Privacy policy

SINC NOVATION GmbH, as the operator of this website, takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection laws and this Privacy Policy.

Information Requirements When Collecting Personal Data (Art. 13 EU GDPR; § 25 TDDDG)

Since May 25, 2018, we have been subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the provisions of the new German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). In addition, with regard to the storage of information and access to information on terminal equipment—e.g., via cookies—the Telecommunications and Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG) has been in effect since December 1, 2021. The TDDDG serves to protect privacy and confidentiality when using end devices, as guaranteed by Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, regardless of whether personal data is processed. In the following, we provide you with information in accordance with the requirements of Article 13 of the EU GDPR regarding how we collect and process your personal data in compliance with the law when you use our website. Furthermore, we describe the specific technologies we use to store information on end devices and to access information already stored there, in accordance with Section 25 of the TDDDG.

1. Scope, Purpose, and Legal Basis of Data Processing (Art. 13(1)(c) and (d) of the EU GDPR)

a. a. Visiting Our Website

The purpose of our website is to provide information about us and our activities. In connection with our website, we generally process personal data only to the extent necessary to provide, operate, and optimize our website, as well as to safeguard our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) of the EU GDPR). Furthermore, we process your data in connection with our website only to the extent that you have expressly consented to such processing (Art. 6(1)(a) of the EU GDPR).

If our website offers the option to enter personal data, the visitor provides this data on an expressly voluntary basis.

b. Logging – Server Log Files

Computer-related data is logged and stored for the purpose of identifying and tracking unauthorized access attempts to our web servers. User profiles are not created. This data is not disclosed to third parties, even in part. Depending on the access log used, the log entry (server log files) contains the following information:

Date (date): The date of the request.
Time (time): The time of the request (in UTC [Coordinated Universal Time]).
Client IP address (c-ip): The IP (Internet Protocol) address of the client that made the request.
Protocol status (sc-status): HTTP or FTP status code.
Bytes sent (sc-bytes): The number of bytes sent by the server.
Bytes Received (cs-bytes): The number of bytes received by the server from the client.
Host (cs-host): The hostname, if applicable.
User-Agent (cs(UserAgent)): The browser type used by the client.
Referrer (cs(Referer)): The site last visited by the user. This site provided a link to the current site.

The storage of log data is based on the legal grounds of Article 6(1)(f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest here is to maintain the security of our website. The data is analyzed ONLY in the event of unauthorized access. The analysis is performed by employees of our company and, if necessary, by contracted external IT service providers.

c. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and saved by your browser. They do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure.

Most of the cookies we use are required solely for the technical delivery of the web pages and are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set, to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to block cookies in specific cases or generally, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. This ensures that the use of cookies is transparent to you.

Technically necessary cookies, which are absolutely essential for the operation or display of the website, are stored on your device pursuant to Section 25(2)(2) of the TDDDG. The storage of such cookies is conducted in the interest of providing our website in a technically error-free and optimized manner and is therefore absolutely necessary in the interest of end users as well.

All other cookies (e.g., those used to analyze your user behavior) are stored pursuant to § 25(1) of the TDDDG if you provide your consent via the cookie banner. When you visit our website, an opt-in checkbox appears in the cookie banner where you can give your consent to the storage of cookies. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by revisiting the cookie settings and checking the opt-out checkbox there. The revocation applies only to the future storage of cookies, but not to cookies already stored with your consent. You must remove these yourself, either manually or via your browser’s automatic settings.

d. RAIDBOXES

We host the content of our website with RAIDBOXES.

The provider is RAIDBOXES GmbH, Hafenstr. 32, 48151 Münster (hereinafter “RAIDBOXES”). When you visit our website, RAIDBOXES collects various log files, including your IP addresses.

For details, please refer to the RAIDBOXES Privacy Policy: https://raidboxes.io/legal/privacy/.

The use of RAIDBOXES is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. If consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and Section 25(1) of the TDDDG, to the extent that the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., for device fingerprinting) as defined by the TDDDG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

Data Processing on Behalf of a Client

We have entered into a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract required under data protection law that ensures the service provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

e. WordPress

We use an external hosting provider to operate our website. The personal data collected on this website is processed on the hosting provider’s servers. We ensure that the hosting provider meets our data protection requirements and takes all necessary security measures to protect your personal data. To this end, we have entered into a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 of the GDPR with the service provider WordPress, operated by Automattic, San Francisco, California, USA.

