Preamble

With the following privacy policy we would like to inform you which types of your personal data (hereinafteralso abbreviated as " data") we process for which purposes and in which scope. The privacy statement applies toall processing of personal data carried out by us, both in the context of providing our services and in particular onour websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles(hereinafter collectively referred to as "online services").

The terms used are not gender-specific.

Table of contents

• Preamble
• Controller
• Overview of processing operations
• Legal Bases for the Processing
• Security Precautions
• Transmission and Disclosure of Personal Data
• Data Processing in Third Countries
• Use of Cookies
• Commercial Services
• Contacting us Communication via Messenger
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Provision of online services and web hosting
• Musik & Podcats
• Job Application Process
• Cloud Services
• Newsletter and Broadcast Communication
• Commercial communication by E-Mail, Postal Mail, Fax or Telephone
• Web Analysis and Optimization
• Onlinemarketing
• Profiles in Social Networks
• Plugins and embedded functions and content
• Erasure of data
• Rights of Data Subjects
• Terminology and Definitions

Controller

hello@bricks.group
Authorised Representatives: BRICKS Technologies UG (haftungsbeschränkt)E-mail address: hello@bricks.group

Overview of processing operations

The following table summarises the types of data processed, the purposes for which they are processed and theconcerned data subjects.

Legal Bases for the Processing

The following table summarises the types of data processed, the purposes for which they are processed and theconcerned data subjects. Categories of processed data

• Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses).
• Job applicant details (e.g. Personal data, postal and contact addresses and the documents pertaining to the and the information contained therein, such as cover letter, curriculum vitae, certificates, etc., as well as other information on the person or qualifications of applicants provided with regard to a specific job or voluntarily by applicants).
• Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos).
• Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).
• Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times).
• Location data (Data that indicates the location of the end device of an end user).
• Contract data (e.g. contract object, duration, customer category).
• Payment Data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history).

Categories of data subjects

• Employees (e.g. Employees, job applicants).
• Job applicants.
• Business and contractual partners.
• Prospective customers.
• Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).
• Customers.
• Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
• Purposes of Processing
• Provision of our online services and usability.
• Conversion Tracking.
• Job Application Process (Establishment and possible later execution as well as possible later termination of the employment relationship.).
• Office and organisational procedures.
• Content Delivery Network (CDN).
• 3 Cross-Device Tracking (Device-independent processing of user data for marketing purposes).
• Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal).
• Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form).
• Interest-based and behavioral marketing.
• contact requests and communication.
• Conversion tracking (Measurement of the effectiveness of marketing activities).
• Profiling (Creating user profiles).
• Remarketing.
• Web Analytics (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).
• Security measures.
• Targeting (e.g. profiling based on interests and behaviour, use of cookies).
• Contractual services and support.
• Managing and responding to inquiries.
• Custom Audiences (Selection of relevant target groups for marketing purposes or other output of content).

Legal Bases for the processing In the following we inform you about the legal basis of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), on thebasis of which we process personal data. Please note that, in addition to the regulations of the GDPR, thenational data protection regulations may apply in your country or in our country of residence or domicile.

• Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) - The data subject has given consent to the processing of his or herpersonal data for one or more specific purposes.
• Performance of a contract and prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR) - Performance of a contract to whichthe data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into acontract.
• Compliance with a legal obligation (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR) - Processing is necessary for compliance with alegal obligation to which the controller is subject.

Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f ) GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interestspursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests orfundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Article 9 (1)(b)GDPR (job application process as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship) (If special categories of personaldata within the meaning of Article 9 (1) GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severely handicapped status or ethnicorigin) are requested from applicants within the framework of the application procedure, so that the responsibleperson or the person concerned can carry out the obligations and exercising specific rights of the controller or ofthe data subject in the field of employment and social security and social protection law, their processing shall becarried out in accordance with Article 9 (2)(b) GDPR , in the case of the protection of vital interests of applicantsor other persons on the basis of Article 9 (1)(c) GDPR or for the purposes of preventive health care oroccupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee's ability to work, for medical diagnostics, care ortreatment in the health or social sector or for the administration of systems and services in the health or socialsector in accordance with Article 9 (1)(d) GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of databased on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Article 9 (1)(a) GDPR.).

Security Precautions

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking intoaccount the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes ofprocessing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, inorder to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk. The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data bycontrolling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access to, input, transmission, securing andseparation of the data. In addition, we have established procedures to ensure that data subjects' rights arerespected, that data is erased, and that we are prepared to respond to data threats rapidly. Furthermore, we takethe protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software andservice providers, in accordance with the principle of privacy by design and privacy by default. Masking of the IP address: If it is possible for us or the storage of the IP address is not necessary, we shorten orhave your IP address shortened. When the IP address is shortened, also known as "IP masking", the last octet, i.e.the last two numbers of an IP address, is deleted (the IP address in this context is an identifier individuallyassigned to an Internet connection by the online access provider). With the shortening of the IP address, theidentification of a person on the basis of their IP address is to be prevented or made considerably more difficult. SSL encryption (https): In order to protect your data transmitted via our online services in the best possible way,we use SSL encryption. You can recognize such encrypted connections by the prefix https:// in the address bar ofyour browser.

Transmission and Disclosure of Personal Data

In the context of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transferred to other places,companies or persons or that it is disclosed to them. Recipients of this data may include, for example, paymentinstitutions within the context of payment transactions, service providers commissioned with IT tasks orproviders of services and content that are embedded in a website. In such a case, the legal requirements will berespected and in particular corresponding contracts or agreements, which serve the protection of your data, willbe concluded with the recipients of your data. Data Transfer within the organization: We may transfer or otherwise provide access to personal information toother locations within our organization. Insofar as this disclosure is for administrative purposes, the disclosure ofthe data is based on our legitimate business and economic interests or otherwise, if it is necessary to fulfill ourcontractual obligations or if the consent of those concerned or otherwise a legal permission is present.

