The controller responsible for data processing within the meaning of applicable data protection legislation is:
Alen Gruber
Mohrengasse 1
90402 Nuremberg
Germany
Collection of General Information
When you access our website, general information is collected automatically. This information, recorded in server log files, includes details such as your web browser type, operating system, the domain name of your internet service provider and similar information. This consists exclusively of information that does not allow us to identify you personally.
This information is technically necessary to deliver the website content you request correctly and is inevitably generated when using the internet. We analyse anonymous information of this kind statistically to improve our website and its underlying technology.
Comments
When users leave comments on our blog, we store the information they provide, the time the comment was submitted and the username previously selected by the website visitor. This serves our security interests, as we may be held responsible for unlawful content on our website even if it was created by users.
Newsletter
When you subscribe to our newsletter, the information you provide is used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also receive emails about matters relevant to the service or their subscription, such as changes to the newsletter service or technical circumstances.
A valid email address is required for registration. We use the double opt-in procedure to verify that a subscription was actually requested by the owner of the email address. For this purpose, we record the newsletter subscription request, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the requested confirmation. No additional data is collected. The data is used exclusively to send the newsletter and is not disclosed to third parties.
You may withdraw your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time. Every newsletter contains an appropriate unsubscribe link. You may also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or notify us using the contact details provided at the end of this document.
Contact Form
If you contact us by email or through our contact form, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and responding to any follow-up questions.
Erasure or Blocking of Data
We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimisation. We therefore store your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes stated here or to comply with statutory retention periods.
Once the relevant purpose no longer applies or the applicable retention period expires, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.
Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, because IP anonymisation is enabled on this website, Google first truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there.
On behalf of the website operator, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide the website operator with other services relating to website and internet usage.
The IP address transmitted by your browser through Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data.
You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings. However, please note that you may then be unable 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 relating to your use of the website, including your IP address, and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser add-on linked below.
Google Web Fonts
This website uses web fonts provided by Google to ensure a consistent presentation of typefaces. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache to display text and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, your browser must connect to Google’s servers. This informs Google that our website has been accessed through your IP address. We use Google Web Fonts in the interest of presenting our online services consistently and attractively. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font installed on your computer will be used.
Further information about Google Web Fonts is available at:
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
Google’s privacy policy is available at:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Link: Browser Add-on to Disable Google Analytics
In addition to, or as an alternative to, the browser add-on, you can prevent Google Analytics from tracking your activity on our website by clicking the opt-out link. This installs an opt-out cookie on your device. It prevents Google Analytics from collecting data for this website and browser in future, for as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
…to compile reports and provide the website operator with other services relating to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser through Adobe Analytics is not combined with other Adobe data.
You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings. However, please note that you may then be unable to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent Adobe from collecting the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website, including your IP address, and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available through the following link:
http://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/opt-out.html
Social Plugins
Our website uses social plugins from the providers listed below. You can recognise these plugins by their corresponding logos.
Through these plugins, information that may include personal data can be transmitted to the service provider and potentially used by that provider. We prevent the unintentional collection and transmission of data to service providers through a two-click solution.
To use a social plugin, you must first activate it by clicking the corresponding switch. Only after activation does the plugin begin collecting information and transmitting it to the service provider. We do not ourselves collect personal data through these social plugins or their use.
We have no control over which data an activated plugin collects or how the provider uses it. It must currently be assumed that a direct connection to the provider’s services is established and that at least your IP address and device-related information are collected and used.
Service providers may also attempt to store cookies on your computer. Please consult the relevant provider’s privacy information to find out which data is collected and how it is used.
Please note: If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook may identify you as a visitor to a particular page.
We have integrated social media buttons from the following companies into our website:
Facebook Inc.
1601 S. California Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94304
USA
Twitter Inc.
795 Folsom St., Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Google Plus / Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA
XING AG
Gänsemarkt 43
20354 Hamburg
Germany
LinkedIn Corporation
2029 Stierlin Court
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA
StumbleUpon
Flattr
Cookies
Like many other websites, we use cookies. Cookies are small text files transferred from a website server to your hard drive. Through these, we automatically receive certain information about your computer and internet connection, such as your IP address, browser and operating system.
Cookies cannot be used to run programs or transfer viruses to a computer. The information contained in cookies helps us simplify navigation and ensure that our website is displayed correctly.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be disclosed to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
You can generally view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are usually configured to accept cookies. You can disable cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please consult your browser’s help functions for instructions on changing these settings.
Please note that some functions of our website may not work if you disable cookies.
Google AdWords
Our website uses Google conversion tracking. If you reach our website through an advertisement placed by Google, Google AdWords stores a cookie on your computer.
The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks an advertisement placed by Google. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to identify individuals personally.
If a user visits certain pages of our website before the cookie expires, we and Google can recognise that the user clicked the advertisement and was redirected to the relevant page.
Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked across the websites of different AdWords customers.
The information collected through the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted to use conversion tracking. These customers learn the total number of users who clicked their advertisement and were redirected to a page containing a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that enables them to identify users personally.
If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can prevent the necessary cookie from being stored, for example by changing your browser settings to disable cookies generally or to block cookies from the domain “googleleadservices.com”.
Please note that you must not delete opt-out cookies if you wish to prevent measurement data from being recorded. If you delete all cookies in your browser, you must set the relevant opt-out cookie again.
Your Rights of Access, Rectification, Blocking, Erasure and Objection
You have the right to obtain information at any time about the personal data we hold about you. You also have the right to have your personal data corrected, blocked or erased, except where retention is required for processing business transactions.
For this purpose, please contact our data protection officer. Contact details are provided below.
To ensure that a request to block data can be respected at all times, the relevant data must be retained in a suppression file for verification purposes.
You may also request the erasure of your data unless a statutory archiving obligation applies. Where such an obligation exists, we will block your data upon request.
You may request changes or withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us, with effect for the future.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy from time to time so that it continues to meet current legal requirements or reflects changes to our services, such as the introduction of new services.
The updated privacy policy will apply when you next visit our website.
Questions for the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please email us or contact our data protection officer directly.
Contact Details
Gruber & Partner
Alen Gruber
Mohrengasse 1
90402 Nuremberg
Germany
Telephone: +49 911 4800 7653
Email: