Privacy policy

Personal data (hereinafter mostly referred to as "data") are processed by us only in the context of the necessity and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents and the services offered there.

According to Art. 4 Number 1. The Regulation (EU) 2016 / 679, the Basic Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the "GDPR"), is considered to be the "processing" of any process or series of operations related to personal data, such as collection, carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures the collection, organization, ordering, storage, adaptation or modification, reading out, querying, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of providing, matching or linking, the restriction, the Erase or annihilation.

With the following privacy policy, we inform you in particular about the nature, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, as far as we either alone or together with others decide on the purposes and means of processing. In addition, we will inform you below about the third-party components that we use for optimization purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data in their own responsibility.

Our privacy policy is structured as follows:

I. Information about Us as Responsible
II. Rights of Users and Stakeholders
III. Information about Data Processing

I. Information about Us as Responsible

Responsible provider of this website (www.dtt.com.de) in the sense of data protection law is:

Digital think tank
Dr. Ireneusz Ivanowski
Lange Str 23
37127 Niemetal
Germany

Phone: + 49 (0) 5502 5319953

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Data protection officer at the provider is:

Dr. Ireneusz Ivanowski

II. Rights of Users and Stakeholders

With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right

upon confirmation of the processing of the data in question, on information about the processed data, on further information on data processing and on copies of the data (see also Art. 15 DSGVO);

Correction or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 DSGVO);

for immediate deletion of their data (see also Art. 17 DSGVO), or, if further processing is required under Art. 17 para. 3 DSGVO, for limitation of processing in accordance with Art.

upon receipt of data concerning them and provided by them and on the transmission of these data to other providers / controllers (see also Art. 20 DSGVO);

on complaint to the supervisory authority, if they consider that the data concerning them are processed by the provider in breach of data protection provisions (see also Art. 77 DSGVO).

In addition, the Provider is obliged to notify any recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the Provider of any correction or deletion of data or restriction of processing that occurs under Articles 16, 17 para. 1, 18 DSGVO teaching. However, this obligation does not exist insofar as this notification is impossible or disproportionate. Notwithstanding, the user has a right to information about these recipients.

Likewise, according to Art. 21 DSGVO, users and data subjects have the right to object to the future processing of the data concerning them, provided that the data are provided by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO be processed. In particular, an objection to the processing of data for the purpose of direct advertising is permitted.

III. Information about Data Processing

Your data processed on the use of our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage is omitted, the deletion of the data does not conflict with statutory retention requirements and subsequently no other information is given about individual processing methods.

Server Data

For technical reasons, in particular to ensure a secure and stable Internet presence, data is transmitted through your Internet browser to us or to our web space provider. These so-called server log files include the type and version of your Internet browser, the operating system, the website from which you have switched to our website (referrer URL), the website (s) of our website that you visit, date and time of the respective access as well as the IP-address of the internet connection from which the use of our internet presence takes place.

The data collected in this way is temporarily stored, but not together with other data from you.

This storage takes place on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality and security of our website.

The data will be deleted at the latest after seven days, as long as no further storage for evidence is required. Otherwise, the data will be wholly or partially exempt from the cancellation until the final clarification of an incident.

Cookies

a) Session-Cookies

We use so-called cookies with our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are stored and stored on your device by the Internet browser you use. These cookies process certain information about you, such as your browser or location data or your IP address, to an individual extent.

This processing makes our website more user-friendly, effective and secure, as the processing, for example, allows us to reproduce our website in different languages ​​or to offer a shopping cart function.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit b.) GDPR, insofar as these cookie data are processed to initiate a contract or to execute a contract.

If the processing does not serve to initiate the contract or to fulfill the contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. Legal basis is then Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Closing your internet browser deletes these session cookies.

b) Third-Party Cookies

If necessary, our website also uses cookies from partner companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analyzing or functionalizing our website.

For details, in particular for the purposes and legal basis of the processing of such third party cookies, please refer to the information below.

c) Disposal Option

You can prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by setting your Internet browser. You can also delete previously saved cookies at any time. However, the necessary steps and measures depend on your specific Internet browser. If you have questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Internet browser or contact its manufacturer or support. With so-called Flash cookies, however, the processing can not be prevented by the settings of the browser. Instead, you need to change the setting of your Flash Player. The necessary steps and measures depend on your specific Flash player. If you have any questions, please also use the help function or documentation of your Flash Player or contact the manufacturer or user support.

If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, however, this may result in not all functions of our website being fully usable.

contract management

The data transmitted by you for the use of our goods and / or service offer are processed by us for the purpose of contract execution and are required to that extent. Conclusion of contract and contract are not possible without provision of your data.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

We delete the data with complete contract processing, but must observe the tax and commercial retention periods.

