Imprint (Legal Notice)

Editorial Team 1886mag.com

Information pursuant to § 5 TMG (German Telemedia Act):

1886mag is published by:

press-inform

Landsberger Straße 302

D-80687 Munich, Germany

Responsible for content pursuant to § 55 (2) RStV:

Fabian Mechtel

Am Hirtengraben 5

65817 Eppstein, Germany

Editorial Members:

S. Grundhoff, W. Gomoll, J. Oliviera, J. Kriebel, P. Ruch, P. Solberg, Z. Hamid, A. Linther, J. Fleischer, F. Mechtel

Disclaimer

Liability for Contents

The contents of our pages were created with the greatest care. However, we cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the content. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general laws pursuant to § 7 (1) TMG. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, however, we as a service provider are not obligated to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general laws remain unaffected by this. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the point in time at which a specific legal infringement becomes known. Upon becoming aware of corresponding legal infringements, we will remove this content immediately.

Liability for Links

Our offering contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot accept any liability for these external contents. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the contents of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete indications of a legal infringement. Upon becoming aware of legal infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

Copyright

The content and works created by the page operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Reproduction, editing, distribution, and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is identified as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. Upon becoming aware of legal violations, we will remove such content immediately.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy clarifies the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter briefly referred to as „data“) within our online offering and its associated websites, features, and content, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as „online offering“). With regard to the terms used, such as „processing“ or „controller“, we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Controller

press-inform

Landsberger Straße 302

D-80687 Munich, Germany

Managing Director: Stefan Grundhoff

Types of Data Processed

• Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses).
• Contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers).
• Content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos).
• Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times).
• Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

Categories of Data Subjects

Visitors and users of the online offering (hereinafter we also collectively refer to the data subjects as „users“).

Purpose of Processing

• Provision of the online offering, its functions, and contents.
• Responding to contact requests and communicating with users.
• Security measures.
• Audience reach measurement/marketing.

Terminology Used

• „Personal data“ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter „data subject“); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie), or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
• „Processing“ means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers practically any handling of data.
• „Pseudonymisation“ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
• „Profiling“ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.
• „Controller“ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
• „Processor“ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Relevant Legal Bases

In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal bases of our data processing operations. Unless the legal basis is explicitly stated in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 7 GDPR; the legal basis for processing for the performance of our services and execution of contractual measures as well as responding to inquiries is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR; the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR; and the legal basis for processing to safeguard our legitimate interests is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Security Measures

In accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs, and the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing, as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, securing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as access, entry, transfer, securing availability, and separation of data. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, data deletion, and response to data threats. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default (Art. 25 GDPR).

Cooperation with Processors and Third Parties

If, within the scope of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transfer data to them, or otherwise grant them access to the data, this is done only on the basis of a statutory permission (e.g., if a transfer of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is required pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for performance of a contract), if you have consented, if a legal obligation foresees this, or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called „data processing agreement“ (DPA), this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR.

Transfers to Third Countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs in the context of using third-party services or disclosing or transferring data to third parties, this will only take place if it occurs to fulfill our (pre-)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, due to a legal obligation, or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to statutory or contractual permissions, we process or have data processed in a third country only if the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are met. That means, for example, processing takes place on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a data protection level corresponding to the EU (e.g., for the USA through the „Privacy Shield“) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called „standard contractual clauses“).

Rights of Data Subjects

• You have the right to request confirmation as to whether relevant data is being processed, as well as information about this data and further information and copies of the data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.
• In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the rectification of incorrect data concerning you.
• In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to demand that relevant data be deleted immediately, or alternatively, in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand a restriction of data processing.
• You have the right to request to receive the data concerning you that you have provided to us in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR and to demand its transmission to other controllers.
• Furthermore, pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Right of Withdrawal

You have the right to revoke consent granted pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR with effect for the future.