Data Processing in Third Countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area(EEA)) or the processing takes place in the context of the use of third party services or disclosure or transfer ofdata to other persons, bodies or companies, this will only take place in accordance with the legal requirements. Subject to express consent or transfer required by contract or law, we process or have processed the data only inthird countries with a recognised level of data protection, which includes US processors certified under the"Privacy Shield" or on the basis of special guarantees, such as a contractual obligation through so-called standardprotection clauses of the EU Commission, the existence of certifications or binding internal data protectionregulations (Article 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_en)

Use of Cookies

Cookies are text files that contain data from visited websites or domains and are stored by a browser on the user'scomputer. A cookie is primarily used to store information about a user during or after his visit within an onlineservice. The information stored can include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, ashopping basket or the location where a video was viewed. The term "cookies" also includes other technologiesthat fulfill the same functions as cookies (e.g. if user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers,also referred to as "user IDs").

• The following types and functions of cookies are distinguished:
• Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left anonline service and closed his browser.
• Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after closing the browser. For example, the loginstatus can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. Theinterests of users who are used for range measurement or marketing purposes can also be stored in such acookie.
• First-Party-Cookies: First-Party-Cookies are set by ourselves.
• Third party cookies: Third party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (so-called third parties) to processuser information.
• Necessary (also: essential) cookies: Cookies can be necessary for the operation of a website (e.g. to savelogins or other user inputs or for security reasons).
• Statistics, marketing and personalisation cookies: Cookies are also generally used to measure a website's reach and when a user's interests or behaviour (e.g. viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) are storedon individual websites in a user profile. Such profiles are used, for example, to display content to users thatcorresponds to their potential interests. This procedure is also referred to as "tracking", i.e. tracking thepotential interests of users. . If we use cookies or "tracking" technologies, we will inform you separately inour privacy policy or in the context of obtaining consent.

Information on legal basis: The legal basis on which we process your personal data with the help of cookiesdepends on whether we ask you for your consent. If this applies and you consent to the use of cookies, the legalbasis for processing your data is your declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookieswill be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in a business operation of our online service and itsimprovement) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations. General information on withdrawal of consent and objection (Opt-Out): Respective of whether processing isbased on consent or legal permission, you have the option at any time to object to the processing of your datausing cookie technologies or to revoke consent (collectively referred to as "opt-out"). You can initially explainyour objection using the settings of your browser, e.g. by deactivating the use of cookies (which may also restrictthe functionality of our online services). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can beraised for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the websites http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and http://www.youronlinechoices.com. In addition, you can receive further information on objectionsin the context of the information on the used service providers and cookies. Processing cookie data on the basis of consent: Before we process or have processed data within the context ofthe usage of cookies, we ask the users for their consent, which can be revoked at any time. Before the consent hasnot been given, we may use cookies that are necessary for the operation of our online services. Their use is basedon our interest and the user's interest in the expected functionality of our online services.

• Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/ communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
• Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Commercial Services

We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g. customers and interested parties (collectivelyreferred to as "contractual partners") within the context of contractual and comparable legal relationships as wellas associated actions and communication with the contractual partners or pre-contractually, e.g. to answer inquiries. We process this data in order to fulfill our contractual obligations, safeguard our rights and for the purposes ofthe administrative tasks associated with this data and the business-related organisation. We will only pass on thedata of the contractual partners within the scope of the applicable law to third parties insofar as this is necessaryfor the aforementioned purposes or for the fulfillment of legal obligations or with the consent of the contractualpartners (e.g. telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax andlegal advisors, payment service providers or tax authorities). The contractual partners will be informed aboutfurther processing, e.g. for marketing purposes, as part of this privacy policy. Which data are necessary for the aforementioned purposes, we inform the contracting partners before or in thecontext of the data collection, e.g. in on-line forms by special marking (e.g. colors), and/or symbols (e.g. asterisksor the like), or personally. We delete the data after expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations, i.e. in principle after expiry of 4years, unless the data is stored in a customer account or must be kept for legal reasons of archiving (e.g., as a rule10 years for tax purposes). In the case of data disclosed to us by the contractual partner within the context of anassignment, we delete the data in accordance with the specifications of the assignment, in general after the end oft he assignment. If we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and privacy policiesof the respective third-party providers or platforms shall apply in the relationship between the users and the providers. Economic Analyses and Market Research: For economic reasons and in order to be able to recognise markettrends, wishes of contractual partners and users, we analyse the data available to us on business transactions, contracts, enquiries, etc., whereby the persons concerned may include contractual partners, interested parties,customers, visitors and users of our online service. The analyses are carried out for the purpose of business evaluations, marketing and market research (for example,to determine customer groups with different characteristics). If available, we can take into account the profiles ofregistered users with information, e.g. on the services they have used. The analyses serve us alone and are notdisclosed externally unless they are anonymous analyses with summarised, i.e. anonymised values. Furthermore,we respect the privacy of the users and process the data for analysis purposes as pseudonymously as possible and ifpossible anonymously (e.g. as summarized data). Agency Services: We process the data of our customers within the scope of our contractual services, which mayinclude e.g. conceptual and strategic consulting, campaign planning, software and design development /consulting or maintenance, implementation of campaigns and processes, handling, server administration, dataanalysis / consulting services and training services. Architecture and planning services: We process the data of our customers and clients (hereinafter uniformlyreferred to as "customers") in order to enable them to select, acquire or commission the selected services or worksand related tasks, as well as their payment and delivery, or execution or provision. Within the scope of our activities, we may also process special categories of data, in particular information on thehealth of customers. To this end, we obtain, if necessary, the express consent of the customer and process thespecial categories of data otherwise only if this corresponds to our contractual obligations. The required details are identified as such within the framework of the conclusion of the order, order orcomparable contract and include the details required for service provision and invoicing as well as contactinformation in order to be able to hold any consultations. Consulting: We process the data of our clients, clients as well as interested parties and other clients or contractualpartners (uniformly referred to as "clients") in order to provide them with our consulting services. The dataprocessed, the type, scope and purpose of the processing and the necessity of its processing are determined by theunderlying contractual and client relationship. Insofar as it is necessary for the fulfilment of our contract, for the protection of vital interests or by law, or withthe consent of the client, we disclose or transfer the client's data to third parties or agents, such as authorities,courts, subcontractors or in the field of IT, office or comparable services, taking into account the professionalrequirements. Agents and Brokerage Services: We process the data of our customers, clients and interested parties (uniformlyreferred to as "customers") in accordance with the underlying assignment of the customers. Furthermore, we mayprocess information on the characteristics and circumstances of persons or items belonging to them if this is partof our assignment. These can be, for example, information on personal circumstances, mobile or immovable assets and financial situation. Insofar as this is necessary for the performance of our assignment or required by law, we disclose or transmitcustomer data within the scope of cover requests, the conclusion and execution of contracts to providers of thebrokered services/properties, insurers, reinsurers, broker pools, technical service providers, other service providers,such as cooperating associations, as well as financial service providers, credit institutions and investmentcompanies, social insurance institutions, tax authorities, tax consultants, legal advisors, auditors, insuranceombudsmen and a Financial Supervisory Authority. Furthermore, we may, subject to other agreements,commission subcontractors. Project and Development Services: We process the data of our customers and clients (hereinafter uniformlyreferred to as "customers") in order to enable them to select, acquire or commission the selected services or worksas well as associated activities and to pay for and make available such services or works or to perform such servicesor works. The required information is indicated as such within the framework of the conclusion of the agreement, order orequivalent contract and includes the information required for the provision of services and invoicing as well ascontact information in order to be able to hold any consultations. Insofar as we gain access to the information ofend customers, employees or other persons, we process it in accordance with the legal and contractual requirements. Publishing Activities: We process the data of our contact partners, interviewed persons and other persons whoare the subject of our editorial, journalistic and related activities. Here we refer to the validity of protectionregulations of freedom of opinion and freedom of the press according to Article 85 GDPR in connection with therespective national laws. The processing serves us the fulfilment of order activities and is otherwise based inparticular on the interest of the general public in information and media products. Rental Services: We process the data of our tenants and of interested parties (uniformly referred to as "tenant") inaccordance with the underlying rental or comparable contract. Furthermore, we can process the information onthe characteristics and circumstances of persons or items belonging to them if this is necessary within theframework of the rental relationship. These can be, for example, information on personal circumstances, mobileor immovable assets and financial situation. As part of our assignment it may be necessary for us to process special categories of data within the meaning ofArticle 9 (1) GDPR, in particular information on the health of a person. The processing is done to protect thehealth interests of tenants and otherwise only with the consent of tenants. If necessary for the fulfilment of the contract or legally required, or agreed by the tenant or on the basis of ourlegitimate interests, we disclose or transmit the data of the tenants within the scope of cover requests, conclusionsand execution of contracts, data e.g. to financial service providers, credit institutions, suppliers (e.g. electricity) orauthorities.

• Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Payment Data (e.g. bank details, invoices,payment history), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Contract data (e.g. contract object,duration, customer category), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Data subjects: Prospective customers, Business and contractual partners, Customers.
• Purposes of processing: Contractual services and support, contact requests and communication, Office andorganisational procedures, Managing and responding to inquiries, Conversion Tracking, Interest-based andbehavioral marketing, Profiling (Creating user profiles).
• Legal Basis: Performance of a contract and prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR),Compliance with a legalobligation (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Contacting us

When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the data of the inquiringpersons are processed insofar as this is necessary to answer the contact enquiries and any requested activities. The response to contact enquiries within the framework of contractual or pre-contractual relationships is made inorder to fulfill our contractual obligations or to respond to (pre)contractual enquiries and otherwise on the basisof the legitimate interests in responding to the enquiries.

• Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers),Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content,access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).
• Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication.
• Legal Basis: Performance of a contract and prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR), Legitimate Interests(Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Contacting us Communication via Messenger

We use Messenger services for communication purposes and therefore ask you to observe the followinginformation regarding the functionality of the Messenger, encryption, use of the metadata of the communicationand your objection options. You can also contact us by alternative means, e.g. telephone or e-mail. Please use the contact options provided toyou or use the contact options provided within our online services. In the case of encryption of content (i.e. the content of your message and attachments), we point out that thecommunication content (i.e. the content of the message and attachments) is encrypted end-to-end. This meansthat the content of the messages is not visible, not even by the messenger providers themselves. You should alwaysuse a current version of the messenger with activated encryption, so that the encryption of the message contentsis guaranteed. However, we would like to point out to our communication partners that although messenger service providersdo not see the content, they can find out that and when communication partners communicate with us andprocess technical information on the communication partner's device used and, depending on the settings oftheir device, also location information (so-called metadata). Information on legal basis: If we ask communication partners for permission before communicating with themvia Messenger, the legal basis of our processing of their data is their consent. Otherwise, if we do not requestconsent and you contact us, for example, voluntarily, we use Messenger in our dealings with our contractual partners and as part of the contract initiation process as a contractual measure and in the case of other interested parties and communication partners on the basis of our legitimate interests in fast and efficient communication and meeting the needs of our communication partners for communication via messengers. We would also like topoint out that we do not transmit the contact data provided to us to the messenger service providers for the firsttime without your consent. Withdrawal, objection and deletion: You can withdraw your consent or object to communication with us viaMessenger at any time.In the case of communication via messenger, we delete the messages in accordance withour general data retention policy (i.e. as described above after the end of contractual relationships, archivingrequirements, etc.) and otherwise as soon as we can assume that we have answered any information provided bythe communication partners, if no reference to a previous conversation is to be expected and there are no legal obligations to store the messages to prevent their deletion.

• Reservation of reference to other means of communication: Finally, we would like to point out that wereserve the right, for reasons of your safety, not to answer inquiries about Messenger. This is the case if, forexample, internal contractual matters require special secrecy or if an answer via the messenger does not meetthe formal requirements. In such cases we refer you to more appropriate communication channels.
• Processed data types: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Usage data (e.g. websites visited,interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).
• Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication, Direct marketing (e.g. by email or postal).
• Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Services and service providers being used:

• WhatsApp: WhatsApp Messenger with end-to-end encryption; Service provider: WhatsApp Inc. WhatsAppLegal 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; Website: https://www.whatsapp.com/; PrivacyPolicy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection whenprocessing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TSnwAAG&status=Active

Surveys and Questionnaires

The surveys and questionnaires ("surveys") carried out by us are evaluated anonymously. Personal data is onlyprocessed insofar as this is necessary for the provision and technical execution of the survey (e.g. processing the IPaddress to display the survey in the user's browser or to enable a resumption of the survey with the aid of atemporary cookie (session cookie)) or participants have consented.

• Information on legal basis: If we ask the participants for their consent to the processing of their data, this isthe legal basis for the processing, otherwise the processing of the participants' data is based on our legitimate interests in conducting an objective survey.
• Processed data types: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Content data (e.g. text input,photographs, videos), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.), Users (e.g. website visitors, usersof online services).
• Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication, Direct marketing (e.g. by email or postal),Targeting (e.g. profiling based on interests and behaviour, use of cookies), Feedback (e.g. collecting feedbackvia online form).
• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Services and service providers being used:

• Google Forms: Google-Cloud Forms; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, BarrowStreet, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA94043, USA; Website: https://firebase.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy;Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active; Opt-Out: Opt-Out-Plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en, Settings for the Display of Advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

Provision of online services and web hosting

In order to provide our online services securely and efficiently, we use the services of one or more web hostingproviders from whose servers (or servers they manage) the online services can be accessed. For these purposes, wemay use infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, as well assecurity and technical maintenance services. The data processed within the framework of the provision of the hosting services may include all informationrelating to the users of our online services that is collected in the course of use and communication. This regularlyincludes the IP address, which is necessary to be able to deliver the contents of online services to browsers, and allentries made within our online services or from websites. E-mail sending and hosting: The web hosting services we use also include sending, receiving and storing e-mails.For these purposes, the addresses of the recipients and senders, as well as other information relating to thesending of e-mails (e.g. the providers involved) and the contents of the respective e-mails are processed. Theabove data may also be processed for SPAM detection purposes. Please note that e-mails on the Internet aregenerally not sent in encrypted form. As a rule, e-mails are encrypted during transport, but not on the serversfrom which they are sent and received (unless a so-called end-to-end encryption method is used). We cantherefore accept no responsibility for the transmission path of e-mails between the sender and reception on ourserver. Collection of access data and log files: We, ourselves or our web hosting provider, collect data on the basis ofeach access to the server (so-called server log files). Server log files may include the address and name of the webpages and files accessed, the date and time of access, data volumes transferred, notification of successful access,browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a general rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider. The server log files can be used for security purposes, e.g. to avoid overloading the servers (especially in the case ofabusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks) and to ensure the stability and optimal load balancing of the servers. Content-Delivery-Network: We use a so-called "Content Delivery Network" (CDN). A CDN is a service withwhose help contents of our online services, in particular large media files, such as graphics or scripts, can bedelivered faster and more securely with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet.

• Processed data types: Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), Usage data (e.g. websites visited,interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
• Purposes of processing: Content Delivery Network (CDN).
• Legal basis: Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Musik & Podcast

We use the hosting and analysis services of the following service providers to offer our audio content for listening to or downloading and to obtain statistical information on the request of the audio content.

• Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
• Purposes of processing: Web Analytics (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors), ConversionTracking, Profiling (Creating user profiles).

Job Application Process

The application process requires applicants to provide us with the data necessary for their assessment and selection. The information required can be found in the job description or, in the case of online forms, in the information contained therein. In principle, the required information includes personal information such as name, address, a contact option and proof of the qualifications required for a particular employment. Upon request, we will be happy to provide youwith additional information. If made available, applicants can submit their applications via an online form. The data will be transmitted to usencrypted according to the state of the art. Applicants can also send us their applications by e-mail. Please note,however, that e-mails on the Internet are generally not sent in encrypted form. As a rule, e-mails are encryptedduring transport, but not on the servers from which they are sent and received. We can therefore accept noresponsibility for the transmission path of the application between the sender and the reception on our server. Forthe purposes of searching for applicants, submitting applications and selecting applicants, we may make use of the applicant management and recruitment software, platforms and services of third-party providers incompliance with legal requirements. Applicants are welcome to contact us about how to submit their applicationor send it to us by regular mail. Processing of special categories of data: If special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 (1)GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severely handicapped status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicantswithin the framework of the application procedure, so that the responsible person or the person concerned canexercise his/her rights arising from labour law and social security and social protection law and fulfil his/herduties in this regard, their processing shall be carried out in accordance with Article 9 (1)(b) GDPR, in the case ofthe protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons pursuant to Article 9 (1)(c) GDPR or for thepurposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee's ability to work,for medical diagnostics, care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the administration of systems andservices in the health or social sector in accordance with Article 9 (1)(h) GDPR. In the case of a communicationof special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Article 9 (1)(a) GDPR. Erasure of data: In the event of a successful application, the data provided by the applicants may be furtherprocessed by us for the purposes of the employment relationship. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer isnot successful, the applicant's data will be deleted. Applicants' data will also be deleted if an application iswithdrawn, to which applicants are entitled at any time. Subject to a justified revocation by the applicant, thedeletion will take place at the latest after the expiry of a period of six months, so that we can answer any followupquestions regarding the application and comply with our duty of proof under the regulations on equaltreatment of applicants. Invoices for any reimbursement of travel expenses are archived in accordance with taxregulations. Admission to a talent pool - Admission to an talent pool, if offered, is based on consent. Applicants are informedthat their consent to be included in the talent pool is voluntary, has no influence on the current applicationprocess and that they can revoke their consent at any time for the future.

• Processed data types: Job applicant details (e.g. Personal data, postal and contact addresses and thedocuments pertaining to the application and the information contained therein, such as cover letter,curriculum vitae, certificates, etc., as well as other information on the person or qualifications of applicantsprovided with regard to a specific job or voluntarily by applicants).
• Data subjects: Job applicants.
• Purposes of processing: Job Application Process (Establishment and possible later execution as well aspossible later termination of the employment relationship.).
• Legal basis: Article 9 (1)(b) GDPR (job application process as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship)(If special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 (1) GDPR (e.g. health data, such asseverely handicapped status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants within the framework of theapplication procedure, so that the responsible person or the person concerned can carry out the obligationsand exercising specific rights of the controller or of the data subject in the field of employment and socialsecurity and social protection law, their processing shall be carried out in accordance with Article 9 (2)(b)GDPR , in the case of the protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons on the basis of Article 9(1)(c) GDPR or for the purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of theemployee's ability to work, for medical diagnostics, care or treatment in the health or social sector or for theadministration of systems and services in the health or social sector in accordance with Article 9 (1)(d)GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, theirprocessing is carried out on the basis of Article 9 (1)(a) GDPR.).

