WESTEND61 GMBH
SCHWANTHALERSTR. 86
80336 MUNICH, GERMANY

Phone +49 (0) 89 4524426-0
Fax +49 (0) 89 4524426-20
Email service@westend61.de

Authorized Managing Directors:
Gerald Staufer, Stephan Bock

Responsible for content according to § 55 Abs. 2 RStV:
Gerald Staufer, Stephan Bock

Registry court:
District Court of Munich Register number: HRB 168690
Sales Tax Identification Number according to § 27a USt. Law:
DE 253 177 588

Copyright: All rights to the images on this website are reserved. Any use of images is only permitted with the prior approval of Westend61. In the case of unauthorized use of images, a minimum fee of 5 times the usual usage fee is due, subject to the assertion of claims for damages. All offers, deliveries and the granting of image usage rights are made exclusively according to the Terms and Conditions from Westend61.

Disclaimer: Despite careful content control, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content.
Our images are protected by Copytrack.

Arbitration Board: In accordance with Art. 14 Para. 1 ODR-VO, we would like to point out that the Internet platform for the online settlement of consumer disputes can be reached via the link https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/

PRIVACY POLICY

The protection of your personal data is very important to us. Therefore, Westend61 GmbH collects, processes, and uses your personal data exclusively in accordance with the applicable legal provisions (in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation DSGVO, the Federal Data Protection Act BDSG and the Telemedia Act TMG) ​​and this declaration.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

A. SCOPE

This data protection declaration applies to the online offer from Westend61 GmbH, available at www.westend61.de and whenever there is a reference to this data protection declaration from one of our offers, regardless of how you access or use it.

B. CONTROLLER

Responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:

Westend 61 GmbH
Pestalozzistr. 13+15
80469 Munich, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 89 452 44 26-0
Fax: +49 (0) 89 452 44 26-20
Email: service@westend61.de
Website: www.westend61.de

C. DATA PRIVACY OFFICER

You can contact our data protection officer at any time and free of charge using the contact details given in B or via service@westend61.de.

II. DETAILS OF DATA PROCESSING

A. INTRODUCTION

In general, we only process the personal data of our users to the extent that this is necessary to provide a functional website, our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users takes place only with the consent of the user. An exception applies in such cases in which it is not possible to obtain prior consent for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by statutory provisions.

B. LEGAL BASES

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Art. 6 (1) (a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) serves as the legal basis. When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. Insofar as processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c DSGVO serves as the legal basis. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6 (1) lit. d DSGVO serves as the legal basis. If the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO serves as the legal basis for the processing.

C. DATA DELETION AND STORAGE PERIOD

The personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage can also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other regulations to which the person responsible is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the standards mentioned expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

III. YOUR RIGHTS

If your personal data is processed, you are the data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights:

A. RIGHT TO INFORMATION

You can request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether personal data relating to you is being processed by us. If such processing is present, you can request from the person responsible the following information:

(1) the purposes for which the personal data is processed;

(2) the categories of personal data being processed;

(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data in question has been or will be disclosed;

(4) the planned duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage duration;

(5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the person responsible or a right to object to this processing;

(6) the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;

(7) all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;

(8) the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether your personal data is being transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed of the appropriate guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transmission.

B. RIGHT TO RECTIFICATION

You have a right to correction and/or completion if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. The person responsible must make the correction immediately.

C. RIGHT TO RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING

Under the following conditions, you can request the restriction of the processing of your personal data:

(1) if you dispute the accuracy of the personal data concerning you, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

(2) the processing is unlawful and you refuse to delete the personal data and instead request that the use of the personal data be restricted;

(3) the person responsible no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or

(4) if you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, this data – apart from its storage – may only be used with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State are processed.
If the restriction of processing has been restricted according to the above conditions, you will be informed by the person responsible before the restriction is lifted.

