Privacy Policy

Any collection, processing and use (hereinafter "use") of data is solely for the purpose of providing our services. Our services have been designed to use as little personal information as possible. For that matter, "personal data" is understood as all individual details about a person or factual circumstances of an identifiable natural person (so-called "affected person"). The following statements on data protection describe what types of data are collected when accessing our website, what happens with these data and how you may object to data usage.

1  General information on data processing  

1.1  Person Responsible (Controller)

Responsible within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) is:

Bianco Evento GmbH

Address:                    Melitta-Schiller-Strabe 14

                                    12526 Berlin

                                    Germany

Phone:                        030/33006059-10

Email:                         marketing@bianco-evento.de

Homepage:                www.bianco-evento.com

1.2  Name and address of the Data Security Officer

The data security officer is:

Kemal Webersohn of WS Datenschutz GmbH

If you have questions about data protection, you can contact WS Datenschutz GmbH at the following email address: bianco-evento@ws-datenschutz.com

WS Datenschutz GmbH

Dircksenstraße 51

D-10178 Berlin

Startseite - Webersohn & Scholtz (webersohnundscholtz.de)

1.3  Protection of your data

We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are met by us, as well as, by external service providers working for us.

If we work with other companies to provide our services, such as email and server providers, this will only be done after an extensive selection process. In this selection process, each individual service provider is carefully selected for its suitability in terms of technical and organizational data protection skills. This selection procedure will be documented in writing and an agreement on the order processing of data (order processing contract) will only be concluded if the third party complies with the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR.

Your information will be stored on specially protected servers. Access to it is only possible for a few specially authorized persons. Our website is SSL/TLS encrypted, as can be seen by the https:// at the start of our URL. This also involves e-mail communications, which is encoded via SSL certificate.

1.4  Erasure of personal data

We process personal data only if necessary. As soon as the purpose of the data processing is fulfilled, erasure of the data is carried out according to the standards of the erasure concept, unless legal or contractual regulations oppose this.

2 Use of data on this website and in logfiles

2.1  Scope of processing personal data

When visiting our website, our web servers temporarily store every access in a log file. The following data is collected and stored until automated erasure:

  • IP-address of the requesting computer
  • Date and time of access
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file
  • Transmitted amount of data
  • Message if the retrieval was successful
  • Detection data of the browser and operating system used
  • Website from which access is made
  • Name of your Internet access provider

We or our partners may process additional data occasionally. You will find information about this below.

2.2  Legal basis for processing personal data

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to make our website accessible for you.

2.3  Purpose of data processing

The processing of this data serves: the purpose of enabling the use of the website (connection establishment), system security, the technical administration of the network infrastructure, as well as to optimize the website. The IP address is evaluated only in case of attacks on our network infrastructure or the network infrastructure of our internet provider.

Furthermore, no input of your personal data is required to use our website.

2.4  Duration of storage

As soon as the purpose of the data processing is fulfilled, erasure of the data is carried out. This happens as soon as you close our website. Our hosting service might use data for statistical purposes. Any personal data will be anonymized for this. Our hosting service will delete this data after a period 30 days.

2.5  Right of objection and erasure

The data processing is necessary in order to present the website and to ensure the website’s operation. Therefore, objecting is impossible.

3 Use of cookies

3.1 Description and scope of data processing

Our website is using cookies. Cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your hard drive assigned to the browser you use. Through this information flows to us or the party who set the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs on or transmit viruses to your computer. Cookies are used to analyze the use of our website in anonymized or pseudonymized form and to enable personalized advertisements on this website. The following data may be transmitted:

  • Frequency of website visits
  • Which functions of the website are used by you
  • Your cookie-settings
  • Language settings
  • Items in a shopping basket
  • Used search terms

Upon entering this website, a cookie banner informs you about the use of cookies on this website and asks for your consent to the use of cookies. Also, you are pointed to the data privacy statement of this website.

3.2  Legal basis for data processing

We have implemented the cookie policy in accordance with the latest guidelines and the cookies are only set after the user has consented to a cookie banner

The legal basis for the processing of data by cookies, which do not only serve the functionality of our website, is Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

The legal basis for the processing of data for cookies, which serve only the functionality of this website, is Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

3.3  Purpose of data processing

Our legitimate interests are to provide you with a working website connection and to ensure a comfortable use of this website. Also, we need to process your personal data to solve occurring safety and security issues, as well as to ensure system stability. The data processing takes place to make a statistical evaluation of our website possible.