Data processing on the hosting provider’s servers is conducted for the purpose of operating the website, analyzing web traffic, and ensuring reliable availability of the site. To this end, data such as IP addresses, access data, and log files are also processed.

Data processing is based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, namely the secure operation of the website and the availability of the services.

While providing web hosting services, the hosting provider may process the following personal data:

IP addresses, access data, log files (e.g., date and time of access, pages visited), browser data (e.g., browser used, operating system)

The data is stored for as long as necessary to provide the services. Log data is generally stored for a maximum of 7 days unless longer retention is required for security reasons. The hosting provider has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including encryption of data transmission. If the hosting provider uses services in countries outside the EU or the EEA, we ensure that appropriate data protection safeguards—such as standard contractual clauses or other suitable legal mechanisms—are in place to guarantee an adequate level of data protection.

f. Borlabs Cookie Banner

This website uses Borlabs’ Consent Manager, which sets a technically necessary cookie (borlabs-cookie) to store your cookie consent settings.

The Borlabs cookie does not process any personal data.

The borlabs-cookie stores the consents you provided when you first accessed the website. If you wish to revoke these consents, simply delete the cookie from your browser. When you access or reload the website, you will be asked again for your cookie consent.

g. SalesViewer

We use the “SalesViewer” service on our website to analyze and identify website visits for marketing and optimization purposes. The provider is SalesViewer GmbH (“SalesViewer”), Universitätsstraße 60, 44789 Bochum, Germany.

The legal basis for using SalesViewer is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR to analyze visitor behavior on our website, optimize our online presence, and tailor our services to the interests of our users.

The data processed by SalesViewer includes your IP address, company affiliation (if identifiable), the time and duration of your visit, the pages you visited, and information regarding your interaction with the website.

The purpose of data processing is to identify and analyze website visitors for lead generation and to create anonymized usage profiles.

For more information on SalesViewer’s privacy policy, please visit: https://www.salesviewer.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

h. Google Photos

When using Google Photos on this website, images or videos are embedded or linked via the Google Photos service. The provider of Google Photos is Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The parent company is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. User data and information are processed by Google in the EU and in third countries such as the U.S.

Data is stored and retrieved using Google Photos only if you provide us with your consent in accordance with Section 25(1) of the TDDDG. Subsequent processing and analysis of personal data will only take place if you provide us with your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. By giving your consent, you confirm that you agree to the transfer of personal data to Google and, consequently, to the transfer of data to third countries (outside the EU). Consent to the storage and retrieval of information pursuant to Section 25(1) of the TDDDG and consent to the processing of personal data pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR are typically granted through the same action (bundling of consents).

Please note that it remains largely unclear exactly how Google handles user data. Information on the processing of personal data in connection with Google Photos can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. Beyond this information provided by Google, we have no knowledge of the extent to which, for what purposes, for how long, and where Google processes data; whether and how Google fulfills its obligation to delete data; to whom data is disclosed; how Google combines, analyzes, and markets data with other data and information; or whether and to what extent Google engages in profiling. We have no influence over Google’s processing of your data or over whether Google complies with applicable data protection regulations.

i. Google Web Fonts

Our website uses so-called web fonts, provided by Google LLC (“Google”), to ensure a consistent font display. When you visit the site, your browser establishes a connection to our web server. The Google fonts are stored locally on that server, so no data is transmitted to Google. We use Google Web Fonts to ensure a consistent and appealing presentation of our online content. No personal data is processed through the use of web fonts. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

j. Youtube NoCookie

We use the YouTube NoCookie service (also known as “YouTube in enhanced privacy mode”) on our website to embed videos without using cookies that track user behavior. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The legal basis for the use of YouTube NoCookie is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect.

The data processed by YouTube NoCookie includes your IP address, device information, and information regarding video interaction. Data is stored in the browser’s web storage.

The purpose of data processing is to embed videos while minimizing the use of cookies and improving user data protection.

It cannot be ruled out that personal data may be transferred to non-EU countries (e.g., the U.S.) where data protection standards are lower than those in the EU. We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement with Google, which ensures that personal data is processed only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR. Google is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which governs the secure processing of EU citizens’ data in the U.S.

