Partner for commerce and trade

In the case of merely informative use of the website, i.e. if you do not send us any personal data via our contact form or otherwise transmit information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. The following data is collected:

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  Information about the browser type and version used
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  The user's operating system
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  The user's internet service provider
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  The user's IP address
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  Date and time of access
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  Websites from which the user's system accesses our website
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  Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our website

This data is technically required to display the website to you and to ensure the security of our website. We evaluate this data exclusively for statistical purposes in order to correct possible technical errors and, if necessary, to be able to identify and ward off attacks and security risks. This data is not stored together with other user data. The data is also deleted after an evaluation.

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data is our legitimate interest in the security and stability of our website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The user's interest is taken into account by the fact that the data is not used to identify the user.

When you use our website, cookies are stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and associated with the browser you are using, and through which certain information flows to the body that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offer as a whole more user-friendly and effective.

This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

Transient cookies

These cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This particularly includes session cookies. Session cookies store a session ID, with which different requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This means that your computer can be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.

Persistent cookies

These cookies are automatically deleted after a predefined period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.

Prevention of cookies

You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and refuse the acceptance of third party cookies or all cookies, for example. Please note that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website.

Legal basis and storage period

The legal bases for possible processing of personal data and their storage period vary and are presented in the following sections.

When you contact us by e-mail or via our contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name if applicable and your telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. Insofar as we request input via our contact form that is not required for contacting us, we have always marked this as optional. Data are transmitted in unencrypted form. This information is used to specify your request and to improve the processing of your request. If you wish to receive information material, we need your postal address. Any communication of this information is expressly on a voluntary basis and with your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Insofar as this involves information on communication channels (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), you also consent to us contacting you via this communication channel, if necessary, in order to answer your request. Of course, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. To do so, you can send a message to the contact details provided in Section 1.

When you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (in particular your e-mail address, your name if applicable, your telephone number and the content of other entries in the contact form) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions.

You can apply to us electronically by e-mail. We will of course only use your details to process your application and will not pass them on to third parties. Please note that unencrypted e-mails are not transmitted with access protection.

If you have applied for a specific position and it has already been filled or we consider you equally or even more suitable for another position, we would be happy to forward your application within the company. Please let us know if you do not agree to forwarding.

Your personal data will be deleted immediately after completion of the application process, or after a maximum of 6 months, unless you have given us your express consent to store your data for longer or a contract has been concluded. You are under no legal or contractual obligation to provide us with your data. However, this data is necessary for the decision on your application. Without this information, the application process and possible recruitment cannot take place.

The legal basis for Art. 6(1)(a, b) GDPR and Section 26 German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

For the purpose of analysing and optimising our websites, we use various services which are described below. For example, we can analyse how many users visit our site, which information is most in demand or how users find the offer. Among other things, we collect data about the website from which a data subject has accessed a website (so-called referrer), which sub-pages of the website have been accessed or how often and for how long a sub-page has been viewed. This helps us to design and improve our offers in a user-friendly way. The data collected in this process is not used to personally identify individual users. The legal basis is your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time.

If you have provided your consent, this website uses Google Analytics with the additional function Google Optimize, web analytics services provided by Google LLC. The responsible party for users in the EU/EEA and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").

Scope of Processing

Google Analytics and Google Optimize use cookies that enable an analysis of your use of our websites. The information collected by means of cookies about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

We use Google Optimize, an additional function of Google Analytics. With Google Optimize, we can test different versions of our website with our visitors, compare them in terms of design, content and functionalities and check how users react to the different versions or how the different versions affect specific goals (A/B testing). 

In the context of the use of Google Analytics 4 and Google Optimize, the anonymisation of IP addresses is activated by default. Due to IP anonymisation, your IP address will be truncated 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 transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics / Google Optimize will not be merged with other Google data.

During your visit to the website, your user behaviour is recorded in the form of "events". Events can be:

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  Page views
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  First visit to the website
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  Start of the session
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  Your "click path", interaction with the website
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  Scrolls (whenever a user scrolls to the end of the page (90%))
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  Clicks on external links
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  Internal queries
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  Interaction with videos
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  File downloads
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  Ads seen / clicked
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  Language setting

Also recorded:

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  Your approximate location (region)
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  Your IP address (in shortened form)
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  Technical information about your browser and the end devices you use (e.g. language setting, screen resolution)
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  Your internet provider
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  The referrer URL (via which website/advertising medium you came to this website)

Purpose of Processing

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, and compiling reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyse the performance of our website and the success of our marketing campaigns.

Recipient

Recipients of the data are/could be:

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  Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR)
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  Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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  Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

It cannot be ruled out that US authorities will access the data stored by Google.

Third country transfer

Where data is processed outside the EU/EEA and there is no level of data protection equivalent to the European standard, we have concluded EU standard contractual clauses with the service provider to establish an appropriate level of data protection. The parent company of Google Ireland, Google LLC, is based in California, USA. A transmission of data to the USA and access by US authorities to the data stored by Google cannot be ruled out. The USA is currently considered a third country from a data protection perspective. You do not have the same rights there as within the EU/EEA. You may not be entitled to legal remedies against access by authorities.

Storage duration

The data sent by us and linked to cookies are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month.

Legal basis

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR.