Vahrenwalder Str. 7

30165 Hanover

Germany

Phone: +49 511 9357-443

E-mail: redaktion@hannover.de

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

For the area "Visit Hannover":

Hannover Marketing & Tourismus GmbH

Vahrenwalder Str. 7

30165 Hanover

Germany

Phone: +49 511 123490-0

E-mail: info@hannover-marketing.de

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. For this purpose, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, the data subject has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in matters of data protection law is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link leads to a list of these data protection officers and their contact details.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

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

If 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 the conclusion of a contract with costs, there is an obligation to transmit your payment data to us (e.g. account number in the case of direct debit authorization), this data is required for payment processing.

Payment transactions via the common means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

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

Information, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Objection to advertising e-mails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

3. data protection officer

Data protection officer required by law

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Matthias Vieregge

Hannover.de Internet GmbH

Vahrenwalder Str. 7

30165 Hanover

Germany

Phone: +49 511 9357-441

E-mail: datenschutz@hannover.de

For the area "Visit Hannover":

Doreen Schmidtchen

Hanover Marketing & Tourism GmbH

Vahrenwalder Str. 7

30165 Hanover

Germany

Phone: +49 511 16834931

E-mail: datenschutz@hannover-marketing.de

Cookie management and consent management platform

The Internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.

Our advertising partner provides you with a Consent Management Platform (CMP). Via this CMP, you have the option to individually configure your consent to cookies and similar technologies. You can make these settings options here: https://www.hannover.de/#.

Our advertising partner obtains the technology required for this from the company Sourcepoint, Inc. This company is involved as a processor, and the exchange of data with Sourcepoint is regulated via so-called standard contractual clauses.

In order to remember your choice regarding cookies and similar technologies, Sourcepoint uses cookies and similar technologies. These are technically necessary storage, without which it is not possible to permanently store your selection. The legal basis for the use of CMP is our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

In principle, you also have the option to disable cookies directly in your browser. Please contact your browser manufacturer directly for information regarding this functionality.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

- browser type and browser version

- Operating system used

- referrer URL

- Host name of the accessing computer

- Time of the server request

- IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Use of Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps API to visually display geographical information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data about visitors' use of the map functions. You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google privacy policy. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the Privacy Center.

Detailed instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here.

Processing of personal data

It is generally possible to use the Internet pages of Hannover.de Internet GmbH and its partner editorial offices without providing any personal data. If you wish to make use of special services offered by our company or our partners via our website, such as ordering brochures or booking accommodation, the processing of personal data is necessary. This is done by embedding third-party components, so-called iframes. Processing then does not take place on the servers of Hannover.de Internet GmbH, but by third parties. Each iframe is preceded by a reference to the data protection declaration of the respective responsible party. In detail, this concerns the following areas or services.

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Services offered by the City of Hannover

In order to make appointments with various municipal authorities and other municipal services, the City of Hannover uses an online tool that is located on a server of the City of Hannover.

The data requested is required for effective preparation of your appointment. Your data will be transmitted via an https-secured connection (SSL encryption) and used exclusively for the respective purpose in accordance with § 10 of the Nds. data protection act. The usage data stored in the course of the electronic procedure, such as IP address, network service used and port, will be stored for 30 days. An evaluation is carried out exclusively in the event of misuse for clarification purposes. The personal data entered voluntarily will only be stored for as long as is necessary to process the request.

Responsible for this processing is the City of Hanover, Platz der Menschenrechte 1, 30159 Hanover, telephone + 49 511 168 - 0, fax + 49 511 168 - 42046, e-mail stadtverwaltung@Hannover-Stadt.de.

The data protection regulations published by the state capital of Hanover, which can be accessed at https://e-government.hannover-stadt.de/online-terminvergabe/info/dshanno.html, provide information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by the state capital of Hanover.

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Services offered by the Hannover Region

For the reservation of vanity plates and other services offered by the Hannover Region, the Hannover Region uses an online tool that is located on a server of the Hannover Region.

The requested data is required for the fulfillment of the service. Your data will be used exclusively for the respective purpose. The usage data stored in the course of the electronic procedure, such as IP address, network service used and port, are stored for 30 days. An evaluation is carried out exclusively in the event of misuse for clarification purposes. The personal data entered voluntarily will only be stored for as long as is necessary to process the request.

The Region Hannover, Hildesheimer Straße 20, 30169 Hannover, Tel. +49 511 616-11000, Fax: +49 511 616-11001 is responsible for this processing.

The data protection regulations published by Region Hannover, which can be accessed at https://wkz.hannit.de/cms/index, provide information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by Region Hannover.

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Services of Hannover Marketing und Tourismus GbmH

On this website, components of the company Hannover Marketing & Tourismus GmbH (HMTG) are integrated. The HMTG has the goal of the supraregional marketing of the 21 municipalities of the Hannover Region. In addition, HMTG acts as a tourist service provider and offers all services related to a stay in the Hannover Region with the City Trip Team (including the sale of experience packages and city tours), the Accommodation Service and the Tourist Information. To this end, HMTG uses components integrated by Iframes from the following companies:

Hotel booking platform, experience packages, city tours, online store incl. ticketing.

My.IRS GmbH

Dornierstr. 4

D-82178 Puchheim/GERMANY

E-Mail: info@tomas-travel.com

Web: www.tomas-travel.com

Telephone: +49 89 84102045

Fax: +49 89 84102047

Seat of the My.IRS GmbH: D-82178 Puchheim

Local court Munich, HRB 157049

Legal form: Limited liability company (GmbH)

Payment methods via My.IRS GmbH

- Datatrans (Mastercard, Visacard)

Datatrans AG

Kreuzbühlstrasse 26

CH-8008 Zurich

Switzerland

Commercial register: Canton of Zurich, CH-400.3.008.700-8

UID-Nr (value added tax): CHE-100.847.043 MWST

Management: Hanspeter Maurer, Bettina Reimers, Urs Kisling

Phone: +41 44 256 81 91

Fax: +41 44 256 81 98

E-mail: General: info@datatrans.ch

- PayPal

On our website we offer among other things the payment via PayPal. The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal").

If you select payment via PayPal, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal.

The transmission of your data to PayPal is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (processing for the performance of a contract). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the validity of past data processing operations.

land in sight AG

Brühlmatten 16

D-79295 Sulzburg/GERMANY

Email: info@land-in.sicht.de

Web: www.land-in-sicht.de

Phone: +49 7634 56956-0

Fax: +49 7634 56956-99

Registered office of land in sicht AG: D-79295 Sulzburg

Local court Freiburg i.Br., HRB 300725

Legal form: stock corporation (AG)

Newsletter

Inxmail GmbH

Wentzingerstr. 17

D-79106 Freiburg/GERMANY

E-mail: info@inxmail.de

Web: www.inxmail.de

Phone: +49 761 296979-0

Fax: +49 761 296979-9

Registered office of Inxmail GmbH: D-79106 Freiburg, Germany

Freiburg Local Court, HRB 5870

Legal form: Limited liability company (GmbH)

CvH Design GmbH & Co. KG

Manhagener Allee 25

D-22926 Ahrensburg/GERMANY

E-mail: info@cvh-design.de

Web: www.cvh-design.de

Phone: +49 4102 803941-0

Fax: +49 4102 803941-9

Headquarters of CvH Designl GmbH & Co. KG: D-22926 Ahrensburg

Local court Lübeck, HRA 6786 HL

Legal form: Limited liability company (GmbH)

The client of the components is Hannover Marketing & Tourismus GbmH, Managing Director Hans Christian Nolte, Vahrenwalder Str. 7, 30165 Hannover. When the components are called up, the provider receives the information that someone has visited the corresponding page of our website.

All data, which are entered by the customers in the context of an order processing, are stored. This includes:

- Name, first name

- address

- payment data

- e-mail address

Those data which are absolutely necessary for delivery or order processing will be passed on to third party service providers. As soon as the storage of your data is no longer necessary or required by law, it will be deleted.

The data protection regulations published by Hannover Marketing & Tourismus GmbH, which can be accessed at www.visit-hannover.com/datenschutz-hmtg, provide information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by HMTG.

Hannover Living - digital eMagazine with multimedia application of the company Issuu

A multimedia application of the company Issuu Inc, 131 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA (hereinafter: Issuu) is integrated on our website via a JavaScript code, which enables you to call up the magazine "Hannover Living". Issuu uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. Issuu collects and stores personal data in this way, such as the IP address and information about the time and duration of use. The transmission takes place if you have activated JavaScript in your browser. Further information on Issuu's terms of use and data protection can be found at http://issuu.com/legal/privacy.

We do not use plugins or buttons from social media or video portals on the pages of Hannover Marketing & Tourismus GmbH. However, since embedded third-party content (iframes) may contain these, the corresponding data protection provisions follow here.

Tips & Dates, Culture for free, Sustainable travel through the Deister, Horse region, Steinhuder Meer, Der Deister (erholen&erleben) - digital eMagazine with multimedia application of the company yumpu

On our website, a multimedia application "yumpu.com" of the company i-magazine AG "i-mag" - Gewerbestrasse 3, 9444 Diepoldsau, CH (hereinafter: yumpu) is integrated, which allows you to call up magazines such as "Nachhaltig unterwegs - durch den Deister", "Tipps und Termine", Kultur for free", "Steinhuder Meer", "Pferderegion", "Der Deister erholen&erleben" etc..

1. we use https://www.yumpu.com/ of the company i-magazine AG ("i-mag" - Gewerbestrasse 3, 9444 Diepoldsau, CH) on our website. Yumpu provides a digital platform for publishing magazines, brochures or catalogs. Using Yumpu, the content of PDF files is presented as a so-called flip catalogue/flipbook and displayed directly in the web browser without loading the PDF files.

Switzerland is recognized by the European Commission as a country with an adequate level of data protection according to Art 45 GDPR. For more information, please click here.

Yumpu sets strictly necessary cookies to ensure basic functions of the service. You can opt out of the use of these cookies at any time by adjusting your cookie settings accordingly. The procedure for doing so varies depending on the browser you use. Browsers can be set to reject a certain type of cookie or certain cookies. The browser can also indicate when a cookie is being sent. You can do this by selecting the settings in your web browser according to your cookie preferences. Then, however, you may have to manually adjust some settings every time you visit a website. This may result in some services and features not working properly.

2. yumpu uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). The use is based on Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f. DSGVO. Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the Yumpu service. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website, such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), time of server request, is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. Yumpu has also extended Google Analytics with the code "anonymizeIP". This guarantees the masking of your IP address so that all data is collected anonymously. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

Google Analytics deactivation link: You can prevent Google from collecting further visits to this website. Attention: Deleting cookies, using the incognito/private mode of your browser, or using a different browser will result in data being collected again. Disable Google Analytics.

3. log files Yumpu automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits. We keep these for up to one month, after which they are deleted. These are:

- browser type and browser version

- Operating system used

- referrer URL

- requested URL

- Time of the server request

- IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO on the basis of legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of the website. The data is not passed on or used in any other way.

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Services of Hannover Veranstaltungs GbmH

Hannover Veranstaltungs GmbH (HVG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hannover Marketing und Tourismus GmbH. It organizes the Maschsee Festival and the Herrenhausen International Fireworks Competition. It is also responsible for the arched elevator in the New Town Hall, the Old Town Flea Market on the Hohe Ufer, the Old Town Children's Flea Market on Ballhofplatz and the rental of the Maschsee Pavilion, and offers its services via components integrated by Iframes from the following companies:

Ticketing

My.IRS GmbH

Dornierstr. 4

D-82178 Puchheim/GERMANY

E-mail: info@tomas-travel.com

Web: www.tomas-travel.com

Telephone: +49 89 84102045

Fax: +49 89 84102047

Seat of the My.IRS GmbH: D-82178 Puchheim

Local court Munich, HRB 157049

Legal form: Limited liability company (GmbH)

Payment methods via My.IRS GmbH

- Datatrans (Mastercard, Visacard)

Datatrans AG

Kreuzbühlstrasse 26

CH-8008 Zurich

Switzerland

Commercial register: Canton of Zurich, CH-400.3.008.700-8

UID-Nr (value added tax): CHE-100.847.043 MWST

Management: Hanspeter Maurer, Bettina Reimers, Urs Kisling

Phone: +41 44 256 81 91

Fax: +41 44 256 81 98

E-mail: General: info@datatrans.ch

- PayPal

If you select payment via PayPal, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal.

land in sight AG

Brühlmatten 16

D-79295 Sulzburg/GERMANY

E-mail: info@land-in.sicht.de

Web: www.land-in-sicht.de

Phone: +49 7634 56956-0

Fax: +49 7634 56956-99

Registered office of land in sicht AG: D-79295 Sulzburg

Local court Freiburg i.Br., HRB 300725

Legal form: stock corporation (AG)

The client of the components is Hannover Marketing & Tourismus GbmH, Managing Director Hans Christian Nolte, Vahrenwalder Str. 7, 30165 Hannover.

When the components are called up, the provider receives the information that someone has visited the corresponding page of our website.

All data, which are entered by the customers in the context of an order processing, are stored. This includes:

- Name, first name

- address

- payment data

- e-mail address

Those data that are absolutely necessary for delivery or order processing will be passed on to third party service providers. As soon as the storage of your data is no longer necessary or required by law, it will be deleted.

The data protection regulations published by Hannover Veranstaltung GmbH, which can be accessed at www.hannover.de/datenschutz-hvg, provide information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by HVG.

5 Social media and video portals

We do not use plugins or buttons from social media or video portals on the pages of Hannover.de Internet GmbH. However, since embedded third-party content (iframes) may contain these, the corresponding data protection provisions follow here.

Facebook plugins (Like & Share button).

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes). You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like button" ("Like") on our page. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

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

Twitter Plugin

Functions of the Twitter service may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes). These functions are offered 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. In the process, data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, 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 at: https://twitter.com/privacy.

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

Google+ plugin

Google+ functions may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes). The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Information collection and sharing: You can use the Google+ button to publish information around the world. Through the Google+ button, you and other users receive personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you gave +1 for a content and information about the page you were viewing when you clicked +1. Your +1s may be displayed as notices along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results or 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, which must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace another name 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 Collected Information: In addition to the uses explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with Google's applicable privacy policy. Google may publish aggregate statistics about users' +1 activity or share them with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.

Instagram plugin

Functions of the Instagram service may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes). These functions are offered by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA integrated.

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

For more information, please see Instagram's privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Tumblr plugin

On embedded third-party content (iframes), buttons of the Tumblr service may be integrated. 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 to follow the provider on Tumblr. When you visit one of our websites with a Tumblr button, the browser establishes a direct connection with Tumblr's servers. We have no influence on the scope of the data that Tumblr collects and transmits with the help of this plugin. According to the current status, the IP address of the user and the URL of the respective website are transmitted.

Further information on this can be found in Tumblr's privacy policy at: https://www.tumblr.com/policy/de/privacy.

LinkedIn plugin

Functions of the LinkedIn network may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes). The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time one of our pages containing functions of LinkedIn is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages with your IP address. If you click the "Recommend button" of LinkedIn and are logged into your account at LinkedIn, it is possible for LinkedIn to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

For more information, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

XING Plugin

Functions of the XING network may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes). The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Each time one of our pages containing XING functions is called up, a connection to XING servers is established. As far as we are aware, no personal data is stored in the process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated.

For further information on data protection and the XING Share button, please refer to XING's privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

Pinterest plugin

Social plugins of the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA ("Pinterest"), may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes).

When you call up a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the visited websites that also contain Pinterest functions, type and settings of the browser, date and time of the request, your usage of Pinterest as well as cookies.

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

YouTube

Plugins of the YouTube site operated by Google may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes). The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

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

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Vimeo

Plugins of the video portal Vimeo may be integrated on embedded third-party content (iframes). The provider is Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

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

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

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

6. analysis tools

Matomo (formerly Piwik)

This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo. Matomo uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. For this purpose, the information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before storage.