For more information on YouTube NoCookie’s privacy policy, visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy#infocollect. For information on the cookies set, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies. You can prevent the processing of your data by clicking this link: https://policies.google.com/privacy#infochoices.

k. Social Media

Facebook and Instagram

SINC NOVATION GmbH operates a Facebook page and an Instagram profile. Links to our Facebook and Instagram profiles can be found on our website. The provider of Facebook and Instagram in Germany is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. The parent company of Meta Platforms Ireland is Meta Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. User data and information are processed by Meta Platforms Ireland within the EU and by Meta Inc. in third countries such as the United States.

Please note that every time you visit, our Facebook page, or our Instagram profile (via the links provided on our website or by other means), Instagram/Facebook processes personal data to an extent that is not specifically known. This includes, among other things, your IP address, and the website from which you accessed Facebook/Instagram. In addition, every time you visit our Facebook page or Instagram profile, Instagram/Facebook uses cookies and tracking technologies. This enables Facebook to track and analyze your user behavior far beyond the Facebook and Instagram websites.

All of this occurs regardless of whether you are logged into your Facebook and/or Instagram user account or even have one at all. If you are logged into your Facebook and/or Instagram user account, you allow Facebook to directly associate your user behavior across devices with your personal profile. According to the company, you can prevent this by logging out of your Facebook or Instagram user account. For more information on data protection at Facebook and Instagram, please see the Facebook and Instagram Privacy Policies and Cookie Policies at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875/?helpref=hc_fnav&bc[0]=Instagram%20Help&bc[1]=Privacy%20and%20Safety%20Center, https://de-de.facebook.com/policies/cookies/, https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370. We have no influence over Facebook’s processing of your data or whether Facebook complies with applicable data protection regulations.

For more information on Facebook’s processing of personal data and regarding data processing when you visit our Facebook page and our Instagram profile, please see our “Privacy Policy for Social Networks”.

SINC NOVATION GmbH operates a LinkedIn page and links to our LinkedIn profile can be found on our websites. The provider of LinkedIn in Germany is Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Walter-Gropius-Straße 5, 80807 Munich. The parent company of Microsoft Deutschland GmbH is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. User data and information are processed by Microsoft Deutschland GmbH within the EU and by Microsoft Corporation in third countries such as the United States.

Please note that every time you visit our LinkedIn page (via the links provided on our website or by other means), LinkedIn processes personal data to an extent that is not specifically known. This includes, among other things, your IP address and the website from which you accessed LinkedIn. In addition, LinkedIn uses cookies and tracking technologies every time you visit our LinkedIn page. This enables LinkedIn to track and analyze your user behavior far beyond the LinkedIn websites.

All of this occurs regardless of whether you are logged into your LinkedIn account or even have one. If you are logged into your LinkedIn account, you allow LinkedIn to directly associate your user behavior across devices with your personal profile. According to the company, you can prevent this by logging out of your LinkedIn account. For more information on data protection at LinkedIn, please see LinkedIn’s Data Policy and Cookie Policy: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy and https://de.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. We have no influence over LinkedIn’s processing of your data or over whether LinkedIn complies with applicable data protection regulations.

For more information on LinkedIn’s processing of personal data and regarding data processing when you visit our LinkedIn page, please see our “Privacy Policy for Social Networks”.

Xing

SINC NOVATION GmbH maintains a profile on Xing. Each time you access our accounts, Xing processes personal data. The provider of Xing in Germany is New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Personal data and other information are transferred by Xing to countries within the EU. According to Xing, data transfers to third countries take place exclusively in compliance with the legally prescribed conditions for permissibility. (https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/wer-erhaelt-daten-zu-ihrer-person/drittlaender) In addition, Xing sets cookies every time our Xing account is accessed (via the link provided on our website or by other means). Companies and institutions can integrate Xing technologies into their websites and apps (e.g., social plugins). When you visit websites or use apps provided by companies and institutions that use such Xing technologies, Xing also uses cookies and tracking technologies in this context. This enables Xing to track and analyze your user behavior far beyond the Xing websites. For more information on the use of cookies through tracking technologies, please visit: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/informationen-die-wir-auf-grund-ihrer-nutzung-von-xing-automatisch-erhalten. You can customize your browser settings to determine whether and which cookies may be stored and when they are deleted. We would like to point out that you can still visit our Xing account even if your browser blocks cookies.

YouTube

SINC NOVATION GmbH operates a YouTube channel. The provider of YouTube in Germany is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The parent company of YouTube is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. User data and information are processed by YouTube and Google in the EU and in third countries such as the U.S.