3.4  Duration of storage

This website uses the following types of cookies. The extend and function of each are being explained below:

  • Transient cookies (see a)
  • Persistent cookies (see b)

a) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This is especially true for session cookies which store your session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to your session. This will allow your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

b) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after 3600 seconds

, which may differ depending on the cookie.

3.5 Right to objection and erasure

You have the possibility to revoke your consent to the data processing by means of cookies, which do not only serve the functionality of the website. In addition, we do not set cookies until you have agreed to set cookies when you visit the site. In this way, you can prevent data processing via cookies on our website. You can also delete the cookies in your browser's security settings at any time. Please note that you may not be able to use all the features of this website. The setting of cookies can also be prevented at any time by appropriate settings in your internet browser.

4  Contact

4.1  Description and scope of data processing

Via our website it is possible to contact us via e-mail or via contact form. This will require different data to answer the request, which will be automatically saved for processing.  The following data are required to process your request:

  • Email address
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Telephone number

Your data will not be passed on to third parties, unless you have given your consent.

4.2 Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis depends on Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

4.3  Purpose of data processing

The processing of personal data from the input form is used solely handling the contact request.

4.4  Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as we answer your request. There might occur rare cases when legal or contractual retention periods interfere with the erasure of your personal data. In this case your data will be deleted after these periods.

4.5  Right to objection and erasure

The user has the right to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us, they can object to storage of their personal data at any time. In such cases, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data that has been stored in the course of the contact will be deleted.  

5 Registration on the website

5.1  Description and scope of data processing

The data subject can register on our website. This requires the data subject to enter personal data in the registration form. The following data is at least collected for this:

  • Email address
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Telephone number

The information provided by the data subject in the registration mask will be used exclusively for processing and will not be disclosed to third parties.

5.2  Legal basis for data processing

If the data subject enters mandatory personal data in the registration form, the legal basis of the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

5.3  Purpose of data processing

The processing of personal data is used solely for us to finish your registration and organize your website-account.

5.4  Duration of storage

The data are deleted as soon as the purpose of storage is no longer required. This is the case if you delete your account and no statutory or regulatory retention periods of erasure contradict.

5.5  Right to objection and erasure

During and after the registration, the data subject is free to change, correct or delete their personal data.

6 Data processing for applications

6.1  Description and scope of data processing

We offer the opportunity to apply for jobs by our LinkedIn link For this purpose, personal data is processed and stored for further processing during the respective application process.

6.2  Legal basis for data processing

Data processing will be based on Art. 88 GDPR and § 26 BDSG.

6.3  Purpose of data processing

We process your data exclusively for the purpose of carrying out the application process.

6.4  Duration and storage

In case of successful application and employment, the personal data is stored in accordance with the legal requirements. In case of unsuccessful application, the data will be deleted in accordance with the rules of the local erasure concept. In doing so the provisions of the AGG (German Employment Law), especially the existing evidence pursuant to § 22 AGG, are taken into account.

This does not apply if we are obliged to any legal erasure periods or if you have given consent to store your data for further communication with us (e.g. we have another suitable job in the future). If you have given consent the legal basis for further storage of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. c) or lit. a) GDPR.

6.5 Right to objection and erasure

You can contact us at any time and object to further processing of your data. All personal data of the application process will be deleted in this case.

7  Newsletter

7.1  Description and scope of data processing

On our website visitors can subscribe to our newsletter. The newsletter is sent with prior consent, if you select the check box, that you want to receive our newsletter. When signing-up to receive a newsletter, we ask for email address.

This data is necessary to send the newsletter to its recipients. Newsletter are sending to the subscriber to update new item launch and different promotion or discount. The newsletter will be sent via email only after the sign-up process is completed. We are using Mailchimp software to send different update for all newsletter subscribers. In order to meet the requirements of the GDPR, we use DOI (Double Opt.-In). If you sign up for our newsletter, we will send a confirmation email to the address you provided us with. This email contains a confirmation link that you must click to complete the sign-up process. Following this procedure, the IP address, date and time of login are stored. This is done to prevent abuses. We won’t transfer the data to third parties.

