Datenschutzerklärung -

1. Privacy Policy Overview

General Information

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

Data Collection on This 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 their contact details in the section “Information on the Responsible Party” within this privacy policy.

How Do We Collect Your Data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

What Do We Use Your Data For?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze user behavior.

What Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. Under certain circumstances, you also have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You may contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions related to data protection.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is primarily done using so-called analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

IONOS

We host our website with IONOS SE. The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany (hereinafter referred to as “IONOS”). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP address. For details, please refer to the IONOS privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy

The use of IONOS is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a legally required contract under data protection law that ensures the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

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

When using this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Responsible Entity

Data Retention Period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain stored with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for retaining your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention obligations). In such cases, the data will be deleted once these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on This Website

If you have given consent to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of personal data pursuant to Article 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Article 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of Section 25(1) TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. If your data is required to comply with a legal obligation, we process it on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Furthermore, data processing may be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the respective legal basis applicable in each individual case can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Information on Data Transfers to the USA and Other Non-EU Countries

Among other tools, we use services provided by companies based in the United States or other non-EU countries that are not considered secure under data protection law. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these non-EU countries. We point out that an adequate level of data protection comparable to that of the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies may be obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities, and as a data subject you may have no legal remedies to challenge this in court. It cannot therefore be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. the Secret Service) may process, analyze, and permanently store your personal data for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

Information on the Controller (as Defined by the GDPR)

Der Verantwortliche für die Datenverarbeitung auf dieser Website ist:

UBHH GmbH & Co. KG
Schlenzigstraße 9
21107 Hamburg

Phone: +49 40 25313699
E-Mail: info@ubhh.de

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

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Article 21 GDPR)

If the processing of your personal data is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right, at any time, to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is carried out can be found in this privacy policy. If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or unless the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, and to have this data transmitted to you or to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out insofar as it is technically feasible.

Right of Access, Erasure, and Rectification

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing. You also have the right to rectification or erasure of this data where applicable. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time.

Right of Access, Erasure, and Rectification

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we will usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If your personal data has been/is being processed unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its deletion.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, your interests and ours must be weighed up. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may—apart from its storage—only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the 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.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

Our websites use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services provided by the third-party company (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain functions of the website would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, for the provision of certain functions you have requested (e.g., for the shopping cart function) or for the optimization of the website (e.g., cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing the necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

If cookies from third-party companies or for analysis purposes are used, we will inform you separately in this privacy policy and, if necessary, obtain your consent.

Our website uses consent technology from Real Cookie Banner to obtain your consent to store certain cookies on your device or to use certain technologies and to document this in accordance with data protection laws. The provider of this technology is Company name and address (hereinafter referred to as “name of the tool”).

When you visit our website, a connection is established to the Real Cookie Banner servers in order to obtain your consent and other declarations regarding the use of cookies. Real Cookie Banner then stores a cookie in your browser to assign the consents you have given or their revocation. The data collected in this way is stored until you request us to delete it, delete the Real Cookie Banner cookie yourself, or until the purpose of storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention obligations remain unaffected.

Die Nutzung von Real Cookie Banner erfolgt, um die gesetzlich erforderliche Einwilligung für die Verwendung von Cookies einzuholen. Rechtsgrundlage hierfür ist Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c DSGVO.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required under data protection law, which ensures that this provider processes the personal data of visitors to our website only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

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 and System Data Collection
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

These data are not combined with other data sources.

The collection of these data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, as the website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of the website. For this purpose, the collection of server log files is necessary.

Contact Form

If you send us an inquiry via the contact form, the information you provide—including your contact details—will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and in case of follow-up questions. These data will not be shared without your consent.

Processing of this data is based on: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or the execution of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in efficiently handling inquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or, where applicable, your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which can be withdrawn at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until: You request deletion, You withdraw your consent for storage, or The purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after completing the request). Mandatory legal provisions, such as statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Inquiries via Email, Telephone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your request and any resulting personal data (e.g., name, inquiry content) will be stored and processed for the purpose of handling your request. These data will not be shared without your consent.

Processing is based on: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request relates to contract fulfillment or pre-contractual measures. Otherwise, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which can be withdrawn at any time.

The data you provide will remain with us until: You request deletion, You withdraw consent, or The purpose of data storage ceases (e.g., after processing the inquiry). Mandatory legal obligations, such as retention periods under law, remain unaffected.

Analytics Tools and Advertising
Google Analytics

This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables website operators to analyze the behavior of website visitors. In doing so, website operators receive various usage data, such as page views, time spent on the site, operating systems used, and the user’s location. This data is associated with the user’s respective device. It is not linked to a user ID.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable user recognition for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google regarding the use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there.