Matomo cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

The storage of Matomo cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website will not be disclosed to third parties. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

If you do not agree to the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate the storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, this will have the effect that the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. The opt-out must be reactivated when you visit our site again.

Opt-out cookie Matomo (Piwik).

Opt-out module of the open source analysis service Matomo

Here you will find the corresponding privacy policy.

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7. advertising

Our contractual partner MADSACK Medien Hannover GmbH & Co, August-Madsack-Str. 1, 30559 Hannover, is responsible for the target group-oriented provision of advertising on our pages and implements this in accordance with the following privacy policy.

Creation of log files

When our website is called up, we record data and information by means of an automated system. These are stored in the log files of the server (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

We process personal data to deliver the content of our website, to ensure the functionality of our information technology systems and to optimize our website. The data of the log files are thereby stored separately from other personal data of the users.

The following data may be collected in this context:

- Information about the browser type and the version used.

- The user's operating system

- The user's Internet service provider

- The IP address of the user

- Date and time of access

- Websites from which the user's system accesses our website (referrer)

- Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our website.

Registration on one of our Internet pages

If you wish to register on our website by providing personal data in order to participate in surveys or competitions, subscribe to newsletters or submit online applications, the data will be transmitted to us in the respective web form. The data is processed exclusively for the respective purpose (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, b, DSGVO, § 26 BDSG [new]).

During registration, the user's IP address and the date and time of registration are stored. This serves to prevent misuse of the services. The data will not be passed on to third parties. An exception exists if there is a legal obligation to pass on the data. The registration of data is necessary for the provision of content or services. You will be informed in more detail in the respective contact forms about the purposes of the collection of the data collected there.

Options for contacting us

A contact form is available on our website that can be used for electronic contact.

The data protection officer can be reached at: MADSACK Media Group, Data Protection, August-Madsack-Straße 1, 30559 Hanover, Germany, or by e-mail at datenschutz@madsack.de.

If a data subject contacts us via one of these channels, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be stored automatically (Art. 6 para. 1 b, f DSGVO). The storage is solely for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject.

Cookies / data analysis - general information

When visiting our website, so-called "cookies" (small text files) are stored by the web browser on your terminal device for a limited period of time (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). The cookies can be transmitted when a page is called up and allow the user to be assigned. Cookies help to simplify the use of websites for users. You can set your web browser to suppress the storage of "cookies". In individual cases, however, this may mean that personal online offers/services can no longer be used.

Measurement procedure ("SZMnG") of INFOnline GmbH

Our website uses the measurement procedure ("SZMnG") of INFOnline GmbH (https://www.INFOnline.de) to determine statistical parameters about the use of our offerings. The aim of the usage measurement is to statistically determine the number of visits to our website, the number of website visitors and their surfing behavior - based on a uniform standard procedure - and thus to obtain values that are comparable across the market. For all digital offerings that are members of the Informationsgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V. (IVW - http://www.ivw.eu) or participate in the studies of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Online-Forschung e.V. (AGOF - http://www.agof.de), the usage statistics are regularly compiled by AGOF and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Media-Analyse e.V. (agma - http://www.agma-mmc.de) into reach figures and published with the performance value "Unique User" and by IVW with the performance values "Page Impression" and "Visits". These reach values and statistics can be viewed on the respective websites.

Legal basis for processing by INFOnline GmbH

Measurement by means of the SZMnG measurement method by INFOnline GmbH is carried out with legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The purpose of the processing of personal data is the creation of statistics and the formation of user categories. The statistics are used to be able to track and document the use of our offer. The user categories form the basis for an interest-based targeting of advertising media or advertising measures. Usage measurement, which ensures comparability with other market participants, is essential for marketing this website. Our legitimate interest results from the economic usability of the findings resulting from the statistics and user categories and the market value of our website - also in direct comparison with third-party websites - which can be determined on the basis of the statistics.

In addition, we have a legitimate interest in making the pseudonymized data available to INFOnline, AGOF and IVW for the purpose of market research (AGOF, agma) and for statistical purposes (INFOnline, IVW). Furthermore, we have a legitimate interest in making the pseudonymized data available to INFOnline for the further development and provision of interest-based advertising media.

Nature of the Data

INFOnline GmbH collects the following data, which is personal data according to the EU-DSGVO:

- IP address: On the Internet, every device requires a unique address, the so-called IP address, in order to transmit data. The storage of the IP address, at least for a short time, is technically necessary due to the way the Internet works. The IP addresses are shortened by 1 byte before any processing and are only processed anonymously. No storage or further processing of the untruncated IP addresses takes place.

- A randomly generated client identifier: Range processing alternatively uses either a third-party cookie, a first-party cookie, a "local storage object" or a signature created from various automatically transmitted information from your browser to recognize computer systems. This identifier is unique to a browser as long as the cookie or Local Storage Object is not deleted. Measurement of the data and subsequent assignment to the respective ClientIdentifier is therefore also possible when you call up other websites that also use the measurement procedure ("SZMnG") of INFOnline GmbH. The validity of the cookie is limited to a maximum of 1 year.

Use of the data

The measurement procedure of INFOnline GmbH that is employed on this website determines usage data. This is done in order to collect the performance values page impressions, visits and clients and to form further key figures from them (e.g. qualified clients). In addition, the measured data is used as follows:

- A so-called geolocation, i.e. the assignment of a website call to the location of the call, is carried out exclusively on the basis of the anonymized IP address and only up to the geographical level of the federal states / regions. Under no circumstances can conclusions be drawn about the specific location of a user from the geographical information obtained in this way.

- The usage data of a technical client (e.g., a browser on a device) is aggregated across websites and stored in a database. This information is used for the technical estimation of the socio-information age and gender and transferred to AGOF's service providers for further coverage processing. Within the scope of the AGOF study, socio characteristics are technically estimated on the basis of a random sample, which can be assigned to the following categories: Age, gender, nationality, occupation, marital status, general household information, household income, place of residence, Internet use, online interests, place of use, user type.

Storage period of data at INFOnline GmbH

The full IP address is not stored by INFOnline GmbH. The shortened IP address is stored for a maximum of 60 days. The usage data in connection with the unique identifier will be stored for a maximum of 6 months.

Disclosure of data by INFOnline GmbH

The IP address as well as the shortened IP address are not passed on. For the preparation of the AGOF study, data with client identifiers are passed on to the following AGOF service providers:

- Kantar Deutschland GmbH (https://www.tns-infratest.com/)

- Ankordata GmbH & Co. KG (http://www.ankordata.de/homepage/)

- Interrogare GmbH (https://www.interrogare.de/)

Opt-out from SZM measurement

By activating the opt-out function under this link, you object to participation in SZM measurement. Please note that for the effective activation of the opt-out function, a special cookie must be placed and permanently stored on the computer you are using. This cookie allows us to recognize you as an opt-out user and to exclude your website visits from SZM measurement. If you delete this cookie, you will need to opt-out again if you wish to object to the measurement of page views.

Crashlytics/Answers

Crashlytics/Answers is used to record app installs and app crashes of News app and ePaper app users. Mobile ad IDs, installation UUID's, Android IDs and IP addresses are stored. IP address is read to determine the user's geo-information. Answers retains identification data for 180 days. No clear names or email addresses are read.

Link to Crashlytics/Answers privacy and security information: https://docs.fabric.io/apple/fabric/data-privacy.html#fabric-will-be-gdpr-ready

Ströer

We use so-called cookies in several places on the websites we market. Among other things, they serve to make our advertising offer more user-friendly and effective. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Cookies can be used to determine whether there has already been communication from your computer to the websites marketed by us. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses.

The advertising on the websites marketed by us is optimized for you by anonymously collecting and processing your usage behavior based on predicted interests. To this end, third-party companies place cookies on your computer on our behalf, which collect usage data. This is data that can be collected, for example, while you are browsing the pages of this online offering or clicking on advertisements. The anonymous usage data collected by the third-party companies used is also stored in a separate cookie of Ströer Digital Media GmbH. In this way, we can analyze the use of online advertising that may be of interest to you and correspond to your preferences ("usage-based online advertising"). Under no circumstances will personal data (such as name, address, e-mail address) be stored. If IP addresses are recorded, they are immediately anonymized so that a reference to a person is excluded.

For more information, visit: www.stroeer.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Datenschutz.pdf

Active International

On our website, we use cookies and content from Active International (Active International GmbH, Burggrafenstr. 5, 40545 Düsseldorf, Germany). For more information on cookies and data protection at Active International, please visit: http://www.activeinternational.de/cookies and www.activeinternational.de/datenschutz.

Teads

On our website, we integrate content from Teads (Teads Deutschland GmbH, Poststr. 6, 20354 Hamburg). Further information can be found at: teads.tv/privacy-policy/

Adyoulike

On our website, we embed content from Adyoulike (ADYOULIKE SERVICE RGPD 37 RUE BOISSIERE 75116 PARIS). For more information: https://www.adyoulike.com/privacy_policy.php

Madsack Market Solutions NativeAds

The Native Advertising technology of Madsack Market Solutions GmbH presents relevant advertising content in an interference-free and native design. In order to control which content is played and to analyze the accesses, data is collected and stored anonymously. This primarily includes history data, device information and cookies. Personal data is generally not collected.

If you wish to object to the use of cookies to optimize the content shown, you can do so at any time athttp://d.madsack-native.de/opt-check.

Seeding Alliance

The native advertising technology of Seeding Alliance GmbH, Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 74b, 50968 Cologne, Germany, presents relevant advertising content in an interference-free and native design. Data is collected and stored anonymously to control which content is played out and to analyze access. This primarily includes history data, device information and cookies. Personal data is not collected as a matter of principle. You can find more information on the data protection of Seeding Alliance GmbH at https://seeding-alliance.de/datenschutz/.

If you wish to object to the use of cookies for optimizing the content shown, you can set this at any time at https://seeding-alliance.de/opt-out/.

Conversion Tracking

On this site, a so-called conversion tracking of the Seeding Alliance (Seeding Alliance GmbH, Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 74b 50968 Cologne, Germany) is used. When the conversion is completed, a cookie is used to record whether the visitor reached the target page via an advertising medium of the Seeding Alliance. Otherwise, the visitor's data is not stored, and each conversion is recorded only once per visitor. Under no circumstances will personal data of the visitor be collected.