7.2  Legal basis for data processing

This processing is legally based on Art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a) GDPR, thus your consent.

7.3  Purpose of data processing

The newsletter has the functions of informing the affected parties about offers and news at a regular basis.

7.4  Duration of storage

We process personal data only as long as necessary. As soon as the purpose of the data processing is fulfilled, erasure of the data is carried out according to the standards of the erasure concept, unless legal or contractual regulations oppose this.

7.5  Right to objection and erasure

The consent to receiving the newsletter can be revoked by you at any time. For this purpose, you can click the integrated link in each newsletter to unsubscribe. It is also possible to inform us about the revocation of the consent in any other way, e.g. via mail or email.

7.6  Mailchimp
7.6.1  Description and scope of data processing

The newsletter is being sent by „Mailchimp“, an online marketing platform. The personal data is being processed by: Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE#5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

The e-mail addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as any other data described under the section newsletter, is being saved on servers of Mailchimp in the USA. Mailchimp uses this information on our behalf for our newsletter management (e.g. sending, reporting, …). According to Mailchimp they also allowed to use this information in order to provide, support and improve its services as well as their data analytics projects. Mailchimp does not use this information to contact our newsletters may contain a „web-beacon“, which is a pixel-sized file. When opening our newsletter this file is downloaded from Mailchimp’s servers and thus information such as whether the e-mail was delivered and opened and whether links within the e-mail were clicked are collected. Mailchimp can collect information such as IP address, browser, e-mail client type and other similar details. Technically this information can be matched to each newsletter recipient, but it is not in our or Mailchimp’s interest to monitor our users on a personal basis.

Data processing in the USA:

By subscribing to the newsletter, you agree in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR that your data will be processed by our service provider in the USA. The ECJ considers that the data protection standard in the US is insufficient and that there is a risk that your data will be processed by the US authorities for control and monitoring purposes, possibly without any redress. Consent given can be revoked at any time.

We trust in the reliability and the IT and data security of Mailchimp. We further have signed a data processing agreement with Mailchimp. In this agreement Mailchimp commits to protect the data of our users, to process this data according to its regulations and to not share with unauthorized third parties. You can view the privacy policy of Mailchimp here: https://Mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

7.6.2 Legal basis for data processing

This data processing is legally based on your constent, Art 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

7.6.3  Purpose of data processing

We use Mailchimp as our sub- processor to ensure an efficient management of our mailing list and to send newsletters to stay in touch with you.

7.6.4  Duration of storage

Mailchimp claims to keep your personal data only as long as we use it for sending newsletters. When we delete you from our mailing list, Mailchimp will delete this data as well.

7.6.5  Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. You are also free to use the „opt out“ link in the footer of each e-mail. If you do so, we will delete your e-mail address from our mailing list which in turn will prompt Mailchimp to stop processing your personal data. This will not have any effect on other mailing lists (e.g. by other companies) managed through Mailchimp.

8 Blog

8.1 Description and scope of data processing

We run a blog. Users can leave comments on the blog. If the user publishes a comment on our blog, we store, in addition to the comment content itself, following data:

  • Username
  • Email address
  • password

A transfer of the data to third parties does not take place, unless the affected person has given his/her consent.

8.2  Legal basis of data processing

This data processing is legally based on our legitimate interest (Art 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. f) GDPR) in enabling our users to participate in an active and fair community. All data that you disclose in the context of the commenting function are given voluntarily, so that the storage of this data is based on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

8.3  Purpose of data processing

The collection of data is intended to ensure the stability and usability of this website and the blog. Also, it is necessary to prevent misuse of the commenting function. In addition, comments enable our users to share their questions and experiences.

8.4 Duration of storage

We process personal data only as long as necessary. As soon as the purpose of the data processing is fulfilled, erasure of the data is carried out according to the standards of the erasure concept, unless legal or contractual regulations oppose this.

8.5  Right to objection and erasure

As far as our data processing is based on our legitimate interest, you have the possibility of objecting to data processing (see Art. 21 GDPR and “Your rights”). In the event of a disagreement, we please provide us with the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. We will then examine the situation and either discontinue or adjust the data processing or will tell you based on which reasons we have to continue this processing. As far as the data processing is based on your consent, you can prevent it by not agreeing with them. You also have the option to withdraw your consent at any time (see Art. 7 GDPR and “Your rights”). A withdrawal only applies to any processing that takes place after it has been pronounced. This can be done by telephone, mail, email or any other means.

