The responsible party in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Sylvie Schoch

Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection contact person:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
  • Data portability, provided that you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have provided us with your consent, you can revoke it at any time with future binding effect.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your place of residence (Germany) or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.

Gathering of general information when visiting our website

Type and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like. 

In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a flawless connection to the website,
  • Ensuring a smooth use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability and
  • for optimisation of our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in anonymised form in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it. 

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer:

The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries: 

No third country transfer.

The following data protection guarantees are in place: 

Not applicable

Storage duration:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended. 

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded. 

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. 

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Storage duration and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites

Google. 3 months
Meta, 3 months
LinkedIn, 3 months
Youtube, 3 months
Google fonts, 3 months
Contact form, Name, Email, Phone Number, 3 months

Technically required cookies

Type and purpose of processing: 

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be provided without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change.

We require cookies for the following applications:

Acceptance of language settings

Legal validity and legitimate interest: 

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipients: 

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer:

The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries: 

Google, Irland

The following data protection guarantees are in place: 

EU Commission adequacy decision

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

Right to object

Please read the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Comment function

Type and purpose of processing:

When users leave comments on our website, the time of their creation and the user name previously selected by the website visitor are stored in addition to this information. This is for our security, as we can be prosecuted for illegal content on our website, even if it was created by users.

Legal basis:

The data entered as a comment is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the comment function, we would like to enable uncomplicated interaction. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers.

Third country transfer:

The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries: 

No third country transfer.

The following data protection guarantees are in place: 

Not applicable

Storage duration:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case when communication with the user has been concluded and the company can infer from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. We reserve the right to delete data without giving reasons and without prior or subsequent information.

You can also have your comment deleted by us at any time. To do so, please send an e-mail to the data protection officer listed below or the person responsible for data protection and provide the link to your comment and, for identification purposes, the e-mail address used when the comment was created.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function.

Newsletter

Type and purpose of processing:

or the delivery of our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input form.
We require a valid e-mail address for effective registration. We use the “double opt-in” procedure to check that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address. For this purpose, we log the registration for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the requested reply. No further data is collected.

Legal basis:

On the basis of your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided. 

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your cancellation using the contact option provided at the end of this privacy policy

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers.

Third country transfer:

The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries: 

Mailchimp, USA

The following data protection guarantees are in place: 

Standard contractual clauses

Storage duration:

The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. Afterwards they will be deleted.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

Cancellation of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You can unsubscribe via the link contained in every e-mail or by contacting the data protection officer listed below or the person responsible for data protection. 

Contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of personalised communication with you. This requires you to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used to allocate the enquiry and subsequently answer it. The provision of further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers.

Third country transfer:

The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries: 

No third country transfer.

The following data protection guarantees are in place: 

Not applicable

Storage duration:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the enquiry has been processed.

If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired. 

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your enquiry if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the enquiry.

Use of Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: “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 transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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 truncated there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html und unter https://policies.google.com/?hl=de. 

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically deleted once a month.

Cancellation of consent:

You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking on this link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Browser Add On zur Deaktivierung von Google Analytics.

Use of script libraries (Google Webfonts)

In order to display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use “Google Web Fonts” from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”) to display fonts on this website.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Use of Google Maps

We use Google Maps on this website. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.

You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google data protection information: https://policies.google.com/privacy. ou can also change your personal data protection settings there in the data protection centre.

Detailed instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here: https://www.dataliberation.org

When you visit the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. 

If you do not wish to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google stores your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or customised design of its websites. Such an analysis is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide customised advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

Widerruf der Einwilligung:

Vom Anbieter wird derzeit keine Möglichkeit für einen einfachen Opt-out oder ein Blockieren der Datenübertragung angeboten. Wenn Sie eine Nachverfolgung Ihrer Aktivitäten auf unserer Website verhindern wollen, widerrufen Sie bitte im Cookie-Consent-Tool Ihre Einwilligung für die entsprechende Cookie-Kategorie oder alle technisch nicht notwendigen Cookies und Datenübertragungen. In diesem Fall können Sie unsere Website jedoch ggfs. nicht oder nur eingeschränkt nutzen.

Embedded YouTube videos

We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behaviour. 

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the provider’s privacy policy, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). 

Cancellation of consent:

The provider does not currently offer the option of simply opting out or blocking data transmission. If you wish to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or may only be able to use it to a limited extent.

SSL Encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

 

Information about your right to object in compliance with Art. 21 GDPR

Individual right to object

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4) GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Recipients of an objection

privacy@ip-international.biz

 

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions for the data protection representative

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation directly:

privacy@ip-international.biz

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (Version #2020-09-30).