Further information on the data protection of Seeding Alliance GmbH and the use of cookies, including the possibility of opting out, can be found at https://seeding-alliance.de/datenschutz/.

tisoomi

For the display of advertising, this site cooperates with tisoomi-services (a service of tisoomi GmbH, Gänsemarkt 31, 20354 Hamburg, Germany). tisoomi uses so-called "cookies", text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an interest-based display of advertising. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by tisoomi on servers in Germany using pseudonyms. tisoomi will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity. You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data collected by tisoomi and the aforementioned method of data processing for the stated purpose. You can object to the interest-based display of advertising by tisoomi at any time by using the 'opt-out' option on the following page: https://www.tisoomi-services.com/datasecurity

Plista

Our website is supported by a fully automated recommendation technology of the company plista GmbH, Torstraße 33, 10119 Berlin. With the help of this technology, we would like to improve the user-friendliness of our website by recommending articles and advertisements to you, our visitors, that are tailored to your individual interests (so-called usage-based advertising). In order to be able to play out usage-based advertising, plista collects information about the usage behavior of website visitors (so-called usage data) by means of cookies on all websites of the plista partner network and combines this with a random identifier assigned by plista (so-called cookie ID) to form pseudonymous usage profiles. You can find more information on this and on plista's data protection at https://www.plista.com/de/about/privacy/. Of course, you are free to deactivate usage-based advertising by plista at any time by declaring opt-out at https://www.plista.com/de/about/opt-out/Ihr.

Twiago

For data collection for the delivery of usage-based online advertising, twiago GmbH, Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 72, 50968 Cologne, Germany, acts on our behalf. A cookie is stored on your computer to record usage behavior. All data is collected anonymously, so that personal identification is excluded. For more information on the cookies used by twiago and data protection at twiago, as well as an option to object, please visit https://www.twiago.com/datenschutz/.

User feedback

We are interested in the opinion of our readers: For this purpose, we use the tool "Usabilla" by Usabilla BV, Rokin 16, 1012 KR Amsterdam, Netherlands, through which our users can voluntarily provide feedback on our offer via a feedback button. When participating, the tool collects non-personal data and information on the respective user concern (specific or general feedback) through an automated system. The following data may be collected:

- Date and time of access

- geolocation

- browser version

- operating system

- display size

- terminal device

The geographical information obtained in this way can in no way be used to draw conclusions about the specific location of a user. If a user voluntarily provides personal data (such as name and e-mail address for contact purposes), this can be revoked at any time. The data will not be passed on to third parties.

Social Plugins

On this website, so-called social plugins ("plugins") of Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"), Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd Menlo Park CA 94025, USA ("Instagram"), Twitter Inc. 1355 Market Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103, USA ("Twitter"), Pinterest Europe Ltd, Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland and Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google") are used.

The social plugins are marked with the corresponding logo and the Google plugin is also marked with "+1".

An embedded plugin will transmit certain basic data to the respective provider every time the website is called up, regardless of whether a user interaction - such as a click on "like" - takes place. The data transfer is independent of whether a user account exists with the companies offering the plugin or whether the user is logged into his account at the time of the website call. Basic data in this case are the dynamic IP address and the current browser string. With the help of this data, user tracking as well as the creation of user profiles is possible.

Using the Facebook Like button as an example, it is easy to explain how these plugins work:

If the user is logged into Facebook, all data sent via the Like button can be associated with the user profile. If the Like button is also clicked, the information that the user found the content appealing is also added to the profile.

The data of Facebook users who are not logged in and of persons without a Facebook account are also transmitted to Facebook and processed for tracking and profiling purposes.

Further information on the purpose and scope as well as your options for protecting your privacy can be found in the corresponding privacy notices of Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/policy.php, Instagram, https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388, Twitter, https://twitter.com/de/privacy and Google, http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Use of YouTube in extended data protection mode

We use the provider YouTube to embed videos. The videos are embedded in the extended data protection mode. YouTube uses cookies to collect information about visitors to its online content. YouTube uses these, among other things, to collect video statistics, to prevent fraud and to improve the user experience. Also, this leads to a connection with the Google DoubleClick network. When you start the video, this could trigger further data processing operations. We have no control over this. For more information about privacy at YouTube, please see their privacy policy at: http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube

In the mobile version of some websites, it is possible to recommend content to others via Whatsapp. When using this function, a Whatsapp message with a selected content is sent by the sender to a recipient selected by the sender. Data is only transferred to WhatsApp when this function is actively used. Details on data protection at WhatsApp can be found at: http://www.whatsapp.com/legal/.

Data protection information on interest-based advertising

Cookies may remain on your terminal device (PC, smartphone, tablet, etc.) to enable us to recognize your computer on your next visit based on the logged data (visit to our website including date and time, browser type, operating system, products you have viewed on our website) (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO). With these cookies, personal identification is not possible. The rough information about your internet usage can also be used across websites. You can object to the use of cookies for interest-based advertising at any time by clicking on the respective links shown below on the following pages:

- OMS

- MyFonts Counter

- OpenX

- Ligatus

- Taboola

- Matomo/Piwik Analytics

On the website www.youronlinechoices.com, under preference management, you have the option of objecting to usage-based online advertising by individual companies or by all companies.

Google AdSense

Our websites use Google AdSense, an online advertising service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdSense uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this offer can be evaluated. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including the IP address of users) and delivery of advertising formats will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you.

Users can prevent the installation of cookies from Google AdSense in various ways:

(a) by adjusting the browser software accordingly;

b) by deactivating Google's interest-based ads;

c) by disabling the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaign "About Ads": http://www.aboutads.info/choices/;

d) by permanent deactivation through a browser plug-in.

The settings under b) and c) are deleted when cookies are deleted in the browser settings.

More detailed information on data protection and cookies for advertising on Google AdSense can be found in Google's privacy policy at http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/, in particular under the following links:

http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/partners/

http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/technologies/ads

http://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090

Google AdWords

To draw attention to our services, we place ads on Google Adwords. These are displayed after search queries on Google. On our website, cookies are used to register how many users have found us via one of our ads. With the anonymous statistics obtained from this, we can optimize our ads. The cookie is stored by Google when you click on an ad and can be disabled via your browser settings. In this case, your visit to our website will not be included in the anonymous user statistics. You can find more information in the Google website statistics.

Google DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Small Business

Some of our websites use Google DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Small Business, an advertising integration service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). As part of DFP Small Business, the Google services AdSense and DoubleClick Cookie are also used.

Google DFP Small Business uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on the user's computer and that enable an analysis of the use of the website. Google DFP Small Business also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on these pages can be analyzed.

The installation of cookies can be prevented by setting the browser accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website can be used to their full extent. By using this website, the user consents to the processing of data about him/her by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. In addition, the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to the use of the website by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google can be prevented by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous?hl=de.

In addition to the uses explained above, the information provided by the user will be used in accordance with Google's applicable privacy policy.

Google Fonts

When visiting our website, fonts are loaded from Google servers in order to display them on this website, unless this font is already in the browser cache. Google is responsible for the processing there of the data sent when your browser requests it.

Information about Google Fonts : https://fonts.google.com/about, as well as Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). For Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your shortened IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, <a href="javascript:gaOptout()" title="Google Analytics Opt-Out-Cookie setzen"> please click this link</a> to prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (the opt-out only works in the browser and only for this domain). In doing so, an opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.

Google reCAPTCHA

We secure the transmission of forms by the service reCAPTCHA of the company Google Inc. By means of reCAPTCHA, we make the distinction whether the input was made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing. The service includes the sending of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. The deviating data protection regulations of Google Inc. apply to this. Further information on the data protection guidelines of Google Inc. can be found at http://www.google.de/intl/de/privacy or https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Use of SoundCloud

Plugins of the social network SoundCloud (SoundCloud Limited, 33 St James Square, London SW1Y 4JS, UK) may be integrated on our pages. You can recognize the SoundCloud plugins by the SoundCloud logo on the pages concerned.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the SoundCloud server after the plugin is activated. SoundCloud thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the "Like button" or "Share button" while logged into your SoundCloud account, you can link and/or share the content of our pages with your SoundCloud profile. This allows SoundCloud to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by SoundCloud. For more information, please refer to the SoundCloud privacy policy at https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy.

If you do not want SoundCloud to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your SoundCloud user account, please log out of your SoundCloud user account before activating any content of the SoundCloud plugin.

Partner and affiliate programs

AWIN

In our internet offers, we integrate content from our partner AWIN (AWIN AG, Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin). Through the affiliate program of AWIN, advertisements are placed and in case of a click by site visitors, a commission is paid.

For this purpose, a cookie is set when you visit our website.

You can prevent the setting of cookies at any time by changing your browser settings and, if necessary, delete cookies already set with your browser.

For more information on AWIN, please see the privacy policy at https://www.awin.com/de/rechtliches/privacy-policy.

Affilinet

In our internet offers we integrate contents of our partner Affilinet (Affilinet GmbH, Sapporobogen 6 - 8, 80637 Munich, Germany). Through Affilinet's affiliate program, advertisements are placed and, in the event of a click by site visitors, a commission is paid.

For this purpose, a cookie is set when you visit our website.

You can prevent the setting of cookies at any time by changing your browser settings and, if necessary, delete cookies already set with your browser or have a blocking cookie set on the Affilinet site.

For more information about Affilinet, please see the privacy policy at http://modules.affili.net/consent/publisher/842644.

Amazon Affiliate

In our Internet offers, we integrate content from our partner Amazon (Amazon Europe Core S.à.r.l., 5 Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg, Luxembourg). Through Amazon's affiliate program, advertisements are placed and a commission is paid out in the event of a click by site visitors.

For this purpose, a cookie is set when you visit our website.

You can prevent the setting of cookies at any time by changing your browser settings and, if necessary, delete cookies already set with your browser.

You can find more information about Amazon in the privacy policy at https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=3312401.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is based on consent, this may be revoked at any time without formality.

With regard to such personal data processed to protect the legitimate interests of us or a third party, every data subject has the right to object to such processing at any time, without formal objection, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation.

Use of contact data

The use of contact data such as postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses published in the imprint or similar information by third parties for the purpose of sending unsolicited information is prohibited.

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In addition, the MADSACK Media Group uses the Nugg.ad system of nugg.ad GmbH, Tamara-Danz-Str. 1, 10243 Berlin.

For nugg.ad GmbH, the protection of all data is of the utmost importance. nugg.ad lives with and from data, but above all we live from the trust of our customers in the careful handling of their data. One of our unshakeable principles is therefore uncompromising respect for the right to informational self-determination of every citizen.

nugg.ad is committed to the legally regulated and perceived data protection in Germany and Europe without any ifs and buts. Therefore, we inform you here about the handling of data at nugg.ad and the importance of data for our technology.

1. what data do we store and process?

nugg.ad offers website operators a technology that makes it possible to deliver interest-based advertising. For advertisers, interest-based advertising from nugg.ad is useful because the effectiveness of advertising is increased. As a result, the total amount of advertising placements can be reduced and you as a user benefit from being shown a smaller amount of advertising, which furthermore is more likely to match your areas of interest than a purely random placement of advertising.