Please note that every time you visit our YouTube channel, YouTube processes personal data to an extent that is not specifically known. This includes, among other things, your IP address and the website from which you accessed YouTube. In addition, YouTube uses cookies and tracking technologies every time you visit our YouTube channel. This enables YouTube to track and analyze your user behavior far beyond the scope of the YouTube websites.

All of this happens regardless of whether you are logged into your YouTube account or even have one. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your user behavior across devices with your personal profile. According to the company, you can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. For more information on data protection at YouTube, please see YouTube’s Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy, https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de&gl=de. We have no influence over YouTube’s processing of your data or whether YouTube complies with applicable data protection regulations.

For more information on YouTube’s processing of personal data and regarding data processing when you visit our YouTube channel, please see our “Privacy Policy for Social Networks”.

l. Contacting Us

If you would like to contact us, please use the contact information provided. If you contact us by phone, email, or mail, the personal data you provide (e.g., your name, email address, phone number, address, date and time of contact, and the content of the message you send) will be stored by us. The data is used strictly for the specific purpose of processing your inquiry. The legal basis for this data processing is Article 6(1)(f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest here is to process your inquiries and other requests as promptly as possible, comprehensively, and to your satisfaction. The data will be deleted once the purpose for processing no longer applies, specifically after contact with you has been definitively concluded. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

m. Job Postings and Application Processes

We process the personal data you provide in your application to the extent necessary to decide whether to establish an employment relationship with us. The legal basis for this is Article 88 of the EU GDPR in conjunction with Section 26(1), sentence 1, variant 1, in conjunction with paragraph 8, sentence 2 of the BDSG.

Your personal data will be treated confidentially and processed exclusively for the purpose of handling your application, i.e., for personnel recruitment, hiring, and the preparation of an employment contract. To process the application, it is essential that employees from Human Resources, the relevant department, and, if applicable, responsible committees—such as the representative body for employees with severe disabilities—have access to your personal data.

If you give us your consent to do so, we will process your personal data beyond the scope of your application for a specific position or a specific hiring date and will contact you regarding other positions that match your profile.

The general retention and deletion periods apply. We generally store your personal data for as long as necessary to make a decision regarding your application and, beyond that, only to the extent that another legal basis for continued storage exists. Such a legal basis may arise, in particular, from tax and accounting obligations or from the need to defend against potential legal claims, particularly under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Unless you have consented to further data processing for other positions that may match your profile, we will delete your data no later than six months after the conclusion of the application process. If you have consented to being considered for other positions or have submitted a speculative application without a time limit, we will store your personal data for a maximum period of three years, beginning at the end of the year in which you provided your consent to us or submitted your speculative application. In the event of a successful application, we will transfer your application documents to your personnel file.

2. Recipients / Categories of Recipients of Personal Data (Art. 13(1)(e) and (f) of the EU GDPR)

The sole recipient of data collected through the use of this website is SINC NOVATION GmbH. We treat your data confidentially and, as a general rule, do not disclose it to third parties—neither to recipients within Germany or the European Union nor to recipients in third countries. The data is not used for commercial purposes, nor do we engage in profiling.

However, under certain circumstances, we may use external service providers who process personal data on our behalf. These are considered data processors within the meaning of Art. 28 of the EU GDPR. When data is transferred to these partners, a data processing agreement is therefore always concluded in accordance with legal requirements to ensure control over and protection of the data.

SINC NOVATION GmbH will transfer personal data to authorized institutions (government agencies) if it is required to do so by law or by court order.

3. Retention Period and Deletion of Personal Data
(Art. 13(2)(a) of the EU GDPR)

The duration of the storage of personal data depends on legal requirements and the purpose of the data storage. As a general rule: If the purpose of the data processing no longer applies, we will delete your data. The grounds for deleting personal data are set forth in Art. 17 of the EU GDPR. According to this provision, your data must generally be deleted if one of the following grounds applies:

Your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1), and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2).
The personal data has been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which SINC NOVATION GmbH is subject.

Exceptions under which your data does not have to be erased, even if one of the listed grounds applies, are also regulated in Article 17 of the EU GDPR.

