Privacy policy

Data protection notice and cookies

Welcome to the AZ Direct GmbH website and thank you for your interest in our company and the range of services we offer. Data protection is a top priority for AZ Direct GmbH and is integrated into everything we do. As an employer and service provider, we strictly observe the relevant laws currently in force.

We stand for security and transparency – day in, day out, and in everything we do. In Data SecureTTP, we have also developed a unique patented process that makes data processes even more secure.

As a member of the German Dialog Marketing Association (DDV), we are committed to complying with data security standards, and maintaining the highest level of professionalism and quality.

This data protection notice fulfils the information requirements set out in Par. 12 ff. of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (hereinafter “GDPR”) and gives you an overview of how your personal data (hereinafter “data”) is processed on this website.

  1. Who is responsible for the processing of my data?

The
AZ Direct GmbH
Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 161s
33311 Gütersloh
Phone: +49 5241 80-70800
Fax: +49 5241 80-9317
E-Mail: az@bertelsmann.de


is responsible for processing your data on this website (hereinafter “AZ Direct”). AZ Direct processes personal data in accordance with the provisions of GDPR and the German Federal Data Protection Act (hereinafter “BDSG”).
You can contact the company’s Data Protection Officer at:

 

AZ Direct GmbH
Data Protection Officer
Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 161s
33311 Gütersloh
Phone: +49 5241 5274730
Fax: +49 5241 80-66909
E-Mail: datenschutz@)az-direct.com

  1. What data is collected?

When you visit the website, data is automatically collected from your computer (hereinafter “access data”). This access data includes server log files, which usually consist of information about the browser type and browser version, the operating system, the internet service provider, the time and date, the use of the website, the website you came from and you go to next, and the computer’s IP address. With the exception of the IP address, the server log files do not constitute personal identifiers. An IP address is a personal identifier if it is permanently assigned when the internet connection is used, and the internet provider can connect it to an individual.
Some of the functions of the website require you to share personal data with the company. In such cases, the data you provide will be used to perform the desired service or to process the respective request (e.g. search terms, data entered on forms or contracts, click data).

  1. What kind of cookies are used?

Cookies are used on the website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit a website. The stored cookies are assigned to the browser you are using. If you return to the website at a later time, the web browser sends the content of the cookies back, making it possible for the website to recognize the user. Some cookies are deleted when you log out or end the browser session (“transient” or “session” cookies). Other cookies are stored for a predetermined period or permanently (“persistent” cookies). These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time has passed. You can delete the cookies at any time, and configure your cookies settings, by going to your browser’s security settings. However, it should be noted that you may then not be able to use all the website’s functions.
Generally speaking, cookies are online identifiers that do not make it possible to identify individuals. The cookies only become personal identifiers when the information produced by the cookies is combined with other data. A distinction can be made between cookies that are needed for the provision of the website, and cookies that are required for other purposes such as reach measurement, web analysis and market research.
Cookies that are needed for the provision of the website include the following:

  • Cookies used to identify/authenticate the user
  • Cookies that temporarily store certain user information (e.g. content of the basket or of an online form)
  • Cookies that store certain user preferences (e.g. search or language settings)
  • Cookies that store data in order to ensure the unimpeded playback of video and audio content

Cookies required for other purposes of the website include analytics cookies that allow the user behavior of our users to be recorded and analyzed in statistical form (e.g. the sub-pages visited or search queries).

  1. What data is collected for which purposes?

Data is processed for a variety of purposes, including technical, contractual or legal requirements, as well as on the basis of consent.
AZ Direct uses the data listed in Item 2 for the following purposes:

  • To make the website available and to ensure its technical security, in particular to resolve technical problems and to ensure that unauthorized persons cannot access the website’s systems
  • For communication, contract initiation and customer care
  • To send out press releases by email
  • To carry out reach measurement and web analyses in order to make the website more efficient and interesting for you, and to conduct market research
  • To ensure that the cookie settings chosen by website visitors are taken into account

You’ll find further information about the purpose of data processing in the following sections of this data protection notice.