Cloud Services

We use Internet-accessible software services (so-called "cloud services", also referred to as "Software as a Service")provided on the servers of its providers for the following purposes: document storage and administration,calendar management, e-mail delivery, spreadsheets and presentations, exchange of documents, content andinformation with specific recipients or publication of websites, forms or other content and information, as well aschats and participation in audio and video conferences.16 Within this framework, personal data may be processed and stored on the provider's servers insofar as this datais part of communication processes with us or is otherwise processed by us in accordance with this privacy policy.This data may include in particular master data and contact data of data subjects, data on processes, contracts,other proceedings and their contents. Cloud service providers also process usage data and metadata that they usefor security and service optimization purposes.If we use cloud services to provide documents and content to other users or publicly accessible websites, forms,etc., providers may store cookies on users' devices for web analysis or to remember user settings (e.g. in the case ofmedia control).Information on legal basis - If we ask for permission to use cloud services, the legal basis for processing data isconsent. Furthermore, their use can be a component of our (pre)contractual services, provided that the use ofcloud services has been agreed in this context. Otherwise, user data will be processed on the basis of ourlegitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient and secure administrative and collaboration processes).• Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers),Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content,access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), Contract data (e.g. contractobject, duration, customer category).• Data subjects: Customers, Employees (e.g. Employees, job applicants), Prospective customers,Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).• Purposes of processing: Office and organisational procedures.• Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Performance of a contract and prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b)GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).Services and service providers being used:• Apple iCloud: Cloud storage services; Service provider: Apple Inc., Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014,USA; Website: https://www.apple.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/.• Dropbox: Cloud storage services; Service provider: Dropbox, Inc., 333 Brannan Street, San Francisco,California 94107, USA; Website: https://www.dropbox.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.dropbox.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnCLAA0&status=Active; Standard Contractual Clauses(Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in tthird country): https://assets.dropbox.com/documents/en/legal/data-processing-agreement-dfb-013118.pdf.• Google Cloud Services: Cloud storage services; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House,Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, , parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, MountainView, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://cloud.google.com/; Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy, Security information: https://cloud.google.com/security/privacy; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding thelevel of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000000001L5AAI&status=Aktive.

Newsletter and Broadcast Communication

We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic communications (hereinafter referred to as "newsletters") onlywith the consent of the recipient or a legal permission. Insofar as the contents of the newsletter are specificallydescribed within the framework of registration, they are decisive for the consent of the user. Otherwise, ournewsletters contain information about our services and us.In order to subscribe to our newsletters, it is generally sufficient to enter your e-mail address. We may, however,ask you to provide a name for the purpose of contacting you personally in the newsletter or to provide furtherinformation if this is required for the purposes of the newsletter.Double opt-in procedure: The registration to our newsletter takes place in general in a so-called Double-Opt-Inprocedure. This means that you will receive an e-mail after registration asking you to confirm your registration.This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with external email addresses.The registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process according tothe legal requirements. This includes storing the login and confirmation times as well as the IP address. Likewisethe changes of your data stored with the dispatch service provider are logged.Deletion and restriction of processing: We may store the unsubscribed email addresses for up to three yearsbased on our legitimate interests before deleting them to provide evidence of prior consent. The processing ofthese data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual deletion request is possibleat any time, provided that the former existence of a consent is confirmed at the same time. In the case of anobligation to permanently observe an objection, we reserve the right to store the e-mail address solely for thispurpose in a blacklist.Information on legal bases: The sending of the newsletter is based on the consent of the recipients or, if consentis not required, on the basis of our legitimate interests in direct marketing. Insofar as we engage a service providerfor sending e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests. The registration procedure is recorded onthe basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of demonstrating that it has been conducted in accordancewith the law.Contents: Information about us, our services, projects and offers.Performance measurement: The newsletters contain a so-called "web-beacon", i.e. a pixel-sized file, which isretrieved from our server when the newsletter is opened or, if we use a mailing service provider, from its server.Within the scope of this retrieval, technical information such as information about the browser and your system,as well as your IP address and time of retrieval are first collected.This information is used for the technical improvement of our newsletter on the basis of technical data or targetgroups and their reading behaviour on the basis of their retrieval points (which can be determined with the helpof the IP address) or access times. This analysis also includes determining whether newsletters are opened, whenthey are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to theindividual newsletter recipients. It is, however, neither our endeavour nor, if used, that of the shipping serviceprovider to observe individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading habits of ourusers and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.The evaluation of the newsletter and the measurement of success is carried out, subject to the express consent ofthe user, on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purposes of using a user-friendly and secure newslettersystem which serves both our business interests and the expectations of the user.A separate objection to the performance measurement is unfortunately not possible, in this case the entirenewsletter subscription must be cancelled or objected to.• Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers),Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interestin content, access times).• Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).• Purposes of processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal), contact requests and communication.• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).• Opt-out: You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent or object tofurther receipt. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter either at the end of each newsletter or you canotherwise use one of the contact options listed above, preferably e-mail.Services and service providers being used:• Mailchimp: Email marketing platform; Service provider: "Mailchimp" - Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA; Website: https://mailchimp.com; Privacy Policy: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection whenp r o c e s s i n g d a t a i n t h e U S A ) : https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG&status=Active.• WhatsApp Broadcasts: WhatsApp Broadcasts - Messenger with end-to-end encryption; Service provider:WhatsApp Inc. WhatsApp Legal 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; Website: https://www.whatsapp.com/; Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the levelof data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TSnwAAG&status=Active.