4. Your Rights as a Data Subject (Article 13(2)(b) and (c) of the EU GDPR)

The EU GDPR provides data subjects whose personal data is being processed with various options to review and influence how their personal data is handled. You therefore have the following rights:

Right of access (Article 15 of the EU GDPR)
Right to rectification (Article 16 of the EU GDPR)
Right to erasure (Art. 17 EU GDPR, see above)
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 EU GDPR)
Right to data portability (Art. 20 EU GDPR)
Right to withdraw any consent that may have been given (Art. 7(3) EU GDPR)

You also have the right to object (Art. 21 EU GDPR): You may object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data carried out pursuant to Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) EU GDPR. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. If we process personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact us by email at the address provided in Section 5.

5. Data Controller (Art. 13(1)(a) of the EU GDPR)

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website within the meaning of the EU GDPR is:

SINC NOVATION GmbH
Hammerbrücker Straße 3
08223 Falkenstein

Phone: +49 (0) 37 45.7 64 00-10
Email:contact@sincnovation.com
Website: www.sincnovation.com

Represented by: Niclas Helgers, Jakob Stiels (B.B.A.), and Thomas Meeß

6. Our local external data protection officer (Art. 13(1)(b) of the EU GDPR)

The following person has been appointed as Data Protection Officer pursuant to Art. 37 of the EU GDPR:
Sebastian Hinderer
CE21 GmbH
Data Protection and AI Officer (TÜV)
IT Security Officer (DGI-AG)
Bergfeldstraße 11 | 83607 Holzkirchen
Phone: +49 157 8507 8716

7. Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (Art. 13(2)(d), Art. 77 EU GDPR)

Neben den oben aufgezählten Rechten haben Sie außerdem das Recht auf Beschwere bei einer Datenschutz-Aufsichtsbehörde in jedem Land der Europäischen Union. Nachfolgend finden Sie eine Liste aller Landesdatenschutzbeauftragter in den Bundesländern:

https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html

8. Security

a. Technical and Organizational Measures

SINC NOVATION GmbH implements technical and organizational measures within the meaning of Art. 32 of the EU GDPR to protect the data you provide from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments. We have bound all employees to confidentiality. To ensure compliance with data protection regulations, our employees also receive regular training from our Data Protection Officer. We also ensure that data protection regulations are observed by any external service providers involved.

b. Email

If you send us an email, your email address will be used solely for correspondence with you. No encryption method is used. Email communication takes place over the unsecured Internet. Please note that the Internet poses many security risks and that absolutely secure transmission cannot be guaranteed. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties. Therefore, please do not send us any confidential or strictly confidential data via email.

c. TLS Encryption (Transport Layer Security)

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content—such as the inquiries you send to us as the website operator—our website uses TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser’s address bar. When TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

9. Links to Other Websites

Our website contains links to other websites. We have no influence whatsoever over their content or over whether their operators comply with applicable data protection regulations. For information regarding the purpose and scope of any data collection, further processing, and use of the data by the respective third party operating the linked website, as well as your rights in this regard and options for adjusting settings to protect your privacy, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy. We also have no influence whatsoever on the current or future design or authorship of the content on the linked pages. We hereby declare that, at the time the links were created, no illegal content was discernible on the linked pages. We expressly distance ourselves from all content that may be relevant under criminal or civil law or that violates public decency. The provider of the linked website is solely liable for illegal, incorrect, or incomplete content and for any damage arising from the use or non-use of other websites.

10. Definitions

The law requires that personal data be processed lawfully, in good faith, and in a transparent manner that is comprehensible to the data subject. Our Privacy Policy is therefore intended to be easy to read and understand for anyone interested. To ensure this, we would like to conclude by explaining the terms used.

In this Privacy Policy, we use the following terms, among others:

Data Subject

A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by us.

Processing

Processing means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, distribution, or any other form of disclosure, as well as the comparison or linking, restriction, erasure, or destruction of data.

Restriction of Processing

Restriction of processing refers to the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.

Profiling

Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

Pseudonymization

Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure the personal data cannot be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Data Controller

The controller is —a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body —that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

Processor

A data processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller.

Recipient

A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other entity to whom personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether or not that entity is a third party.

Third Party

A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other entity other than the data subject, the controller, the processor, and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor.

Consent

Consent means any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes, expressed by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, by which the data subject signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

11. Final Provision

As our website evolves or new technologies are implemented, it may become necessary to amend this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time with future effect. The version available at the time of your visit always applies.

For further information, such as regarding copyright, please see the Legal Notice.