4.1 Technical provision of the website

4.1.1 Description and extent of data processing
 

In order to ensure the proper functioning of the website, to carry out security analysis and to protect against attacks, the server log files are, as a component of the accruing access data in accordance with Item 2, automatically collected from your computer system when you access and while you use the website, and then temporarily stored. The server log files are never stored with other data. AZ Direct uses the server log files for statistical evaluations in order to analyze and resolve technical failures, to defend against attacks and fraud, and to optimize the functionality of the website.

4.1.2 Purposes and legal basis for the data processing
 

The legal basis for the capture of the server log files is GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (f). Ensuring the proper functioning of the website, carrying out security analyses and defending against risks and dangers are all legitimate interests of the company.

4.1.3 Duration of storage or criteria for establishing this duration
 

After the website is accessed, the server log files are stored on the web server and the IP address contained within it is deleted at the latest after 7 days. An analysis is only carried out during this storage period in the case of an attack.

4.1.4 Objection and deletion options
 

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data within the framework of server log files if there are reasons arising from your specific situation. If you would like to exercise your right to object, please contact us using the contact address listed under Item 1.

4.2 Contact form, email and telephone contact

4.2.1 Description and extent of data processing
 

The website provides ways of contacting the company via a contact form, an email address or a telephone number. If you do contact the company, all data entered on the contact form, your email address and/or your telephone number, as well as the subject of your query, will be transferred to the company. Depending on your query (e.g. questions about the company’s products and services, asserting your data subject rights such as the right to be informed), your contact details will be processed further (with the assistance of service providers). Your contact details may be passed on to third parties (e.g. partner companies) if that is necessary to process your query.

4.2.2 Purposes and legal basis for the data processing
 

The legal basis for the processing of your contact data is GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (f). The legitimate interest lies in the processing of your query and further communication. If you contacted the company with the aim of concluding a contract with the company, the legal basis for processing your contact details is GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (b).

4.2.3 Duration of storage or criteria for establishing this duration
 

The contact details will be erased after the query has been processed and all follow-on communication has come to an end. This shall not apply if you contacted the company with the aim of concluding a contract with the company, or if you are seeking to assert your data subject rights such as the right to be informed. In these cases, the data is stored until the contractual and/or legal duties have been fulfilled, and as long as legal retention periods (currently 6 to 10 years) do not prevent the data from being deleted.

4.2.4 Objection and deletion option
 

You have the right to object to the processing of your contact details if there are reasons arising from your specific situation. If you would like to exercise your right to object, please contact us using the contact address listed under Item 1. If you object, it will not be possible to continue communication. This shall not apply if storing your contact details is required to initiate or fulfil a contract, or to assert your data subject rights.

4.3 Sending newsletters

4.3.1 Description and extent of data processing
 

The website allows the option of subscribing to the company’s newsletters and announcements free of charge via email or SMS. For this purpose, your data from the registration screen on the website is transferred to the company and (with assistance from service providers) further processed for sending out the announcements and newsletters. When you register, you are asked for your consent to this and referred to this data protection notice. We do not pass your data on to external companies. The mandatory data for receiving the announcements and newsletters is your email address or your mobile phone number. It is also necessary to process your access data in order to verify submission of your consent. Other data can be entered voluntarily to allow us to address you personally.

4.3.2 Purposes and legal basis for the data processing


The data processing involved in sending out newsletters is necessary for transferring information and for communication with you. The legal basis for the processing is your consent to receiving the newsletter in accordance with GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (a).

4.3.3 Duration of storage or criteria for establishing this duration
 

The data is stored for the duration of the subscription to announcements and newsletters. After the subscription is cancelled, the data is stored exclusively to prove that the company has obtained your consent for sending you announcements and newsletters. The same applies if you have revoked your consent. Your data is subsequently erased/disabled on our distribution lists.

4.3.4 Revocation and deletion options

 

You have the following options if you do not want us to use your data for the purpose of sending you the newsletter: If you have given your consent to receive announcements and newsletters, you can revoke that consent at any time with effect for the future by letting the company know that you are revoking the consent by sending an email with “Widerruf Newsletter/Revocation Newsletter” in the subject line to datenschutz@bertelsmann.de.