To this end, nugg.ad uses rough information based on your internet usage. nugg.ad's technology remembers the surfing behavior of Internet users by storing a cookie in the browser of your end device with a lifespan of 26 weeks: This means that the number of web visits in different subject areas is counted. nugg.ad stores aggregated information on usage behavior with a hashed ID in the nugg.ad system, i.e. it does not store the specific internet addresses that you have called up, but rather nugg.ad stores the frequencies of use of different subject areas on a website-by-website basis in a cookie (see section 3 below for more information). This rough information about your internet usage can be used by the nugg.ad technology across websites.

Sensitive subject areas such as religion, health or sexuality are not taken into account. No other data is collected beyond this. nugg.ad in particular never stores information about your name, address, e-mail or IP address. By using privacy-friendly technologies and elaborate anonymization, we have no way of knowing specifically who the user is who is currently viewing the website. As a matter of principle, we do not pass on directly personal data to third parties, in particular authorities or companies.

Furthermore, nugg.ad conducts surveys on its customers' websites. These surveys are voluntary, are not remunerated and can be cancelled at any time. The information collected there is stored in the nugg.ad system together with a hashed ID. We do not survey children under the age of fourteen. Under no circumstances will we ask you questions about your ethnic origin, your political opinions or religious or philosophical beliefs, your trade union activities, your health or your sex life. We will also in no way classify your usage behavior into these categories.

Special precautions are taken in the nugg.ad system to comply with the principle of data economy. In particular, an anonymization service operated by an independent party ensures that no user IP addresses enter the nugg.ad system. Special technical and contractual precautions have been taken to ensure that the anonymization protection is not circumvented by nugg.ad employees.

2. target group targeting and campaign management.

nugg.ad identifies advertising-relevant target groups according to socio-demographic characteristics and product interests. We only process the statistical patterns resulting from the use of online advertising and editorial content.

So that you are not inundated with the same advertising material over and over again or even feel disturbed, we count how often you were shown an advertising material in different campaigns. If you exceed a certain number of ad impressions, you will not be shown any further advertising material from the campaign in question.

nugg.ad itself does not deliver any advertising material, but transmits the target group information to ad servers or other platforms involved in the delivery of advertising material. This is done either in real time through a direct connection to the respective platform or through time-delayed communication. In the first variant, no IDs are used. The second variant requires the one-time synchronization of IDs. Before the ID of another platform enters the nugg.ad system, this ID is completely pseudonymized individually by an independent third party, so that nugg.ad cannot draw any conclusions about a specific person from this ID.

3. use of "cookies

nugg.ad works with cookies. It goes without saying that we do not use spyware, adware, spam or viruses. Our cookies are stored in the browser of your end device (e.g. PC, laptop, SmartPhone, etc.) with a lifetime of 26 weeks. Our d-cookie, like the ut-cookie, is used for target group analysis and contains the number of web visits in various subject areas. In the ci cookie, we store how often an advertising medium was displayed to you. The cookies only contain rough information about your internet usage.

From the information in the cookie, we cannot establish a direct personal reference to the user. In particular, we cannot infer the name, address or other directly identifying data of the user. Nevertheless, you naturally have the option of not allowing these cookies or simply deleting them by making the appropriate setting in your browser.

4. opt-in/opt-out function and topic monitor

If you have an interest in having advertisements displayed on Internet pages that match your areas of interest, then you can give consent (opt-in) for further topic-based analysis of your usage behavior. If you give consent, this opt-in cookie will also be stored in the browser of your end device. The storage period is 1 year. If information has been stored by nugg.ad in cookies previously placed in the browser of your end device, the setting of the opt-in cookie will have the following effect: Your consent extends the lifetime of the cookies already set by nugg.ad to a total of 1 year (calculated from the time these cookies were set). The information stored in the cookies prior to the opt-in will therefore be retained after your consent and deleted when the cookie lifetime expires, i.e. after a maximum of 1 year.

You have the right to prevent the recording of measurement data by the nugg.ad system at any time by using the option to object (opt-out). You can also revoke an already granted consent at any time with effect for the future. An opt-out is also stored in a cookie in your browser's terminal device, has a lifespan of 10 years and bears the name "nuggstopp" and is set by "nuggad.net".

Please note that the opt-out is technically no longer recognizable to us if you delete the cookies in your browser.

You can declare your consent or your objection on the Internet on the nugg.ad homepage or on the "My Topics Monitor" page. To do so, please click on the corresponding button. The "My Topics Monitor" information page allows you to see how nugg.ad has classified your surfing behavior. For this purpose, the aggregated frequencies of your usage behavior are read from the cookie in encrypted form and displayed in broad categories. You can find further information on the "My Topics Monitor" page.

5. data security

All employees of nugg.ad AG who handle the above-mentioned data are sworn to secrecy in accordance with §5 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) when they take up their duties. nugg.ad also uses technical and organizational security measures to protect data from manipulation, destruction or loss.

6. contact

If you have any questions about data protection and data security, you can always send us an EMail to privacy@nugg.ad. You are also welcome to contact our data protection officer Christian Pfeiffer directly (christian.pfeiffer@nugg.ad). Due to the further development of our services or the implementation of new technologies, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy. nugg.ad reserves the right to change the privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. We recommend that you re-read the current privacy policy from time to time.

8. changes to the privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this data protection declaration from time to time so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, for example when new services are introduced. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Status: 02.08.2021