9  Social media on our website

We integrated social media platforms on our website via links and "plug-ins", which may result in social media providers receiving data from you if necessary. We will break this down for you in the following.

9.1  Facebook
9.1.1 Description and scope of data processing

We have integrated Facebook on the website. Responsible for data processing is: Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

If an affected person lives outside the US or Canada and Facebook processes data, the person responsible is: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If the user clicks on the Facebook button, the website of Facebook will be opened. By accessing Facebook through our website, Facebook will receive our respective reference data. Through this Facebook receives the information that the user has visited our website. The plug-ins used by Facebook can be accessed at:  https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=en_US

If, at the time of visiting our website, the user is logged in on Facebook (it does not matter if it is their own Facebook account), Facebook receives further information, such as which pages the user has visited our website. Facebook collects this information, so theoretically it is possible to assign this information to the Facebook account. The same applies to the "Like" button or when using the comment field; Facebook can also assign this information to the respective logged-in Facebook account. For more information on the topic of data protection on Facebook, we refer to the following data policy of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

According to own data stores Facebook following data:

  • Date and time of your visit,
  • The IP address where the Social Plugin is located,
  • Additional technical data such as the IP address,
  • Browser type,
  • Operating system,

to optimize the services of Facebook.

9.1.2 Legal basis of data processing

The legal basis for data processing is your consent Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR. We are using the 3rd party plugins for this funtionality https://amasty.com/gdpr-for-magento-2.html

9.1.3 Purpose of data processing

We use social media to promote our company. We also want to give you the opportunity to interact with social media through our website.

9.1.4 Duration of storage

Facebook claims to store your data for a period of 90 days. At the end of the 90 days, the data will be anonymized so that they cannot be further associated with you.

9.1.5  Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. To prevent this form of processing, the user has to log out of Facebook and delete all cookies before visiting our website. Other settings and disagreements regarding the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings or via the US page or the EU page of Facebook. The settings are platform independent, they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

9.2  Instagram     
9.2.1  Description and scope of data processing

We have integrated the services of Instagram on this website. Responsible for data processing is: Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

If the user clicks on the Instagram button, the website of Instagram will be opened. By accessing the Instagram website via our website ("through clicking the button"), Instagram receives the information that the user has visited our website. If, at the time of visiting our website, the user is simultaneously logged in via an Instagram account (it does not matter if it is your own account), Instagram will receive further information, such as which pages of or website the user visited. Instagram collects this information, so theoretically there is the possibility to assign this information to the Instagram account. For more information on privacy, we refer to the following data policy of Instagram: https://help.Instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.Instagram.com/about/legal/privacy

9.2.2  Legal basis of data processing

The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR, by selecting the "Agree" button on the banner that is informed about the social plugins and cookies. .

9.2.3  Purpose of data processing

We use social media to promote our company. We also want to give you the opportunity to interact with social media through our website.

9.2.4 Duration of storage

Facebook claims to store your data for a period of 90 days. At the end of the 90 days, the data will be anonymized so that they cannot be further associated with you. To our knowledge, this also applies to Instagram data.

9.2.5 Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. To prevent this form of processing, the user has to log out from Instagram and delete all cookies before visiting our website. Other settings and disagreements regarding the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Instagram profile settings or via the US page or the EU page of Instagram. The settings are platform independent, they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

9.3  LinkedIn
9.3.1 Description and scope of data processing

We have integrated LinkedIn as a link into. Data processing is carried out by: LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, California 94085, USA.

If an affected person lives outside of the United States or Canada and LinkedIn processes personal data, the responsible person is: LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If the user clicks on the LinkedIn button, the website of LinkedIn will be opened. By accessing the LinkedIn website through our website, LinkedIn receives the information that the user has visited the website. For more information about privacy at LinkedIn, we refer to the following LinkedIn data policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

9.3.2 Legal basis of data processing

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the advertising function of social media. We use this to raise awareness of our company.

9.3.3 Purpose of data processing

We use social media to promote our company. We also want to give you the opportunity to interact with social media through our website.

9.3.4  Duration of storage

According to LinkedIn, the service deletes all personal information when you delete your account. And will only be processed in anonymous or aggregated form.

9.3.5  Right to objection and erasure

The data privacy officer of LinkedIn can be reached via the following contact link: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TSO-DPO.To prevent this form of processing, the user has to log out from LinkedIn and delete all cookies before visiting our website. Other settings and disagreements regarding the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the LinkedIn profile settings or via the US page or the EU page of LinkedIn. The settings are platform independent, they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

9.4 Pinterest
9.4.1 Description and scope of data processing

We have integrated the services of the social network Pinterest on this website. The Pinterest Plugin can be recognized by the "Pin it Button" on our site. Responsible for data processing is: Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA

If you click on the Pinterest "Pin it button" while logged in to your Pinterest account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Pinterest profile. This allows Pinterest to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages are not aware of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Pinterest. For more information about privacy, we refer to the following data policy of Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

9.4.2 Legal basis of data processing

The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR, by selecting the "Agree" button on the banner that is informed about the social plugins and cookies.

9.4.3 Purpose of data processing

We use social media to promote our company. We also want to give you the opportunity to interact with social media through our website.

9.4.4 Duration of storage

Pinterest has bound the data processing that results from the use of the "Remember" button to the purposes of data processing. This means that if you have an account the data will be stored. As soon as Pinterest no longer uses the data and no legal or official retention periods preclude erasure, Pinterest deletes the data as it says.

9.4.5  Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. To prevent this form of processing, the user has to log out from Pinterest and delete all cookies before visiting our website. Other settings and disagreements regarding the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Pinterest profile settings or via the US page or the EU page of Pinterest. The settings are platform independent, they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

9.5  Twitter
9.5.1  Description and scope of data processing

We use Twitter. Responsible for data processing is: Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

If the user clicks on the Twitter button, the website of Twitter will be opened. By entering the website of Twitter through our website, Twitter receives the information that the user has visited our website. If, at the time of visiting the our website, the user is logged in at the same time via a Twitter account (it does not matter if it is their own Twitter account), Twitter will receive further information, i.e. which pages the user has visited on the website. Twitter collects this information, so there is a theoretical possibility to associate that information to the Twitter account. For more information on privacy on Twitter, we refer to the following data policy from Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de

9.5.2  Legal basis of data processing

The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR, by selecting the "Agree" button on the banner that is informed about the social plugins and cookies.

9.5.3  Purpose of data processing

We use social media to promote our company. We also want to give you the opportunity to interact with social media through our website.

9.5.4  Duration of storage

According to Twitter, data collected via Twitter plug-ins will be deleted after a maximum of 30 days. Twitter does not endeavour to collect data from browsers that Twitter believes are in the European Union or in European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries.

9.5.5  Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. To prevent this form of processing, the user has to log out from Twitter and delete all cookies before visiting our website. Other settings and disagreements regarding the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Twitter profile settings or via the US page or the EU page of Twitter. The settings are platform independent, they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

9.6  YouTube
9.6.1  YouTube Button
9.6.1.1  Description and scope of data processing

We have integrated the services of YouTube on this website. Responsible for data processing is: YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC

Data processing for the European Economic Area and for Switzerland is carried out by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

If the user clicks on the YouTube button or link, a website of YouTube will be opened. This might also happen in form of a small window in our website (a so-called iframe). By accessing YouTube's website through our website ("per click"), YouTube receives the information that the user has visited our website. If, at the time of visiting our website, the user is logged in via a YouTube account (it does not matter if it is their own), YouTube will receive further information, such as which pages were entered on our website by the user. YouTube collects this information, which theoretically gives you the opportunity to associate this information with the YouTube account. For more information about privacy, please refer to the following data policy from YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de

9.6.1.2  Legal basis of data processing

The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR, by selecting the "Agree" button on the banner that is informed about the social plugins and cookies.

9.6.1.3 Purpose of data processing

We use social media to promote our company. We also want to give you the opportunity to interact with social media through our website.

9.6.1.4 Duration of storage

Data collected by YouTube (Google) will be deleted by the controller after a fixed retention period of 9 to 18 months.

9.6.1.5 Right of objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. To prevent the processing of data by YouTube, you have the possibility to log out of YouTube and delete all cookies before visiting our website. Additional settings and objections on the use of data for promotional purposes are available within the YouTube Profile settings.

