DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified.
This privacy policy explains what data we collect, what we use it for and for what purpose.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
- GENERAL NOTES AND OBLIGATORY INFORMATION
NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE:
SpanSet Axzion GmbH
Winkelsweg 172
40764 Langenfeld
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected automatically or after consent when visiting the website by the IT systems. This is technical data (internet browser, time of page view, etc.) which is automatically collected when you visit the website.
Other data is collected when you provide it to us, for example by filling out the contact form.
What do we use your data for?
We collect and use your personal data mainly only to guarantee error-free provision of the website. Some data may also be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have?
You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to have this data corrected or deleted. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time. You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
STORAGE PERIOD
Unless a specific storage period has been specified, we will store your personal data until the purpose for processing no longer applies. If you request legitimate deletion of your data, or withdraw your consent, your data will be deleted unless there are other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data.
SSL ENCRYPTION
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of your browser changes from http:// to https://, as well as by the lock symbol in the browser line.
OBJECTION TO ADVERTISING E-MAILS
We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation for the purpose of sending advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested. The operators of this website reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information.
DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, as well as your rights regarding data protection, please contact:
ITU
Innovative Technologie und Unternehmensberatung GmbH & Co. KG
Mr. Michael Errens
Zechenring 10
41836 Hückelhoven
Telephone 0 24 33 – 80 50 20
E-mail: info@itu-beratung.de
- DATA COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE COOKIES
Our website partly uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.
SERVER LOG FILES
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
– browser type and browser version
– Operating system used
– referrer URL
– Host name of the accessing computer
– Time of the server request
– IP address
This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
CONTACT FORM
If you send us enquiries and messages via the contact form, the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
NEWSLETTER
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the members’ area) remain unaffected by this.
CleverReach
This website uses CleverReach to send newsletters. The provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede. CleverReach is a service with which the newsletter dispatch can be organised and analysed. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving newsletters (e.g. e-mail address) is stored on CleverReach’s servers in Germany or Ireland.
Our newsletters sent with CleverReach enable us to analyse the behaviour of the newsletter recipients. Among other things, we can analyse how many recipients have opened the newsletter message and how often which link in the newsletter was clicked. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analysed whether a predefined action (e.g. purchase of a product on our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. For more information on data analysis through CleverReach newsletters, please visit: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktionen/reporting-und-tracking/.
The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
If you do not want CleverReach to analyse your data, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also unsubscribe directly on the website.
The data you provide us with for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from our servers as well as from the servers of CleverReach after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.
For more details, please refer to the data protection provisions of CleverReach at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.
We have concluded an order data processing contract with CleverReach and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using CleverReach.
- ANALYSIS TOOLS AND ADVERTISING
MONSTERINSIGHTS
We use the “Google Analytics Plugin for WordPress” of the American company MonsterInsights LCC (7732 Maywood Crest Dr, West Palm Beach, Florida, 33412, USA) on our website. The plugin is usually simply called MonsterInsights. With the help of the plugin, your user data can be stored, managed and processed at Google Analytics. For example, when you click on a link, Google Analytics stores this “click” via the integrated plugin and offers informative web analyses through such collected data. In this privacy policy, we go into more detail about MonsterInsights and inform you which data is stored where and how.
MonsterInsights uses the Google Analytics Reporting API for its services to collect data about our website and visitor behaviour. This data is analysed and then appears as charts, graphs and tables directly on our WordPress dashboard. For the plugin to work, a Google Analytics tracking code is embedded into our WordPress site. The plugin offers features such as page analytics, statistics or ad tracking. So with the help of the plug-in, we can set up tracking functions such as event tracking, eCommerce tracking or outbound link tracking for our website very easily and without any programming knowledge. We see all the important statistics summarised in a single place right in our dashboard.
MonsterInsights makes it much easier for us to use Google Analytics, as we can see the most important analyses right on our dashboard and don’t always have to switch to Google Analytics. Google Analytics provides us with a lot of important data about visitor behaviour on our website. With the help of this data, we can better adapt our website or our offer to your wishes. We use the statistics we receive to make our website more interesting and to target any advertisements.
By installing the MonsterInsights plugin, a Google Analytics tracking code is integrated into our WordPress website. This allows Google Analytics to create a random, unique ID that is linked to your browser cookie. In this way, you are recognised as a new visitor to our website. If you visit us again, you will be recognised as a so-called “returning” user. All collected data is then stored with this user ID. In this way, pseudonymous user profiles are created and evaluated. Your actions on our website are stored in cookies and app instance IDs. If you are linked to other Google services, the data generated may also be linked to third-party cookies.