Commercial communication by E-Mail, Postal Mail, Fax or Telephone

We process personal data for the purposes of promotional communication, which may be carried out via variouschannels, such as e-mail, telephone, post or fax, in accordance with the legal requirements.The recipients have the right to withdraw their consent at any time or to object to the advertising communicationat any time.After withdrawal or objection, we may store the data required to prove consent for up to three years on the basisof our legitimate interests before we delete them. The processing of these data is limited to the purpose of apossible defense against claims. An individual deletion request is possible at any time, provided that the formerexistence of a consent is affirmed.• Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).• Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).• Purposes of processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal).• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Web Analysis and Optimization

Web analysis is used to evaluate the visitor traffic on our website and may include the behavior, interests ordemographic information of users, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. With the help of web analysiswe can e.g. recognize, at which time our online services or their functions or contents are most frequently used orrequested for repeatedly, as well as which areas require optimization.In addition to web analysis, we can also use test procedures, e.g. to test and optimize different versions of ouronline services or their components.For these purposes, so-called user profiles can be created and stored in a file (so-called "cookie") or similarprocedures in which the relevant user information for the aforementioned analyses is stored.This information may include, for example, content viewed, web pages visited and elements and technical dataused there, such as the browser used, computer system used and information on times of use. If users haveconsented to the collection of their location data, these may also be processed, depending on the provider.The IP addresses of the users are also stored. However, we use any existing IP masking procedure (i.e.pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to protect the user. In general, within the framework of webanalysis, A/B testing and optimisation, no user data (such as e-mail addresses or names) is stored, butpseudonyms. This means that we, as well as the providers of the software used, do not know the actual identity ofthe users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purposes of the respective processes.Information on legal basis: If we ask the users for their consent to the use of third party providers, the legal basisof the processing is consent. Furthermore, the processing can be a component of our (pre)contractual services,provided that the use of the third party was agreed within this context. Otherwise, user data will be processed onthe basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient, economic and recipient friendly services). In thiscontext, we would also like to refer you to the information on the use of cookies in this privacy policy.• Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times).• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).• Purposes of processing: Web Analytics (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors), Targeting (e.g.profiling based on interests and behavior, use of cookies), Conversion Tracking, Profiling (Creating userprofiles), Interest-based and behavioral marketing.• Security measures: IP Masking (Pseudonymization of the IP address).• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).Services and service providers being used:• Google Optimize: Use of Google Analytics data for the purpose of improving areas of our online services andimproving the targeting of our marketing activities on potential user interests; Service provider: GoogleIreland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://optimize.google.com; PrivacyPolicy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection whenp r o c e s s i n g d a t a i n t h e U S A ) : https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active; Opt-Out: Opt-Out-Plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en, Settings for the Display of Advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Onlinemarketing

We process personal data for the purposes of online marketing, which may include in particular the marketing ofadvertising space or the display of advertising and other content (collectively referred to as "Content") based onthe potential interests of users and the measurement of their effectiveness.For these purposes, so-called user profiles are created and stored in a file (so-called "cookie") or similar procedurein which the relevant user information for the display of the aforementioned content is stored. This informationmay include, for example, content viewed, websites visited, online networks used, communication partners andtechnical information such as the browser used, computer system used and information on usage times. If usershave consented to the collection of their sideline data, these can also be processed.The IP addresses of the users are also stored. However, we use provided IP masking procedures (i.e.pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to ensure the protection of the user's by using a pseudonym. Ingeneral, within the framework of the online marketing process, no clear user data (such as e-mail addresses ornames) is secured, but pseudonyms. This means that we, as well as the providers of online marketing procedures,do not know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles.The information in the profiles is usually stored in the cookies or similar memorizing procedures. These cookiescan later, generally also on other websites that use the same online marketing technology, be read and analyzedfor purposes of content display, as well as supplemented with other data and stored on the server of the onlinemarketing technology provider.Exceptionally, clear data can be assigned to the profiles. This is the case, for example, if the users are members of asocial network whose online marketing technology we use and the network links the profiles of the users in theaforementioned data. Please note that users may enter into additional agreements with the social networkproviders or other service providers, e.g. by consenting as part of a registration process.As a matter of principle, we only gain access to summarised information about the performance of ouradvertisements. However, within the framework of so-called conversion measurement, we can check which of ouronline marketing processes have led to a so-called conversion, i.e. to the conclusion of a contract with us. Theconversion measurement is used alone for the performance analysis of our marketing activities.Unless otherwise stated, we kindly ask you to consider that cookies used will be stored for a period of two years.Information on legal basis: If we ask users for their consent (e.g. in the context of a so-called "cookie bannerconsent"), the legal basis for processing data for online marketing purposes is this consent. Otherwise, user datawill be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economicoperation of our online services. In this context, we would also like to refer you to the information on the use ofcookies in this privacy policy.Facebook Pixel: With the help of the Facebook pixel, Facebook is on the one hand able to determine the visitorsof our online services as a target group for the presentation of ads (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, we useFacebook pixels to display Facebook ads placed by us only to Facebook users and within the services of partnerscooperating with Facebook (so-called "audience network" https://www.facebook.com/audiencenetwork/ ) whohave shown an interest in our online services or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics orproducts that are determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called"custom audiences"). With the help of Facebook pixels, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspondto the potential interest of users and do not appear annoying. The Facebook pixel also enables us to track theeffectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by showing whether users were referredto our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (known as "conversion tracking").• Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), Location data (Data that indicates the locationof the end device of an end user).• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services), Prospective customers.• Purposes of processing: Targeting (e.g. profiling based on interests and behaviour, use of cookies),Remarketing, Conversion Tracking, Interest-based and behavioral marketing, Profiling (Creating userprofiles), Conversion tracking (Measurement of the effectiveness of marketing activities), Web Analytics (e.g.access statistics, recognition of returning visitors), Custom Audiences (Selection of relevant target groups formarketing purposes or other output of content), Cross-Device Tracking (Device-independent processing ofuser data for marketing purposes).• Security measures: IP Masking (Pseudonymization of the IP address).• Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).• Opt-out: We refer to the privacy policies of the respective service providers and the possibilities for objection(so-called "opt-out"). If no explicit opt-out option has been specified, it is possible to deactivate cookies inthe settings of your browser. However, this may restrict the functions of our online offer. We thereforerecommend the following additional opt-out options, which are offered collectively for each area: a) Europe: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu. b) Canada: https://www.youradchoices.ca/choices. c) USA: https://www.aboutads.info/choices. d) Cross-regional: http://optout.aboutads.info.Services and service providers being used:• Google Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager is a web tag management solution that allows us to managewebsite tags through a single interface (including Google Analytics and otherGoogle marketing services inour online services). The Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) does not process any personal userdata. With regard to the processing of users' personal data, reference is made to the information belowregarding Google services. Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; PrivacyShield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.• Google Analytics: Online marketing and web analytics; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, GordonHouse, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/en/about/analytics/;Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protectionwh e n p r o c e s s i n g d a t a i n t h e USA) : https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active; Opt-Out: Opt-Out-Plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en, Settings for the Display of Advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.• Google Ads and Conversion Tracking: We use the Google "Ads" online marketing method to place ads onthe Google advertising network (e.g., in search results, videos, websites, etc.) so that they are displayed tousers who have an alleged interest in the ads. We also measure the conversion of the ads. However, we onlyknow the anonymous total number of users who clicked on our ad and were redirected to a page tagged witha conversion tracking tag. However, we ourselves do not receive any information that can be used to identifyusers. Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parentcompany: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield(Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.• Google Ad Manager: We use the "Google Marketing Platform" (and services like "Google Ad Manager") toplace ads in the Google advertising network (e.g., in search results, in videos, on websites, etc.). The GoogleMarketing Platform" is characterised by the fact that ads are displayed in real time according to the presumedinterests of the users. This allows us to display ads for and within our online services in a more targetedmanner in order to present users only with ads that potentially match their interests. If, for example, a user isshown ads for products in which he is interested on other online offers, this is referred to as "remarketing".Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company:Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield(Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.• Google Adsense with personalized ads: We use the Google Adsense service with personalized ads, whichhelps us to display ads within our online services and we receive a remuneration for their display or other use.; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parentcompany: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield(Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.• Google Adsense with non-personalized ads: We use the Google Adsense service with nonpersonalized ads,which helps us to display ads within our online services and we receive a remuneration for their display orother use. ; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland,parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield(Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.• Facebook Pixel: Facebook-Pixel; Service provider: https://www.facebook.com, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland, parent company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way,Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processingdata in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active;Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Profiles in Social Networks