9.6.2 YouTube Video
9.6.2.1  Description and scope of data processing

We have integrated the services of YouTube with extended data protection mode on this website. We use for the integration of videos the provider YouTube. Responsible for data processing is: YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA

Data processing for the European Economic Area and for Switzerland is carried out by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit our website with embedded videos, your IP address will be sent to YouTube and cookies will be installed on your computer. We have included our YouTube videos in enhanced privacy mode (in which case, YouTube still contacts the Google DoubleClick service, but personal data is not evaluated according to Google's privacy policy). As a result, YouTube does not store any information about visitors unless they watch the embedded video. If you click the video, your IP address will be sent to YouTube and YouTube will know that you've watched the video. If you are logged in to YouTube, this information is also assigned to your user account (you can prevent this by logging out of YouTube before clicking the video). We use no influence on any possible collection or use of your data by YouTube. For more information about privacy, please refer to the following data policy of YouTube: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

9.6.2.2  Legal basis of data processing

The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR, by selecting the "Agree" button on the banner that is informed about the social plugins and cookies.

9.6.2.3  Purpose of data processing

We use social media to promote our company. We also want to give you the opportunity to interact with social media through our website.

9.6.2.4  Duration of storage

Data collected by YouTube (Google) will be deleted by the controller after a fixed retention period of 9 to 18 months.

9.6.2.5  Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. To prevent the processing of data by YouTube, you have the possibility to log out of YouTube and delete all cookies before visiting our website. Additional settings and disagreements on the use of data for promotional purposes are available within the YouTube Profile settings.

10  Tracking and analytics

For the continuous improvement of our website we use the following tracking and analytics tools. Below you can find information on which personal data is processed in each case and how you can reach the respective service providers:

10.1  Facebook Custom Audience / Facebook-Pixel
10.1.1  Description and data processing

With the help of the Facebook pixel, we can analyze the behaviour of our website’s visitors. As a result, the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements can be evaluated. Facebook receives the following data:

  • the redirect URL,
  • browser information,
  • and the person's Facebook user ID if they have a Facebook account.

The data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes, according to the Facebook data usage directive. As a result, Facebook can enable ads to be displayed on Facebook and outside of Facebook. This use of data cannot be influenced by us as the site operator.

You can find Facebook’s data privacy policy here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

10.1.2  Legal basis of data processing

Legal basis for processing data is your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

10.1.3  Purpose of data processing

We process your data to continue the optimization of our website and our advertising activities.

10.1.4  Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for our recording purposes.

10.1.5  Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. You can deactivate the remarketing feature "Custom Audiences" in the Ads Settings section of Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen, if you have a Facebook account. If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable Facebook’s usage-based advertising on the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/

10.2  Google Analytics
10.2.1  Description and scope of data processing

Our website uses Google Analytics. This is a service for analyzing access to websites of Google Inc. ("Google") and allows us to improve our website. Data processing for the European Economic Area and for Switzerland is carried out by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Cookies enable us to analyze your use of our website. The information collected by a cookie are:

  • IP address
  • Access time
  • Access Duration

The information is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The evaluation of your activities on our website is transmitted to us in the form of reports. Google may pass on the collected information to third parties, if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. The Google tracking codes of our Internet offer use the function "_anonymizeIp ()", thus IP addresses are processed only shortened, in order to exclude a possible direct personal link to you. Under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ as well as under http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html you can find out more about the terms of use and privacy policy of Google Analytics.

10.2.2  Legal basis of data processing

Legal basis is your consent,Art. 6 para 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

10.2.3  Purpose of data processing

By processing the data, we can analyze how our website is used, so we can improve it for our users. We protect your data by using only anonymized IP addresses.

10.2.4  Duration of storage

The data will be deleted after 26 months after your website visit.

10.2.5   Right to objection and erasure

You can prevent the installation of cookies by Google Analytics in your browser settings. In this case, however, it may happen that you cannot fully use all features of our website. Also, trough browsers extensions e.g. http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de Google Analytics can be disabled and controlled.