Right to Object

You can object to the future processing of data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR at any time. The objection can be made in particular against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Cookies and Right to Object in Direct Marketing

„Cookies“ are small files that are stored on users‘ computers. Different information can be stored within cookies. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit to an online offering. Temporary cookies, or „session cookies“ or „transient cookies“, are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offering and closes their browser. In such a cookie, for example, the contents of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status can be stored. „Permanent“ or „persistent“ cookies are those that remain stored even after the browser is closed. For example, the login status can be saved if users visit after several days. Likewise, the interests of users can be stored in such a cookie, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes. „Third-party cookies“ are cookies offered by providers other than the controller operating the online offering (otherwise, if they are only the controller’s cookies, they are referred to as „first-party cookies“).

We may use temporary and permanent cookies and clarify this within the scope of our privacy policy.

If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to disable the corresponding option in the system settings of their browser. Stored cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. Excluding cookies may lead to functional restrictions of this online offering.

A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by turning them off in the browser settings. Please note that not all functions of this online offering may then be available.

Erasure of Data

The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless explicitly stated within this privacy policy, data stored by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and no statutory retention obligations prevent deletion. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons.

In accordance with legal requirements in Germany, retention takes place in particular for 10 years pursuant to §§ 147 (1) AO, 257 (1) Nos. 1 and 4, (4) HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years pursuant to § 257 (1) Nos. 2 and 3, (4) HGB (commercial letters).

In accordance with legal requirements in Austria, retention takes place in particular for 7 years pursuant to § 132 (1) BAO (accounting documents, receipts/invoices, accounts, vouchers, business papers, statement of income and expenditure, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate/land, and for 10 years for documents in connection with electronically provided services, telecommunications, radio and television services provided to non-businesses in EU member states for which the Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) is used.

Agency Services

We process the data of our customers within the scope of our contractual services, which include conceptual and strategic consulting, campaign planning, software and design development/consulting or maintenance, implementation of campaigns and processes/handling, server administration, data analysis/consulting services, and training services.

In this context, we process inventory data (e.g., customer master data, such as names or addresses), contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers), content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos), contract data (e.g., subject matter of contract, term), payment data (e.g., bank details, payment history), usage and meta data (e.g., in the context of evaluation and success measurement of marketing measures). As a rule, we do not process special categories of personal data unless these are components of a commissioned processing. Data subjects include our customers, interested parties, as well as their customers, users, website visitors, or employees, as well as third parties. The purpose of processing consists of providing contractual services, billing, and our customer service. The legal bases of processing derive from Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contractual services), Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (analysis, statistics, optimization, security measures). We process data required for the establishment and performance of contractual services and point out the necessity of providing them. Disclosure to external entities takes place only if required in the context of an order/commission. When processing data provided to us within the scope of an order, we act in accordance with the instructions of the client and statutory provisions for processing under Art. 28 GDPR, and process data for no purposes other than specified in the order.

We delete the data after expiration of statutory warranty and comparable obligations. The necessity of retaining data is reviewed every three years; in the case of statutory archiving obligations, deletion takes place after their expiration (6 years pursuant to § 257 (1) HGB, 10 years pursuant to § 147 (1) AO). In the case of data disclosed to us by the client within the scope of an order, we delete the data according to the specifications of the order, generally after completion of the order.

Registration Function

Users can create a user account. During registration, the required mandatory information will be communicated to users and processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purposes of providing the user account. The data processed includes, in particular, login information (name, password, and an email address). Data entered during registration will be used for the purposes of using the user account and its intended purpose.

Users may be informed by email about information relevant to their user account, such as technical changes. If users have terminated their user account, their data with regard to the user account will be deleted, subject to a statutory retention obligation. It is the responsibility of users to secure their data prior to contract end upon termination. We are entitled to irretrievably delete all user data stored during the contract period.

In the context of utilizing our registration and login functions as well as using the user account, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. Storage takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests, as well as those of the users, in protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. A transfer of this data to third parties generally does not take place, unless required to pursue our claims or a legal obligation exists pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. IP addresses are anonymized or deleted after 7 days at the latest.