We maintain online presences within social networks in order to communicate with the users active there or tooffer ind information about us there.We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may entail risksfor users, e.g. by making it more difficult to enforce users' rights. With regard to US providers certified under thePrivacy Shield or offering comparable guarantees of a secure level of data protection, we would like to point outthat they thereby commit themselves to comply with EU data protection standards.In addition, user data is usually processed within social networks for market research and advertising purposes.For example, user profiles can be created on the basis of user behavior and the associated interests of users. Theuser profiles can then be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the networks which arepresumed to correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the user'scomputer, in which the user's usage behavior and interests are stored. Furthermore, data can be stored in the userprofiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respectivenetworks or will become members later on).For a detailed description of the respective processing operations and the opt-out options, please refer to therespective data protection declarations and information provided by the providers of the respective networks.Also in the case of requests for information and the exercise of rights of data subjects, we point out that these canbe most effectively pursued with the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and candirectly take appropriate measures and provide information. If you still need help, please do not hesitate tocontact us.• Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers),Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content,access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).• Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication, Targeting (e.g. profiling based on interests andbehavior, use of cookies), Remarketing, Web Analytics (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).• Legal basis: Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).Services and service providers being used:• Instagram: Social network; Service provider: Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025,USA; Website: https://www.instagram.com; Privacy Policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.• Facebook: Social network; Service provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand CanalHarbour, Dublin 2, Irland, parent company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA;Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; PrivacyShield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active; Opt-Out: Settings foradvertisements: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads; Additional information on data protection:Agreement on the joint controll of processing of personal data on Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum, privacy policy for Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data.• LinkedIn: Social network; Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2,Ireland; Website: https://www.linkedin.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy;Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0&status=Active; Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.• Pinterest: Social network; Service provider: Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA,;Website: https://www.pinterest.com; Privacy Policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy; Opt-Out: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.• Twitter: Social network; Service provider: Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA94103, USA; Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy, (Settings) https://twitter.com/personalization;Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active.• YouTube: Social network; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protectionwh e n p r o c e s s i n g d a t a i n t h e USA) : https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active; Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.• Xing: Social network; Service provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany;Website: https://www.xing.com; Privacy Policy: https://privacy.xing.com/en.

Plugins and embedded functions and content

Within our online services, we integrate functional and content elements that are obtained from the servers oftheir respective providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers"). These may, for example, be graphics,videos or social media buttons as well as contributions (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "Content").The integration always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of theuser, since they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is thereforerequired for the presentation of these contents or functions. We strive to use only those contents, whoserespective offerers use the IP address only for the distribution of the contents. Third parties may also use so-calledpixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags"can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymousinformation may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may include technical information about thebrowser and operating system, referring websites, visit times and other information about the use of our website,as well as may be linked to such information from other sources.Information on legal basis: If we ask users for their consent (e.g. in the context of a so-called "cookie bannerconsent"), the legal basis for processing is this consent. Otherwise, user data will be processed on the basis of ourlegitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online services. Werefer you to the note on the use of cookies in this privacy policy.• Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers),Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses).• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services), Communication partner (Recipients of emails,letters, etc.).• Purposes of processing: Provision of our online services and usability, Contractual services and support,contact requests and communication, Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal), Targeting (e.g. profilingbased on interests and behaviour, use of cookies), Interest-based and behavioral marketing, Profiling(Creating user profiles), Web Analytics (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors), Securitymeasures, Managing and responding to inquiries.• Legal basis: Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f ) GDPR), Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Performance ofa contract and prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).Services and service providers being used:• Google Maps: We integrate the maps of the service "Google Maps" from the provider Google. The dataprocessed may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of users, which are not collected withouttheir consent (usually within the framework of the settings of their mobile devices). Service provider: GoogleIreland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, , parent company: Google LLC, 1600Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://maps.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processingdata in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TRkEAAW&status=Active;Opt-Out: Opt-Out-Plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en, Settings for the Display ofAdvertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.• Pinterest plugins and buttons: Pinterest plugins and buttons - This can include content such as images,videos or text and buttons with which users can share content from this online service within Pinterest.Service provider: Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA,; Website: https://www.pinterest.com; Privacy Policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.• Soundcloud Music Player Widget: Soundcloud Music Player Widget; Service provider: SoundCloudLimited, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin, Germany; Website: https://soundcloud.com; Privacy Policy: https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy.• Adobe Typekit fonts: We integrate the fonts ("Typekit fonts") of the provider Adobe, whereby the data ofthe users are used solely for purposes of the representation of the fonts in the browser of the users. Theintegration takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests in a technically secure, maintenance-free andefficient use of fonts, their uniform presentation and consideration of possible licensing restrictions for theirintegration. Service provider: Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest BusinessCampus, Dublin 24, Ireland; Website: https://www.adobe.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy.html; Privacy Shield (Safeguarding the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TNo9AAG&status=Active.• YouTube: Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, ,parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://www.youtube.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Safeguardingthe level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active; Opt-Out: Opt-Out-Plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en, Settings for the Display of Advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.• Vimeo: Video platform; Service provider: Vimeo Inc., Attention: Legal Department, 555 West 18th StreetNew York, New York 10011, USA; Website: https://vimeo.com; Privacy Policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy;Opt-Out: We point out that Vimeo may use Google Analytics and refer to the privacy policy ( https://policies.google.com/privacy) as well as opt-out options for Google Analytics ( http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en) or the settings of Google for data use for marketing purposes ( https://adssettings.google.com/).