10.3  Google Tag Manager
10.3.1  Description and scope of data processing

Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage web site tags through one interface (including Google Analytics and other Google marketing services on our website). The tag manager itself (which implements the tags) does not process users' personal data. Regarding the processing of users' personal data, reference is made to the details of the Google services. Google Tag Manager usage policies can be viewed here: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html

11  Tools for advertisement and marketing

Tools are also included on our website to ensure that our website is displayed to you during an internet search, as a relevant search result or as an advertisement. Below, the programs used in connection with our website have been broken down for you:

11.1  Google Remarketing
11.1.1  Description and scope of data processing

We use Google Remarketing. Data processing for the European Economic Area and for Switzerland is carried out by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Remarketing works by setting a cookie on the user. This cookie use gives Google the opportunity to recognize the user if they visit a website that also uses Google Remarketing. As a result, Google will be notified of the user's IP address or browsing behaviour. For more information: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

11.1.2  Legal basis of data processing

Legal basis is your consent, Art. 6 para 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

11.1.3  Purpose of data processing

By using Google Remarketing, we may display advertisements to users that have previously logged into our website. Google Remarketing ultimately enables user-directed personalized advertising.

11.1.4  Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for our recording purposes.

11.1.5  Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. The prevention (as well as the erasure) of the cookie setting can be achieved under the appropriate settings in the Internet browser. The user can object to user-related advertising by Google at any time. For this we refer to: https://policies.google.com/?hl=en

11.2  Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking
11.2.1  Description and scope of data processing

We have integrated the services of Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) on our website. Google Ads is an internet advertising service. We use Google Ads to gain relevance in the results of Google's search engine. Data processing for the European Economic Area and for Switzerland is carried out by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

If the user accesses our website through a Google ad, Google will set a so-called conversion cookie on the user's system. For the explanation of the cookies, please refer to the pass to the cookies. The conversion cookie is used to create and analyze web-use statistics. The conversion cookie stores the IP address when visiting the website. This data is stored in the USA. It is possible that Google will share this information with third parties. For further privacy notices of Google refer to: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de

11.2.2  Legal basis of data processing

The legal basis is your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

11.2.3  Purpose of data processing

In particular, we use Google Ads to gain relevance in the results of Google's search engine.These advertisements are carried out to reach a greater audience.

11.2.4  Duration of storage

30 days after setting the conversion cookie the cookie loses its validity. This means that the user can no longer be identified. Within these 30 days both- us and Google can track which subpages have been accessed.

11.2.5  Right to objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. The setting of cookies can be prevented by appropriate settings in the user's Internet browser at any time. The already set cookies can also be deleted in the settings of the Internet browser. We express our concern that preventing cookies from being set may mean that not all features are fully available.The user may separately object to interest-based personalized advertising by Google. Please refer to the following link: www.google.de/settings/ads

12  Other tools of third-party providers

We also use third-party providers to help us with the site's appearance and functionality. These are listed below:

12.1  Google Maps
12.1.1  Description and scope of data processing

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. Data processing for the European Economic Area and for Switzerland is carried out by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Further information about handling user data, can be found in the privacy policy of Google under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html

12.1.2  Legal basis of data processing

The legal basis is your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

12.1.3  Purpose of data processing

The use of Google Maps helps you to easily see where places like our location are and additionally provides further means to interact like a route planner.

12.1.4  Duration of storage

We process personal data only as long as necessary. As soon as the purpose of the data processing is fulfilled, erasure of the data is carried out according to the standards of the erasure concept, unless legal or contractual regulations oppose this.

12.1.5  Right of objection and erasure

Your consent is revocable. The data processing is mandatory in order to be able to present the location information on our website, so they cannot be waived. Therefore, objecting is impossible.

12.2  Magento 2.0

12.2.1  Description and scope of data processing

We use Magento 2.0 CRM services. This service helps us as customer relationship management to stay in touch with our customers, optimize processes and increase profitability. Magento is an open source e-commerce platform. In our current application,we do not collect any information from the guest user,we just collect permission to use the registered customer‘s name, email or phone numbers for our occational newsletter to inform them for new product launch or discount/offers only.

