General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679

Privacy Policy

1. An overview of data protection

General

The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator's contact details can be found in the website's required legal notice.

How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use the site.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

2. General and mandatory information

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 the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal data. As far as personal data (e.g. name, address or email addresses) is collected on our website, this is always carried out on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect the data from being accessed by third parties.

Notice concerning the party responsible for this website

The party responsible for processing data on this website is the company you start or conduct a business relationship with.

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

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities
If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer based to the location of the responsible party.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Right of access, correct, deletion, blocking
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data..

Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact information published in the context of the imprint obligations for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby rejected. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies
The websites make use of so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our service more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved in your browser
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser the next time you visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, can exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

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

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data will not be merged with any other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively, if we become aware of specific indications for illegal use.

Google Analytics
This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the relevant settings on your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. You can also prevent Google from capturing the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpag...

You can prevent Google Analytics from capturing your data by clicking on the following link. Deactivate Google-Analytics.An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data on future visits to this site: Deactivating Google Analytics
For more information on how to handle user data in Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/ana...

Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored in order to process the request and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent

4. Plugins and tools

Facebook plugins (Like button)

Our website integrates plugins from the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The Facebook plugins can be recognised by the Facebook logo or the "Like” button on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. This gives Facebook the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit to our website to your user account. We would like to point out that as the website provider, we do not receive any knowledge of the contents of the transmitted data and its use by Facebook. For more information, see the Facebook privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to our website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.

Twitter

Features of the Twitter service are included on our website. These features are available through Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the "Retweet" feature, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and shared with other users. This data is also transmitted to Twitter. We would like to point out that as the website provider, we do not receive any knowledge of the contents of the transmitted data and its use by Twitter. For more information, see the Twitter privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/privacy.
Your privacy settings on Twitter can be changed in the Account Settings at: https://twitter.com/account/se... .

Google+

Our pages use features of Google+. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Collection and dissemination of information: You can use the Google+ button to publish information worldwide. The Google+ button provides you and other users with personalised content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information where you gave +1 for a piece of content, as well as information about the page you viewed when you clicked +1. Your +1s may appear as indicators along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as in search results, or in 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. In order to use the Google+ button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name will be used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace a different name that you used when sharing content through your Google account. The identity of your Google profile can be displayed to users who know your email address or have other identifying information from you.
Use of the information collected: In addition to the purposes outlined above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with Google's current privacy policy. Google may publish aggregate statistics about the +1 activity of users, or share them with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.

LinkedIn

Our website uses features of the social network LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you visit one of our pages that contains LinkedIn features, it will connect to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages with your IP address. If you click LinkedIn's "Recommend Button" and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that as the website provider, we do not receive any knowledge of the contents of the transmitted data and its use by LinkedIn.
For more information, see the LinkedIn privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal...

XING

Our website uses features of the social network XING. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you visit one of our pages that contains XING features, it will connect to XING servers. To our knowledge, the recording of personal data does not take place. In particular, no IP addresses are stored and user behaviour is not evaluated.
Further information on data protection and the XING Share button can be found in XING's privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share...

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated site YouTube. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our sites equipped with a YouTube plugin, you will be connected to the YouTube servers. The YouTube server will be informed which of our pages you visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to assign your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/...

5. Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our offices in Germany and Spain. You can contact him by e-mail at data-protection-officer@novigo.com or via the contact details, which you can find in the legal notice.