4.4 Sending press releases

4.4.1 Description and extent of data processin


The website allows the option of subscribing to the company’s press releases free of charge by email or SMS. In the process, your data from the registration screen is transferred to the company and (with assistance from service providers) further processed for sending out the press releases. When you register, you are asked for your consent to this and referred to this data protection notice. Your data is not passed on to third parties. The mandatory data for receiving the press releases is either your email address or your mobile phone number. It is also necessary to process your access data in order to verify submission of your consent. Other data can be entered voluntarily to allow us to address you personally.

4.4.2 Purposes and legal basis for the data processing
 

The processing of your data is permitted for sending out press releases in accordance with GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (a) citing Section 7 Par. 2 No. 3 of the Unfair Competition Act (hereinafter “UWG”). The data you enter on the registration screen is used exclusively to send the company’s published press releases. If you are contacted within the framework of our existing business relations or of our shared interests, the data is processed on the basis of GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (f). The company’s legitimate interest lies in the further communication about information relating to the company.

4.4.3 Duration of storage or criteria for establishing this duration
 

The data is stored for the duration of the subscription to the press releases. When the subscription is cancelled, the purpose of the data processing lapses, and your data is erased from our distribution list. When you cancel the subscription, you also revoke your consent/object to the processing of your data. Your data is subsequently erased/disabled on our distribution lists.

4.4.4 Revocation and deletion options
 

If the data is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (a), you can exercise your right of revocation with effect for the future at any time. Please send your revocation to presse@bertelsmann.de, with the subject “Widerruf Pressemitteilungen/Revocation Press Releases”.
If your data is processed on the basis of the legitimate interest in accordance with GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (f), you have the right to object at any time to the data processing for reasons arising from your specific situation by writing to presse@bertelsmann.de with the subject “Widerspruch Pressemitteilung/Objection Press Releases”.
When you revoke your consent or object to the data processing, your data will be erased from our internal distribution list.

4.5 Cookies

4.5.1 Functional cookies
 

We use the Sourcepoint consent management platform (Sourcepoint Technologies, Inc., 228 Park Avenue South, #87903, New York, NY 10003-1502, United States) to collect and store your data protection consent. The platform sets a technically required cookie to query the consent status and thereby display the applicable content. A usage analysis measuring how the obtaining of consent functions is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (f).
The cookie is stored until you issue your revocation, and is deleted at the latest after 13 months.
Because data is transferred to a third country, we have concluded EU standard contractual clauses in order to ensure that the processing of personal data is compatible with data protection laws, and with GDPR in particular.
You can find Sourcepoint’s data protection policy here.

4.5.2 Consent-based cookies


If you give your consent, we utilize the following cookies in accordance with GDPR Art. 6 Par. 1 (a). You can still access the website without giving consent to the use of these cookies.

4.5.2.1 Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager


We use Google Analytics, the web analytics service of Google Inc. (“Google”), to analyze the use of the websites. A cookie is set for this purpose. The information produced by this cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The website uses Google Analytics exclusively in conjunction with the IP Anonymization extension, which means that IP addresses are processed only in truncated form, making it impossible to link them to a specific individual. IP Anonymization on this website means that your IP address is truncated by Google within EU member states or in other countries party to the agreement of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.
Google will use this information to analyze your use of the websites, to compile reports on website activities, and to perform other services related to website use and internet use. Google will never link your IP address to other data held by Google. If you do give consent, you declare that you agree to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the ways described above and for the purposes listed.
Where required, Google will transfer this information to third parties if this is prescribed by law, or if third parties are processing this data on behalf of Google.
You can find more details about the security and data protection policies of Google Analytics here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de  .

Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows you to manage website tags via an interface. The Tag Manager tool itself (which implements the tags) is a cookie-free domain and does not collect personal data. The tool activates other tags, which might collect data under certain circumstances. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been carried out on a domain or cookie level, this setting will remain in place for all tracking tags that are implemented with Google Tag Manager: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/
The data collected and analyzed through the use of Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager is usually stored until you object to its use. The storage duration of the analysis cookies is a maximum of 24 months.

4.5.2.2 Google Double Click

This website also uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google. DoubleClick sets cookies to show ads that are relevant for the user, to improve the reports on campaign performance, and to make sure users are not shown the same advert twice. Using a cookie ID, Google records which ads are shown in which browser, and can thereby prevent them from being shown more than once. Furthermore, DoubleClick can – using cookie IDs – record conversions that are related to ad requests. That is the case, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later, using the same browser, accesses the advertiser’s website and purchases something there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.

Because of the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no control over the extent and further utilization of the data collected through the use of this tool by Google, and we therefore simply inform you to the best of our knowledge: As a result of the integration of DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you accessed the relevant part of our website or clicked on one of our ads. If you are registered with one of Google’s services, Google can assign your visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider learns and stores your IP address.

Moreover, the DoubleClick floodlight cookies allow us to understand whether you carry out certain actions on our website after seeing or clicking on one of our display/video ads on Google or on another platform via DoubleClick (conversion tracking). DoubleClick uses this cookie to understand the content you have interacted with on our website in order to send you targeted advertising at a later time. You’ll find further information about DoubleClick by Google at www.google.de/doubleclick and support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090, and information about data protection policies at Google generally at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Alternatively, you can visit the website of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at https://www.networkadvertising.org.

Opting out: It is possible to opt out of having your data collected and stored by Google Analytics at any time with effect for the future. You can choose to install a browser plug-in published by Google. This plug-in is available for a variety of browser versions and can be downloaded here.

You can opt out of the use of the above web-tracking services at any time by changing your browser settings and/or clicking on the following link in order to download and install the available browser plug-ins:

Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout 

You can prevent and object to your participation in this tracking process in various ways:

  • By changing your cookie settings: To do so, choose “Data protection settings” under “Services” in the footer on any page on this website
  • By changing the relevant settings in your browser software. In particular, blocking third-party cookies will stop you from being shown ads by third-party providers
  • By deactivating the cookies for conversion tracking, which you can do by changing your browser settings to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com (https://www.google.de/settings/ads), although this setting is deleted when you delete your cookies
  • By permanently deactivating it in your Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browser via the link https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin .

It should be noted that, if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

4.6 External services and contents on our website


We have included external services and contents on our website. If you use one of these services or if you are shown content by third parties, communication data is exchanged between you and the respective provider for technical reasons.

Furthermore, it is possible that the provider of those services or content will process your data for other purposes of its own. We have, in all conscience, configured the services and content of providers who are known to process data for their own purposes in such a way that there is no communication for purposes other than displaying the content/services on our website, or that communication only happens when you actively decide to use that service. However, since we have no control over the data collected by third parties or how this data is processed by them, we cannot make any binding statements about the purpose and extent of the processing of your data.


Please find further information about the purpose and extent of data collection and processing in the data protection notices of the respective data controller providing the services or content incorporated on our website:
 

4.7 Processing your data using a Connector ID (C-ID)

4.7.1 Creating the Connector ID (shared responsibility)


If you have given C-ID online consent in accordance with Item 4.7.4.2, we transfer the cookie ID, the IP address collected when the cookie was set, and information about your end device to Bertelsmann Data Services GmbH, Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 270, 33311 Gütersloh (“BDS”). BDS processes this data to create a distinct Connector ID (“C-ID”). This data is subsequently deleted by BDS. The C-ID is an identifier that allows the respective participating Bertelsmann company to determine in which databases of the other participating Bertelsmann companies a person who is included in their databases is stored.

We also transfer the ID (customer ID) that we have assigned to your dataset in our database, as well as an anonymous data catalog, to BDS. The anonymous data catalog includes aggregated, non-personal details about the data stored in our customer database (“anonymous data catalog”). BDS, working centrally on behalf of all participating Bertelsmann companies, collects and administers the C-ID, the customer ID, details about the anonymous data catalog and about consent given relating to the C-ID at the participating Bertelsmann companies.

The data processing described above is carried out to pursue our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of the other participating Bertelsmann companies on the basis of GDPR Article 6 (1) (f). This happens, firstly, so that we and the other participating Bertelsmann companies can, by inquiring with BDS, determine at which participating Bertelsmann company the same C-ID is present and what potential the anonymous data catalog can offer for a data exchange. Moreover, it allows us and the other participating Bertelsmann companies to exchange data among ourselves using the C-ID on the basis of balancing interests (see Item 4.7.2) or, if provided, your consent, in order to provide you with interesting and useful offerings and ads, and to design the respective website, products and services so that they are fit for purpose.

You’ll find an updated list of the participating Bertelsmann companies at https://dataservices.bertelsmann.de/participatingcompanies/ or you can write to datenschutz@bertelsmann.de requesting the list by post or email.
We and BDS are joint data controllers for the data processing involved in creating the C-ID. We and BDS have drawn up a joint agreement, in accordance with GDPR Art. 26, outlining which of us carries out which of the duties listed in GDPR. This applies in particular to safeguarding the rights of data subjects and fulfilling duties relating to the provision of information in accordance with GDPR Articles 13 and 14.

This agreement is necessary because, when creating the C-ID, personal data is processed in different process stages that are completed either by us, by BDS or together. Even where there is shared responsibility, the parties perform the data-protection duties in accordance with their respective responsibilities for the individual process stages as follows:

  • a) We are responsible for the process of transferring the above-named data to BDS.
  • b) We and BDS are jointly responsible for creating the C-ID. #
  • c) BDS is responsible for management of the C-ID and for the deletion, as described above, of the data that was transferred to BDS to create the C-ID.

You can exercise your data protection rights by contacting us, as described in 1, or by contacting Bertelsmann Data Services GmbH, Konzerndatenschutz/Group Data Protection, Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 270, 33311 Gütersloh, or by emailing datenschutz@bertelsmann.de. You will obtain information from the center where rights were asserted.
 

4.7.2 Data processing using the C-ID independently of your consent
 

Whether you have given your consent or not, we and the other participating Bertelsmann companies can, where the requirements set out in GDPR Article 6 (1) (f) have been met, share and use your name, address, contact details (if available), date of birth (if available) and interest categories using the C-ID in order to provide you with interesting and useful offerings and ads, or in order to design our respective websites, products and services so that they are fit for purpose. An interest category means belonging to a target group that has similar general characteristics (e.g. belonging to the same age group) or a comparable potential interest in certain products or services (e.g. purchases in the same product category, use of same media content, e.g. TV series). When selecting target-group-specific advertising or the needs-based design of the websites, we can also – with due consideration of your interests – save and use anonymous information and data that we have received from data service providers on the basis of GDPR Article 6 (1) (f).

4.7.3 Right to object
 

You can object to the use of your data for the data processing described in Item 4.7.1 and 4.7.2 at any time, as described in 7. Your data will then not be used for these purposes in future.

4.7.4 Data processing using the C-ID on the basis of your consent

4.7.4.1 Use of your IP address and cookie ID for creating the C-ID
 

If you use our website, we will, with your consent, set a cookie in which we save a cookie ID. The cookie ID is a randomly generated character string that is used by our website as an identification mark in later visits. This cookie is a small text file that is stored by your internet browser. If you have additionally given C-ID online consent in accordance with Item 4.7.4.2, we transfer the cookie ID, the IP address collected when the cookie was set, and information about your end device to BDS in order to create the C-ID. The legal basis for collecting and transferring this data is GDPR Article 6 (1) (a).

4.7.4.2 Consent for processing of data across all websites by Bertelsmann companies for analysis, product development, measuring, advertising and risk management (“C-ID online consent”)
 

If you have given us, BDS or a participating Bertelsmann company consent for the processing of data across all websites by Bertelsmann companies for analysis, product development, measuring, advertising and risk management (“C-ID online consent”), your data will be processed – in addition to the purposes described in Item 4.7.2 – on the basis of GDPR Article 6 (1) (a) as follows: We, the other participating Bertelsmann companies and BDS – using the C-ID, each on its own responsibility – share and utilize the following data (if available, hereinafter “online data”):

  • Your IP address;
  • Details about the content you requested and about your user behavior (e.g. which websites and categories you saw when);
  • The content entered by you on the website (e.g. search terms, registration data, evaluations, form entries, click data);
  • Date and time of visit, information about the browser used by you, the duration of your visit to the website, and the website you visited beforehand, from which you came to our website; and
  • device information, for example the end device model and other information about your device (e.g. browser, language, time-zone settings, operating system, platform and screen resolution);

in order to personalize ads and content on the participating Bertelsmann companies’ and BDS’ websites and apps on the basis of a profile and to measure the performance of ads and content on these websites and apps. Furthermore, conclusions may be derived about target groups that have viewed the ads and content. And your online data may be used to establish or improve the user friendliness, systems and software of the participating Bertelsmann companies. Moreover, the conclusions/profiles derived in this way may be transferred between the participating Bertelsmann companies on the basis of the C-ID, and used for the above-mentioned purposes.
Using the C-ID, we also pass on your online data/profiles to other participating Bertelsmann companies so that they can automatically check whether there is evidence of any fraudulent behavior in orders of paid content, goods or services from these Bertelsmann companies or third parties, for which this Bertelsmann company provides payment services. This also includes the decision regarding whether a high-risk payment method such as purchase on account can be offered for this order. The online data/profiles shared between the participating Bertelsmann companies using the C-ID are not passed on to third parties. You’ll find details in the respective consent dialog of the website for which you give consent. If you have given consent to have your online data processed for this purpose, you can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future as described in 7 (or by changing the cookie settings: to do so, choose “Data protection settings” under “Services” in the footer area on any page on this website). In that case, your data will no longer be processed in the way described above.

  1. Who will receive my data?

Within the company, the centers/departments that require your data in order to achieve the purposes listed under Item 4 are given access to it. External service providers used by the company may also be given access to your data (“contract processors”, e.g. data centers, sending out newsletters, web tracking). The contracts governing this contract processing ensure that these service providers are bound by instructions, comply with data protection guidelines, and handle your data confidentially.
Data is not passed on to any other recipients, e.g. advertising partners, providers of social media services or credit institutions (“third parties”).

  1. Is my data processed outside the EU or the EEA (third-country transfer)?

Service providers employed in the technical provision of the website may be located outside the European Union/European Economic Area (“EU” or “EEA”). By concluding standard contractual clauses or through valid adequacy resolutions, we ensure that the service providers we employ meet European data protection levels in the case of third-country data transfers. You can request a copy of this guarantee from us by using the contact details provided in Item 1.
With the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Item 4.5, a third-country data transfer takes place because the data centers of Google Inc. are located outside the EU/EEA. This kind of third-country transfer can lead to your data being transferred to a country that does not guarantee the same data protection standards as in the EU/EEA.

  1. What are my data protection rights?

You have the right to receive information about the personal data we store about you at any time. Should the data about you be incorrect or out of date, you have the right to have that data corrected. You also have the right to have your data deleted or to restrict its processing under GDPR Art. 17/Art. 18. And you have the right to receive the data you provided in a commonly used und machine-readable format. (Right to data portability).
If you have given consent to the processing of personal data for certain purposes, you can revoke the consent at any time with effect for the future. Notice of revocation should be sent to the company using the contact details provided under Item 1.
Under GDPR Art. 21, you also have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to the processing of your data carried out on the legal basis of GDPR Art. 6, Par. 1 (f) at any time. Furthermore, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing at any time. The same applies to automated processes with the use of individual cookies, unless these are necessary for the provision of the website.

You also have the option of contacting a data protection supervisory authority and lodging a complaint there. The state data protection commissioner responsible for the company is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kavalleriestr. 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf
Phone: 0211/38424-0
Fax: 0211/38424-10
E-Mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de

You can also contact the data protection supervisory authority responsible for your place of residence.

  1. To what extent is decision-making automated?

We do not employ fully automated decision-making of any kind for the purposes listed under Item 4.

  1. Is profiling carried out?

No profiling is carried out for the purposes listen in Item 4.

Data protection information correct as of: 18 November 2021