The company assures that it has taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure maximum data security. Magento processes customer data that is necessary for contact, including: Name; Company name; e-mail adress; User Name; Phone number; Address; Country. For more information on data protection, see Magento's privacy policy: https://magento.com/sites/default/files/REVISED-MAGENTO-PRIVACY-POLICY.pdf

To contact Magento's data protection officer, you can contact the following contact address: privacy@magento.com

We are planning to use the follwoing Cookies and GDPR solutions from “Amasty“ where we collect the Name, Email, IP Address, Website, Consent Type, Date and Consent Status.

https://amasty.com/gdpr-for-magento-2.html

13  Service providers from third countries

In order to be able to provide our services, we use the support of service providers from third party countries (non-EU countries). In order to ensure the protection of your personal data in this case, we conclude processing contracts with each - carefully selected - service provider. All of our processors provide sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures. Our third country data processors are either located in a country with an adequate level of data protection (Art. 45 GDPR) or provide appropriate safeguards (Art 46 GDPR).

Adequate level of protection: The provider comes from a country whose level of data protection has been recognized by the EU Commission. For more information, see: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/adequacy-protection-personal-data-non-eu-countries_en

EU standard contract clauses: Our provider has submitted to the EU standard contractual clauses to ensure secure data transfer. For more information, see: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:039:0005:0018:DE:PDF 

Binding Corporate Rules: Article 47 of the GDPR provides the possibility of ensuring data protection when transferring data to a third country via Binding Corporate Rules. These are examined and approved by the data security authorities within the framework of the consistency mechanism pursuant to Art. 63 GDPR.

Consent: In addition, a data transfer to a third country without an adequate level of protection will only take place if you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR for this purpose.

14  Your rights

You have the following rights with respect to the personal data concerning you:

14.1  Right to withdraw a given consent (Art. 7 GDPR)

If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can withdraw it at any time. This will affect the admissibility of processing your personal data by us for the time after you have withdrawn your consent. To withdraw your consent, contact us personally or in written form.

14.2  Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)

You have the right to obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to your personal data and the following information:

  • the purpose of processing;
  • the categories of personal data concerned;
  • the recipients or the categories of recipient to whom your personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in countries outside of the EU or international organisations;
  • where possible, the envisaged period for which your personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
  • all available information on the source of your personal data;
  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to Art. 22 para. 1 and 4 GDPR and, in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you.

In the case of such a request, you must provide enough information about your identity to proof that the request concerns your own personal data.

14.3  Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16, 17 GDPR)

You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification and completion of inaccurate personal data concerning yourself.

You may also request the erasure of your personal data if any of the following applies to you:

  • the personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
  • you withdraw consent on which the processing is based according to Art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a) or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground of processing;
  • you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR;
  • the personal data have been unlawfully processed;
  • the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which we are subject;
  • the personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Art. 8 para. 1.

Where we made the personal data public and are obliged to erase the personal data pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, we, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that you have requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

These rights shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary:

  • for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
  • for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which we are subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  • for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h) and i) as well as Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
  • for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, in so far as the right referred to above is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
  • for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
14.4  Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)

You shall have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

  • the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
  • the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
  • we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR pending the verification whether our legitimate grounds override yours.

Where processing has been restricted under the aforementioned conditions, such personal data shall, except for storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence 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 Union or of a Member State.

If the limitation of the processing is restricted, you will be informed by us before the restriction is lifted.

14.5  Right to information (Art. 19 GDPR)

If you have asserted us your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of data processing, we will inform all recipients of your personal data to correct, delete or restrict the processing of data, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.

You also have the right to know which recipients have received your personal data.

14.6  Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

You have the right to receive your personal data, which you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Also, you have the right to transmit those data to another controller, where

  • the processing is based on consent pursuant of Art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a) GDPR or of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR or is based on a contract pursuant of Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b) DS-GVO; and
  • the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising your right to data portability, you have the right to obtain that personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller, as far as technically feasible. The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority that has been delegated to us.

14.7  Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

Where we based the processing of your personal data on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f) GDPR), you may object to the processing. The same applies if the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. e).

In this case, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data. Based on this we will terminate or adapt the data processing or show you our legitimate reasons why we continue the data processing.

14.8  Right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you shall have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of the personal data concerning you is against the infringes of the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted shall inform you of the status and results of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy according to Article 78 GDPR.

15  How you perceive these rights

To exercise these rights, please contact our data security officer:

Kemal Webersohn from Webersohn & Scholtz GmbH

bianco-evento@ws-datenschutz.com  or by mail:

WS Datenschutz GmbH

Dircksenstraße 51

D-10178 Berlin

16  Subject to change

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy in compliance with legal requirements.

August 2021