Comments and Posts

If users leave comments or other contributions, their IP addresses may be stored for 7 days based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. This takes place for our security in case someone leaves unlawful content in comments and posts (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In this case, we could be held liable ourselves for the comment or post and are therefore interested in the identity of the author.

Furthermore, we reserve the right to process user information for spam detection based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

The data provided within comments and posts will be stored permanently by us until the user objects.

Comment Subscriptions

Follow-up comments can be subscribed to by users with their consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Users receive a confirmation email to verify whether they are the owner of the entered email address. Users can unsubscribe from ongoing comment subscriptions at any time. The confirmation email will contain instructions on how to revoke consent. For the purpose of proving user consent, we store the registration timestamp along with the user’s IP address and delete this information when users unsubscribe.

You can cancel receipt of our subscription at any time, i.e., revoke your consent. We may store unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting them to be able to prove previously granted consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for erasure is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed at the same time.

Akismet Anti-Spam Check

Our online offering uses the „Akismet“ service, offered by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Use takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. With the help of this service, comments from real people are distinguished from spam comments. For this purpose, all comment details are sent to a server in the USA, where they are analyzed and stored for comparison purposes for four days. If a comment has been classified as spam, data will be stored beyond this period. This information includes the name entered, email address, IP address, comment content, referrer, information about the browser and computer system used, and time of entry.

Further information on the collection and use of data by Akismet can be found in Automattic’s privacy notice: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Users are welcome to use pseudonyms or refrain from entering a name or email address. You can completely prevent data transmission by not using our comment system. That would be a shame, but unfortunately we see no other alternatives that work just as effectively.

Retrieval of Profile Pictures from Gravatar

Within our online offering, and particularly in the blog, we use the Gravatar service from Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.

Gravatar is a service where users can sign up and store profile pictures and their email addresses. If users post contributions or comments on other online presences (especially blogs) using the respective email address, their profile pictures can be displayed next to the posts or comments. For this purpose, the email address communicated by users is transmitted in encrypted form to Gravatar to check whether a profile is stored for it. This is the sole purpose of transmitting the email address, and it will not be used for other purposes, but deleted afterwards.

The use of Gravatar is based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, as we offer post and comment authors the opportunity to personalize their contributions with a profile picture.

By displaying the images, Gravatar learns the user’s IP address, as this is necessary for communication between a browser and an online service. Further information on the collection and use of data by Gravatar can be found in Automattic’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

If users do not want a user picture linked to their email address at Gravatar to appear in comments, they should use an email address for commenting that is not registered with Gravatar. We also point out that it is possible to use an anonymous email address or no email address at all if users do not wish their email address to be sent to Gravatar. Users can completely prevent data transmission by not using our comment system.

Retrieval of Emojis and Smileys

Within our WordPress blog, graphical emojis (or smileys), i.e., small graphical files expressing emotions, are used, which are obtained from external servers. The providers of the servers collect the IP addresses of users. This is necessary so that emoji files can be transmitted to users‘ browsers. The emoji service is provided by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Privacy policy of Automattic: https://automattic.com/privacy/. The server domains used are s.w.org and twemoji.maxcdn.com, which to our knowledge are Content Delivery Networks—servers that serve solely for fast and secure file transmission, where personal user data is deleted after transmission.

The use of emojis is based on our legitimate interests, i.e., interest in an attractive design of our online offering pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Contacting Us

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form, email, telephone, or social media), user information is processed for handling and processing the contact request pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. User information may be stored in a Customer Relationship Management system („CRM System“) or comparable request organization tool.

We delete requests if they are no longer required. We review necessity every two years; statutory archiving obligations also apply.

Hosting and E-mail Delivery

The hosting services used by us serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, email delivery, security services, and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offering.

Here, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties, and visitors to this online offering based on our legitimate interests in efficient and secure provision of this online offering pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of a data processing agreement).

Collection of Access Data and Log Files

We or our hosting provider collect data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files) based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The access data includes the name of the accessed website, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, user operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address, and requesting provider.

Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or fraud) for a maximum of 7 days and is deleted thereafter. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes is excluded from deletion until final clarification of the respective incident.

Google Analytics

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC („Google“). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about users‘ use of the online offering is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement, thus providing a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offering by users, to compile reports on activities within this online offering, and to provide us with further services associated with the use of this online offering and internet usage. Pseudonymized user profiles can be created from the processed data.

We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. This means that the IP address of users is 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 transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting their browser software settings accordingly; users can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offering, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

For more information on data use by Google, settings, and opt-out options, please refer to Google’s privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

Users‘ personal data will be deleted or anonymized after 14 months.

Jetpack (WordPress Stats)

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use the plugin Jetpack (specifically the sub-function „WordPress Stats“), which integrates a tool for statistical evaluation of visitor traffic and is operated by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Jetpack uses „cookies“—text files stored on your computer enabling an analysis of your website usage.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this online offering is stored on a server in the USA. User profiles can be created from the processed data, which are used solely for analysis and not for advertising purposes. Further information can be found in Automattic’s privacy policy (https://automattic.com/privacy/) and notice on Jetpack cookies (https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/).

Social Media Online Presences

We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms to communicate with customers, interested parties, and users active there and to inform them about our services. When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply.

Unless otherwise stated in our privacy policy, we process user data if they communicate with us within social networks and platforms, e.g., write posts on our online presences or send us messages.

Integration of Third-Party Services and Content

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use content or service offerings of third-party providers within our online offering to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as „content“).

This always requires that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of users, as they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for displaying this content. We endeavor to use only content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for delivering content. Third-party providers may also use pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as „web beacons“) for statistical or marketing purposes. Pixel tags can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymized information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may contain technical information regarding the browser and operating system, referring websites, visiting time, as well as other details on the use of our online offering, and may also be linked with such information from other sources.

Vimeo

We may integrate videos from the platform „Vimeo“ provided by Vimeo Inc., Attention: Legal Department, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy. We point out that Vimeo may use Google Analytics and refer to its privacy policy (https://www.google.com/policies/privacy) as well as opt-out options for Google Analytics (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) or Google’s settings for data use for marketing purposes (https://adssettings.google.com/).

YouTube

We integrate videos from the platform „YouTube“ provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Use of Facebook Social Plugins

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use Social Plugins („plugins“) of the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland („Facebook“). The plugins can display interaction elements or content (e.g., videos, graphics, or text contributions) and are recognizable by one of the Facebook logos (white „f“ on a blue tile, the terms „Like“, „Gefällt mir“, or a „thumbs up“ sign) or are marked with the addition „Facebook Social Plugin“. The list and appearance of Facebook Social Plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement, thus offering a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).

When a user calls up a function of this online offering that contains such a plugin, their device establishes a direct connection with Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to the user’s device and integrated into the online offering. Usage profiles of users can be created from the processed data. We therefore have no influence on the scope of data that Facebook collects using this plugin and inform users according to our state of knowledge.

Through the integration of plugins, Facebook receives information that a user has accessed the corresponding page of the online offering. If the user is logged into Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to their Facebook account. If users interact with plugins, for example pressing the Like button or leaving a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your device to Facebook and stored there. If a user is not a member of Facebook, there is still the possibility that Facebook finds out and stores their IP address. According to Facebook, only an anonymized IP address is stored in Germany.

The purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as the relevant rights and setting options to protect user privacy, can be found in Facebook’s privacy notice: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about them via this online offering and link it to their stored Facebook member data, they must log out of Facebook before using our online offering and delete their cookies. Further settings and objections to the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads or via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. The settings are platform-independent, i.e., they are applied to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

Instagram

Functions and content of the service Instagram, offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA, may be integrated within our online offering. This may include content such as images, videos, or text and buttons with which users can share content of this online offering within Instagram. If users are members of the Instagram platform, Instagram can assign the call of the above-mentioned content and functions to the profiles of the users there. Privacy policy of Instagram: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.