Website data protection statement and at the same time information for data subjects pursuant to Article 13 and Article 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation
Contact details data protection officer: datenschutz@start2.group
Affected data: Personal data is only collected if you communicate it to us yourself. Apart from that, no personal data is collected. Any processing of your personal data that goes beyond the scope of the statutory permission is only possible on the basis of your express consent.
Processing purpose: Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the event of priority legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his or her consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.
Third-country transfers: As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.
In general, the following applies: You do not need to obtain consent from website visitors if you conduct a website analysis using shortened IP addresses on your own servers or if you hire a third-party provider to exclusively process usage data on behalf of your company. However, you must offer website visitors a way to opt-out of this anonymous tracking. If you set up tracking measures to monitor website visitors (retargeting, tracking across all devices, etc.), then this requires the documented consent of website visitors in advance. The following is also essential: When integrating third-party codes (for example, YouTube videos, Google fonts, maps, etc.), it is important to make sure that the data of your website visitors is not automatically forwarded to third-party providers.
When registering for our newsletter, you provide us with your email address and, on an optional basis, other information. We use these data solely for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. We retain the data that you disclose in your newsletter application until you cancel your subscription to our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in the newsletter intended for this purpose, or by sending us the appropriate notification. By unsubscribing, you revoke the use of your email address.
Furthermore, we use your e-mail address, which we receive in connection with the sale of a good or service, exclusively for direct advertising in the form of our newsletter for our own similar goods or services, such as those ordered by you, unless you have objected to this use. You can object to the use of your e-mail address at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. Your objection (and thus the cancellation of our newsletter) can be exercised by sending a corresponding message to our e-mail address (see imprint).
When you visit our websites, your browser transmits certain data to our web server for technical reasons. The following data are recorded during an ongoing connection for communication between your internet browser and our web server:
For reasons of technical security, in particular to prevent attacks on our web server, we store these data for a short period of time. It is impossible to discern the identity of individual persons based on this data. After several days at the latest, the data is anonymized by shortening the IP address at the domain level, so that it is no longer possible to establish any reference to the individual user. The anonymized data will also be processed for statistical purposes. We don’t compare any data to data in other databases or forward them to third parties, even in excerpts.
This website uses Google Analytics – a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”) – and obtains consent to do so from website visitors. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually also transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services to website operators relating to website activity and Internet usage. We would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics only after prior consent and with the abbreviated version of the IP addresses in order to exclude direct personal reference.
This website uses Google Ads Conversion Tracking – a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”) – and obtains consent to do so from website visitors. Google Ads Conversion Tracking also uses “cookies” stored on your computer that allow analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the US and stored there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or in so far as third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
We have embedded YouTube videos on our website, which are stored on the servers of the provider YouTube and can be played from our website via an embedding. The embedding of the videos takes place with the option for extended data protection settings activated. When you play these videos, YouTube cookies and DoubleClick cookies are stored on your computer and data may be transferred to Google Inc, Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, as YouTube operator.
When playing videos stored on YouTube, at least the following data is transmitted to Google Inc. as YouTube operator and operator of the DoubleClick network according to the current status: IP address and cookie, the specific address of the page called up from us, system date and time of the call-up, identifier of your browser.
This data is transmitted regardless of whether you have a Google user account via which you are logged in or whether you do not have a user account. If you are logged in in this way, Google may assign this data directly to your account. If you do not wish the data to be assigned to your profile, you must log out before activating the play button for the video.
YouTube and Google Inc. store this data as user profiles and may use it for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or designing their websites to meet your needs. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (also for non-logged-in users) for the provision of needs-based advertising and to inform other users about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and to exercise this right you must contact Google as the operator of YouTube.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Google can be found on this information page.
On this website, we use the service HubSpot for various purposes. HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch in Ireland. Contact: HubSpot, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, phone: +353 1 5187500.
Hubspot is an integrated software solution that we use to cover various aspects of our online marketing. These include: Email Marketing, Social Media Publishing & Reporting, Reporting, Contact Management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM), Landing Pages and Contact Forms.