Erasure of data

The data processed by us will be erased in accordance with the statutory provisions as soon as their processing isrevoked or other permissions no longer apply (e.g. if the purpose of processing this data no longer applies or theyare not required for the purpose).If the data is not deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing islimited to these purposes. This means that the data will be restricted and not processed for other purposes. Thisapplies, for example, to data that must be stored for commercial or tax reasons or for which storage is necessary toassert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person.Further information on the erasure of personal data can also be found in the individual data protection notices ofthis privacy policy.

Rights of Data Subjects

As data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Articles 15 to 18and 21 of the GDPR:• Right to object: You have the right, on grounds arising from your particular situation, to object at any timeto the processing of your personal data which is based on letter (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR , includingprofiling based on those provisions. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, youhave the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purposeof such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.• Right of withdrawal for consents: You have the right to revoke consents at any time.• Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question will beprocessed and to be informed of this data and to receive further information and a copy of the data inaccordance with the provisions of the law.• Right to rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the law, to request the completion of the dataconcerning you or the rectification of the incorrect data concerning you.• Right to erasure and right to restriction of processing: In accordance with the statutory provisions, you havethe right to demand that the relevant data be erased immediately or, alternatively, to demand that theprocessing of the data be restricted in accordance with the statutory provisions.• Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data concerning you which you have provided to usin a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements, or torequest its transmission to another controller.• Complaint to the supervisory authority: You also have the right, under the conditions laid down by law, tolodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence,place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relatingto you infringes the GDPR.

Terminology and Definitions

This section provides an overview of the terms used in this privacy policy. Many of the terms are drawn from thelaw and defined mainly in Article 4 GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations, on theother hand, are intended above all for the purpose of comprehension. The terms are sorted alphabetically.• Content Delivery Network (CDN): A "Content Delivery Network" (CDN) is a service with whose helpcontents of our online services, in particular large media files, such as graphics or scripts, can be deliveredfaster and more securely with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet.• Controller: "Controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which,alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.• Conversion tracking: Conversion tracking is a method used to evaluate the effectiveness of marketingmeasures. For this purpose, a cookie is usually stored on the devices of the users within the websites on whichthe marketing measures take place and then called up again on the target website (e.g. we can thus tracewhether the advertisements placed by us on other websites were successful).• Cross-Device tracking: Cross-Device Tracking is a form of tracking in which behavior and interestinformation of the user is recorded across all devices in so-called profiles by assigning an online identifier tothe user. This means that user information can usually be analysed for marketing purposes, regardless of thebrowser or device used (e.g. mobile phone or desktop computer). With most Cross-Device Trackingproviders, the online identifier is not linked to plain data such as names, postal addresses or e-mail addresses.• Custom audiences: Target group formation (or "custom audiences") is the term used when target groups aredetermined for advertising purposes, e.g. display of advertisements. For example, a user's interest in certainproducts or topics on the Internet may be used to infer that that user is interested in advertisements forsimilar products or the online store in which they viewed the products. Lookalike Audiences" (or similartarget groups) is the term used to describe content that is viewed as suitable by users whose profiles orinterests presumably correspond to the users for whom the profiles were created. Cookies are generally usedfor the purposes of creating custom audiences and lookalike audiences. Target groups can be created byprocessing visitors of an online service or can be uploaded to the provider of an online marketing technologyby means of uploading (which is usually done pseudonymised).• IP Masking: IP masking is a method by which the last octet, i.e. the last two numbers of an IP address, aredeleted so that the IP address alone can no longer be used to uniquely identify a person. IP masking istherefore a means of pseudonymising processing methods, particularly in online marketing.• Interest-based and behavioral marketing: Interest-related and/or behaviour-related marketing is the termused when potential user interest in advertisements and other content is predicted if possible. This is done onthe basis of information on the previous behaviour of users (e.g. visiting and staying on certain websites,purchasing behaviour or interaction with other users), which is stored in a so-called profile. For thesepurposes cookies are usually used.• Personal data: "personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person("data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, inparticular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an onlineidentifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, culturalor social identity of that natural person.• Processing: The term "processing" covers a wide range and practically every handling of data, be it collection,evaluation, storage, transmission or erasure.• Profiling: "Profiling" means any automated processing of personal data consisting in the use of such personaldata to analyse, evaluate or predict certain personal aspects relating to a natural person (depending on thetype of profiling, this includes information regarding age, gender, location and movement data, interactionwith websites and their contents, shopping behaviour, social interactions with other people) (e.g. interests incertain contents or products, click behaviour on a website or the location). Cookies and web beacons areoften used for profiling purposes.• Remarketing: Remarketing" or "retargeting" is the term used, for example, to indicate for advertisingpurposes which products a user is interested in on a website in order to remind the user of these products onother websites, e.g. in advertisements.• Targeting: Tracking" is the term used when the behaviour of users can be traced across several websites. As arule, behavior and interest information with regard to the websites used is stored in cookies or on the serversof the tracking technology providers (so-called profiling). This information can then be used, for example, todisplay advertisements to users presumably corresponding to their interests.• Web analytics: Web Analytics serves the evaluation of visitor traffic of online services and can determine theirbehavior or interests in certain information, such as content of websites. With the help of web analytics,website owners, for example, can recognize at what time visitors visit their website and what content they areinterested in. This allows them, for example, to optimize the content of the website to better meet the needsof their visitors. For purposes of web analytics, pseudonymous cookies and web beacons are frequently usedin order to recognise returning visitors and thus obtain more precise analyses of the use of an online service.