All tracking is performed and stored by Google Analytics. MonsterInsights passes all data directly to Google Analytics to process on behalf of MonsterInsights. Google only shares this data if we allow it or it is required by law. MonsterInsights does not use its own cookies to store data, but the code added by MonsterInsights loads Google Analytics, which adds cookies.
For example, it is collected from which website you came to us, on which buttons and links you click, how long you stay on a certain page and when you leave the website again. Furthermore, your IP address is also displayed and stored in abbreviated form so that no clear assignment is possible. The IP address can also be used to determine your approximate location and technical information such as device type, browser type, Internet provider or screen resolution is also stored.
If you want to know more about data storage and data processing, we recommend our general privacy policy on Google Analytics.
MonsterInsights does not store the collected data, but forwards it to Google Analytics. There, the data is stored on Google’s servers. These servers are distributed worldwide, but most are located in the USA. Under the link https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/?hl=de you can see exactly where the data centres are located. By default, Google stores your data for 26 months, but you also have the option to choose between different retention periods. Please also take a look at our Google Analytics privacy policy. The retention period applies to data linked to cookies, usage recognition and advertising ID. Web analytics that appear in the form of reports are generated by aggregated data and are stored independently of your user data.
You have the right to access, update, delete and restrict your data at any time. If you download and install the browser add-on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, you can prevent Google Analytics from using your data by deactivating Google Analytics JavaScript.
However, you can also generally disable, manage or delete cookies via your browser.
If you want to learn more about the WordPress plugin MonsterInsights, we recommend the website https://www.monsterinsights.com/. For more detailed information on data processing by Google Analytics, we recommend our Google Analytics privacy policy, Google’s information page at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de and the website on the terms of use for Google Analytics at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to us. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data are transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the storage of the cookie is the consent given (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO). The further evaluation of the collected data by means of Google Analytics takes place over a period of fourteen months on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
- PLUGINS and TOOLS
Our website uses a function of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation (2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter: LinkedIn).
If you click on the button (plug-in) of LinkedIn, you will be redirected to our offer at LinkedIn in a separate browser window. This establishes a direct connection between your browser and the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn thereby receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address.
If you click the “LinkedIn” button while you are logged into your own user account on LinkedIn, you can link the content of our website on your user account. This enables LinkedIn to assign your visit to our website to your user account. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. For further information, please refer to the LinkedIn privacy policy (http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy).
LinkedIn is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0&status=Active).
If you do not want LinkedIn to be able to associate your visit to our website, please log out of your user account with LinkedIn.
YOUTUBE
We use components (videos) of the company YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA (hereinafter: “YouTube”), a company of Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: “Google”), on our website on the basis of consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.
We use the “extended data protection mode” option provided by YouTube.
When you call up a page that has an embedded video, a connection is established to the YouTube servers and the content is displayed on the website by informing your browser.
According to YouTube’s information, in “extended data protection mode” your data – in particular which of our Internet pages you have visited as well as device-specific information including the IP address – is only transmitted to the YouTube server in the USA when you watch the video. By clicking on the video, you consent to this transmission.
If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, this information will be assigned to your YouTube member account. You can prevent this by logging out of your member account before visiting our website.
Google observes the data protection provisions of the “US Privacy Shield” and is registered with the “US Privacy Shield” programme of the US Department of Commerce.
Google/YouTube: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland – Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated, Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304,USA (“Facebook”).
You can recognise the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our site. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook.
If you do not wish Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account. You can find more information on this in the Facebook privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
Our Internet pages contain plugins of the short message network of Twitter Inc (hereinafter “Twitter”). Twitter plugins (tweet buttons) are marked with the Twitter logo on our site.
marked. At https://about.twitter.com/resouces/buttons you can find an overview
of tweet buttons.
Your browser and the Twitter server establish a direct connection as soon as you call up a page of our website with such a plugin. The information is transmitted to Twitter
that you have visited our site with your IP address. It is possible that you link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile; to do this, you must click the Twitter “tweet button” while logged into your Twitter account. As a result, Twitter associates your visit to
of our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that Twitter does not inform us, as the provider of the pages, of the content of the transmitted data or its use.
You can prevent Twitter from associating your visit to our website with your user account. To do this
To do this, please log out of your Twitter user account.
You can find more information in the Twitter privacy policy https://twitter.com/privacy.