Our sign-up service allows visitors to our website to learn more about our company, download content, and provide their contact information and other demographic information. This information, as well as our website content, is stored on servers operated by our software partner HubSpot. It may be used by us to contact visitors to our website and to determine which of our company’s services are of interest to them. All information we collect is subject to this privacy policy. We use all collected information exclusively to optimize our marketing measures.
More information about HubSpot’s privacy policy
More information from HubSpot regarding EU data protection regulations
As part of the optimization of our marketing measures, the following data may be collected and processed via Hubspot:
The legal basis of the processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO. If you do not want Hubspot to collect and process the aforementioned data, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
The personal data will be kept for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purpose of processing. The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose.
In the context of processing via HubSpot, data may be transferred to the USA. The security of the transfer is secured via so-called standard contractual clauses.
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by the Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In the process, data is also transferred to Twitter. 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 Twitter. You can find more information on this in Twitter’s data protection declaration at: https://twitter.com/de/privacy.
A corresponding consent was requested, thus the processing is exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html. You can change your Twitter privacy settings in the account settings under https://twitter.com/account/settings ändern.
This website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Each time a page of this website containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, it is possible for LinkedIn to associate your visit to this website with you and 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 LinkedIn.
A corresponding consent was requested, thus the processing is exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=de
You can find more information on this in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Our website uses the conversion tool “LinkedIn Insight Tag” from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. This tool creates a cookie in your web browser which enables the collection of the following data, among others: IP address, device and browser properties and page events (e.g. page views). This data is encrypted, anonymised within seven days and the anonymised data is deleted within 90 days. LinkedIn does not share any personal data with us, but offers anonymised reports on website audience and display performance. In addition, LinkedIn offers the possibility of retargeting via the Insight Tag. We can use this data to display targeted advertising outside the website without identifying you as a website visitor. You can find more information on data protection at LinkedIn in the LinkedIn data protection information.
LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal data for advertising purposes in their account settings. To disable the Insight tag on our website (“opt-out”) click here.
The setting of cookies to the extent required for website display (for example, storage of language choice, shopping cart functions, etc.) is also permitted without obtaining explicit consent from website visitors. The use of other cookies – especially cookies that track website visitors – requires the documented consent of website visitors in advance.
This website uses its own cookies to store the settings required to display the content of this website (cookies are data records sent by the web browser to the user’s browser where they are stored for later retrieval). Our cookies do not store any personal data. You can prevent the use of cookies in general if you prohibit your browser from storing cookies.
Affected data: Application information
Processing Purpose: Implementation of application process
Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the event of priority legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.
Third-country transfers: As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.
Duration of data storage: Application data will generally be deleted within four six months after communication of the decision, unless consent has been given for a longer period of data storage.
Affected data: Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your express consent.
Processing Purpose: Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the event of priority legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.
Third-country transfers: As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.
Affected data: Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your express consent.
Processing Purpose: Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the event of priority legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.
Third-country transfers: As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.
Affected data: Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your express consent.
Processing Purpose: Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the event of priority legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.
Third-country transfers: As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.
Data concerned: Data provided for the use of the video conferencing software or the webinar software (esp. first name, surname, e-mail address; optional: sound transmission; optional: image transmission; optional: questions when using chat functions); to the extent technically necessary, processing of data from your system to establish the connection with the provider of the conferencing software.
Purpose of processing: Conducting video conferences or webinars.
Categories of recipients: Public bodies in the case of overriding legal provisions. External service providers or other contractors, e.g. for data processing and hosting. Other external bodies insofar as the data subject has given his/her consent or a transfer is permissible for overriding interest.
Third-country transfers: Processors outside the European Union are used (here: United States of America); standard contractual clauses have been concluded with the service provider accordingly.
Duration of data storage: Video conferences are only recorded with the previously documented consent of the participants. The technical data is deleted if it is no longer required. The duration of data storage otherwise depends on the statutory retention obligations and is usually 10 years.
In addition, you may invoke your rights to correction or deletion at any time, to restrict processing, to object to processing, and to data portability. Here you will find the option to contact us by email or letter: Imprint. You also have the right to contact the data protection supervisory authority for complaints.
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