As part of the contract, we pass on your data to the transport company commissioned with the delivery of goods or to the financial service provider, insofar as the transfer is required for the delivery of goods or for payment purposes.

The legal basis for the transfer of the data is then Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Customer account/Registration function

If you create a customer account with us via our website, we will use the data entered by you during registration (eg your name, address or e-mail address) exclusively for pre-contractual services, for the fulfillment of the contract or for the purpose of Customer care (eg to provide you with an overview of your previous orders with us or to offer you the so-called memo function) and save. At the same time we then save the IP address and the date of your registration plus the time. A passing on of this data to third parties is of course not.

As part of the further registration process, your consent to this processing is obtained and reference is made to this Privacy Policy. The data collected by us are used exclusively for the provision of the customer account. 

Insofar as you consent to this processing, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR Legal basis for processing.

If the opening of the customer account additionally serves pre-contractual measures or the fulfillment of the contract, then the legal basis for this processing is also Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

The consent granted to us in the opening and maintenance of the customer account can be revoked at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. For this you only have to inform us about your withdrawal.

The data collected will be deleted as soon as the processing is no longer necessary. However, we must pay attention to tax and commercial retention periods.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our free newsletter, the data requested by you, ie your e-mail address and - optionally - your name and address will be sent to us. At the same time, we store the IP address of the Internet access from which you access our website as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the further registration process, we will seek your consent to the transmission of the newsletter, describe the content specifically and refer to this privacy policy. We use the data collected exclusively for the newsletter dispatch - they are therefore not passed on to third parties in particular.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

The consent to the newsletter dispatch can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. For this you only need to inform us about your withdrawal or press the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter.

Contact Requests/Contact Possibilities

If you contact us via contact form or e-mail, the data provided by you will be used to process your request. The specification of the data is necessary for processing and answering your inquiry - without their provision we can not answer your inquiry or at best only to a limited extent.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted, provided that your request has been finally answered and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements, such as in the event of subsequent contract execution.

User Contributions, Comments and Ratings

We offer you to post questions, answers, opinions or ratings on our websites, hereinafter referred to as "posts". If you make use of this offer, we will process and publish your contribution, the date and time of submission and the pseudonym you may use.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. The consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. For this you only have to inform us about your withdrawal.

In addition, we also process your IP and e-mail address. The IP address is processed because we have a legitimate interest in initiating or supporting further action if your contribution interferes with third party rights and / or otherwise is unlawful.

The legal basis in this case is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the necessary legal defense.

LinkedIn

Wir unterhalten bei LinkedIn eine Onlinepräsenz um unser Unternehmen sowie unsere Leistungen zu präsentieren und mit Kunden / Interessenten zu kommunizieren. LinkedIn ist ein Service der LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland, ein Tochterunternehmen der LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.

Insofern weisen wir darauf hin, dass die Möglichkeit besteht, dass Daten der Nutzer außerhalb der Europäischen Union, insbesondere in den USA, verarbeitet werden. Hierdurch können gesteigerte Risiken für die Nutzer insofern bestehen, als dass zB der spätere Zugriff auf die Nutzerdaten erschwert werden kann. Auch haben wir keinen Zugriff auf diese Nutzerdaten. Die Zugriffsmöglichkeit liegt ausschließlich bei LinkedIn. Die LinkedIn Corporation ist unter dem privacy Shield zertifiziert und hat sich damit verpflichtet, die europäischen Datenschutzstandards einzuhalten

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0&status=Active

You can find LinkedIn's privacy policy at

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Linking Social-Media via Graphics or Text Link

We also advertise on our website presences on the social networks listed below. The integration takes place via a linked graphic of the respective network. The use of this linked graphic prevents a connection to the respective server of the social network from being automatically established when a website with a social media application is called up in order to display a graphic of the respective network itself. The user is only forwarded to the service of the respective social network by clicking on the corresponding graphic.

After the user has been forwarded, information about the user is recorded by the respective network. It cannot be ruled out that the data collected in this way will be processed in the USA.

First of all, this includes data such as IP address, date, time and page visited. If the user is logged into his user account of the respective network, the network operator may be able to assign the information collected from the specific visit of the user to the user's personal account. If the user interacts via a “Share” button on the respective network, this information can be saved in the user's personal user account and published if necessary. If the user wants to prevent the information collected from being directly assigned to his user account, he must log out before clicking on the graphic. There is also the option of configuring the respective user account accordingly.

The following social networks are linked to our website:

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of the LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA.

Data protection statement: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

EU-US data protection certification (“EU-US Privacy Shield”) https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0&status=Active

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analysis service from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.