Use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and Section 25(1) of the TTDSG. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Data transfers to the United States are based on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. For details, please visit: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google's Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Data Processing Agreement

We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google and fully comply with the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities regarding the use of Google Analytics.

PLUG-INS UND TOOLS

Google Maps

Diese Website nutzt den Kartendienst Google Maps, bereitgestellt von Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland.

In order to use the functions of Google Maps, your IP address must be stored. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The operator of this website has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps has been activated, Google has the option of using Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform font display. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.

We use Google Maps to present our online content in an appealing way and to make the locations specified on our website easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If consent has been given, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, provided that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Data is transferred to the USA on the basis of the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC). Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google reCAPTCHA

This website uses “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter: ‘reCAPTCHA’) from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA is used to determine whether data entries on this website (e.g., in a contact form) are made by a human or an automated program. reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on certain characteristics. This analysis begins automatically when the website visitor accesses our website. reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., the IP address, the length of time the visitor stays on our website, or the user's mouse movements) for the analysis. The data collected for the analysis is transmitted to Google.

reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that such analyses are being performed.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and spam.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

CONTACT FORM
Contact Form 7

This website uses Contact Form 7 for contact forms. The provider is Takayuki Miyoshi, Japan.

If you submit inquiries to us via the contact form, we will store the information you provide in the inquiry form—including the contact details you enter there (e.g., name, email address, message)—for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case we have any follow-up questions.

The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries directed to us (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR), provided that such consent has been requested.

COOKIE MANAGEMENT
CookieYes

This website uses CookieYes’s cookie consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device or to the use of certain technologies, and to document this consent in compliance with data protection regulations. This technology is provided by CookieYes Limited, 2nd Floor, Raylor Centre, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland (website: https://www.cookieyes.com).
When you visit our website, a connection is established with the CookieYes servers to obtain your consents and other declarations regarding cookie usage. CookieYes then stores a cookie in your browser to associate the consents you have granted—or their revocation—with your session. The data collected in this manner is stored until you request that we delete it, delete the CookieYes cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention requirements remain unaffected.

CookieYes is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR.

Data Processing Agreement

We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the provider mentioned above. This is a contract required under data protection law that ensures the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

TRANSLATION SERVICES
TranslatePress

This website uses the TranslatePress plugin to display content in multiple languages. The provider is Cozmoslabs, Romania.

TranslatePress stores translations locally in your WordPress database. No personal data is transmitted to external servers unless you have enabled the automatic translation feature.

If you use the automatic translation feature via Google Translate, the text to be translated will be sent to Google's servers. In this case, Google's privacy policy applies: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

This use is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (legitimate interest in providing a multilingual website).

WEBSITE OPTIMIZATION
WP Super Cache

This website uses WP Super Cache to speed up loading times. It is provided by Automattic Inc., USA.

WP Super Cache generates static HTML files from dynamic WordPress pages and stores them on the server. No personal data is collected or disclosed to third parties. Data processing is carried out solely for the purpose of technically optimizing the website, based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

Social Media

Data processing via social networks

We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. Details about the social networks we use
can be found below.
As a rule, social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. can comprehensively analyze your user behavior when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (such as buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media pages triggers a variety of data protection-related processing operations. Specifically:

If you are logged into your social media account and visit one of our social media pages, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. Under certain circumstances, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, data collection may take place, for example, via cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.

Based on the data collected in this way, the operators of social media portals can create usage profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, interest-based advertising can be displayed to you both within and outside the respective social media site. If you have an account with the social network in question, interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are or have been logged in.

Please also note that we cannot track all processing on social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and privacy policies of the respective social media portals.

legal basis

Our social media presence serves to ensure the broadest possible presence on the internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by social networks may be based on different legal grounds, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g., consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

The “controller” and exercising your rights

When you visit one of our social media pages (e.g., Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. In principle, you can assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability, and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g., against Facebook).

Please note that despite our joint responsibility with the operators of social media portals, we do not have complete control over the data processing operations of social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the corporate policies of the respective providers.

Duration of storage

The data collected directly via our social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request us to do so, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions—in particular retention periods—remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the duration of storage of your data by the operators of social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of social networks directly (e.g., by referring to their privacy policy, see below).

Details about social networks

Instagram

We have a profile on Instagram. This service is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Data is transferred to the USA on the basis of the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 und https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For details on how your personal data is handled, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy:
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

We have a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

LinkedIn verwendet Werbe-Cookies.
If you would like to disable LinkedIn's advertising cookies, please use the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Data is transferred to the USA on the basis of the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa und
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

For details on how your personal data is handled, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.