The service Google Analytics is used to analyze the usage behavior of our website. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.

User and user-related information, such as IP address, location, time or frequency of visiting our website, are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function. With this feature, Google already truncates the IP address within the EU / EEA.

The data collected in this way will again be used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of the visit to our website as well as about the usage activities there. This data may also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet.

Google states that you do not associate your IP address with other data. In addition, Google keeps under

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners

Further data protection information for you, for example, also to the ways to prevent the use of data.

In addition, Google offers below

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

a so-called deactivation add-on together with further information. This add-on can be installed with the common Internet browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when we visit our website. The add-on informs the JavaScript (ga.js) of Google Analytics that information for visiting our website should not be transmitted to Google Analytics. But this does not prevent information from being passed to us or other web analytics services. Of course, you will also find out in this privacy policy whether and which other web analysis services we use.

Google Maps

On our website we use Google Maps to show our location and to create a route description. It is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.

In order to enable the representation of certain writings in our Internet appearance, a connection to the Google server in the USA is set up when calling our Internet appearance.

Insofar as you access the Google Maps component integrated in our website, Google will store a cookie on your device via your Internet browser. To view our location and provide directions, your user settings and data are processed. Here we can not rule out that Google uses servers in the United States.

Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimizing the functionality of our website.

Google's connection to Google enables it to determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions are to be transmitted.

If you do not agree with this processing, you have the option to prevent the installation of cookies through the corresponding settings in your Internet browser. You will find details on this under the heading "Cookies".

In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained through Google Maps is based on the Google Terms of Service https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=de and Terms and Conditions for Google Maps https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

Moreover, Google offers below

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

further information.

Google reCAPTCHA

On our website, we use Google reCAPTCHA to check and avoid interactions on our website through automated access, e.g. through so-called bots. It is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.

Through this service, Google can determine from which website a request is sent and from which IP address you use the so-called reCAPTCHA input box. In addition to your IP address, additional information may be collected by Google, which is necessary for the offer and the guarantee of this service.

Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the security of our website and in the defense against unwanted, automated access in the form of spam or the like.

Google offers below

https://policies.google.com/privacy

further information on the general handling of your user data.

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts on our website to display external fonts. It is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.

In order to enable the representation of certain writings in our Internet appearance, a connection to the Google server in the USA is set up when calling our Internet appearance.

Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our website.

Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the presentation of the font is to be transmitted by the connection to Google established when our website is called up.

Google offers below

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Further information, in particular on the possibilities of preventing the use of data.

YouTube

In our website we use YouTube. This is a video portal of YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, hereinafter referred to as "YouTube".

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google, and thus its subsidiary YouTube, that the EU's data protection requirements will also be met when processing data in the USA.

We use YouTube in conjunction with the Enhanced Privacy Mode feature to show you videos. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the quality improvement of our website. The Enhanced Privacy Mode feature, according to YouTube, means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video.

Without this "Enhanced Privacy," you will be connected to the YouTube server in the United States as soon as you visit one of our websites that embed a YouTube video.

This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your Internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least collect and process your IP address, the date and time as well as the website you are visiting. It also connects to Google's DoubleClick ad network.

If you're logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube will provide the connection information to your YouTube account. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.

For the purpose of functionality as well as for the analysis of user behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies via your Internet browser on your device. If you do not agree with this processing, you have the option to prevent the storage of cookies by a setting in your Internet browser. For more information, see "Cookies" above.

Further information about the collection and use of data and their rights and protections Google holds in the under

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Available data protection information.

Google AdWords with conversion tracking

On our website, we use the advertising component Google AdWords and so-called conversion tracking. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.

We use the conversion tracking for the targeted application of our offer. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.

If you click on an ad served by Google, the conversion tracking we use will store a cookie on your device. These so-called conversion cookies lose their validity with the expiration of 30 days and do not serve your personal identification.

If the cookie is still valid and you visit a certain page of our website, both we and Google can evaluate that you have clicked on one of our ads placed on Google and that you have subsequently been redirected to our website.

Google uses the information gathered in this way to provide us with statistics about visiting our website. It also gives us information about the number of users who have clicked on our ad (s) as well as the subsequently accessed pages of our website. Neither we nor third parties using Google AdWords will be able to identify you in this way.

You can also prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by using the appropriate settings on your Internet browser. At the same time, you can delete previously saved cookies at any time. However, the necessary steps and measures depend on your specific Internet browser. If you have questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Internet browser or contact its manufacturer or support.

Furthermore, Google also offers

https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html

http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/ 

http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

Further information on this topic and in particular on the possibilities of preventing the use of data.

Sample Privacy Policy of Law firm Weiß & Partner