D. RIGHT TO DELETION

Obligation to delete

You can request the person responsible to delete the personal data concerning you immediately, and the person responsible is obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

a) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

b) You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a or Article 9 Paragraph 2 Letter a GDPR and there is no other legal basis

for the processing.

c) You object to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (2) GDPR.

d) The personal data concerning you have been unlawfully processed.

e) The deletion of the personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the person responsible is subject.

f) The personal data concerning you was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 (1) GDPR.
information to third parties

If the person responsible has made the personal data relating to you public and is obliged to delete it in accordance with Art. 17 (1) GDPR, he shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, to inform the person responsible for data processing, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs , that you, as the data subject, have requested them to delete all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.
exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist if processing is necessary

a) to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

b) to fulfill a legal obligation that requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or to perform a task that is in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority that has been delegated to the controller ;

c) for reasons of public interest in the field of public health in accordance with Article 9 Paragraph 2 lit. h and i and Article 9 Paragraph 3 GDPR;

d) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in Section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing, or

e) to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

E. RIGHT TO INFORMATION

If you have asserted the right to correction, deletion or restriction of processing against the person responsible, he is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves to be impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients by the person responsible.

F. RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the person responsible in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transmit this data to another person responsible without hindrance by the person responsible for providing the personal data, provided that

1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR and

2. the processing is carried out using automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one person responsible to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other people must not be impaired by this. The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority that has been transferred to the person responsible.

If you use several browsers, you must make the settings in each of your browsers. For more information, please refer to the instructions of your respective browser manufacturer. If you object to the setting of cookies, there may be functional impairments when using this website and you may not be able to use all functions to their full extent.

G. RIGHT TO OBJECT

You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data, which is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The person responsible no longer processes the personal data relating to you unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you is processed in order to operate direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising.

If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data relating to you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services, you have the option – notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC – to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications.

H. RIGHT TO WITHDRAW PRIVACY CONSENT

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of revocation.

I. AUTOMATED INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INCLUDING PROFILING

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

is required for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the person responsible,

is permissible on the basis of legal provisions of the Union or the Member States to which the person responsible is subject and these legal provisions contain appropriate measures to protect your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests or

done with your express consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data according to Article 9 Paragraph 1 GDPR unless Article 9 Paragraph 2 lit. a or g GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests .

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms of, and the legitimate interests of, the data subject, which shall include, at least, the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

J. RIGHT TO COMPLAIN WITH A REGULATORY AUTHORITY

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data is contrary to violates the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to which the complaint was lodged will inform the complainant about the status and the results of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Art. 78 GDPR.

IV. NEWSLETTER AND PROMOTIONAL E-MAILS

With the following information we inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch and statistical evaluation procedures as well as your right of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and the procedures described.

Content of the newsletter: We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications with advertising information (hereinafter “newsletter”) only with the consent of the recipient or legal permission. If the contents of the newsletter are specifically described when registering for the newsletter, they are decisive for the consent of the user. Our newsletter also contains information about our services and us.

Double opt-in and logging: Registration for our newsletter takes place in a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registration you will receive an e-mail in which you will be asked to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with someone else’s e-mail address. The registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with the legal requirements. This includes storing the time of registration and confirmation as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored by the shipping service provider are also logged.

Registration data: In order to register for the newsletter, it is sufficient if you enter your e-mail address. The sending of the newsletter and the success measurement associated with it are based on the consent of the recipient in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a, Article 7 GDPR in conjunction with Section 7 Paragraph 2 No. 3 UWG or on the basis of the legal permission in accordance with Art § 7 paragraph 3 UWG.

The registration process is logged on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our interest is focused on the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves our business interests as well as meets user expectations and also allows us to prove consent.

Termination/Revocation – You can terminate the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter.

Newsletter – Mailchimp

The newsletter is sent using the mail service provider “MailChimp”, a newsletter mailing platform of the US provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. You can view the data protection regulations of the shipping service provider here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

The Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a MailChimp is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection standards (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG&status=Active).

The shipping service provider is used on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR and an order processing contract in accordance with Article 28 Paragraph 3 Clause 1 GDPR.

The shipping service provider can use the data of the recipients in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assignment to a user, to optimize or improve their own services, e.g. for technical optimization of the dispatch and the presentation of the newsletter or for statistical purposes. However, the shipping service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them themselves or to pass the data on to third parties.

Newsletter – measurement of success

The newsletters contain a so-called “web beacon”, i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when the newsletter is opened or, if we use a shipping service provider, from their server. As part of this retrieval, technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval, are initially collected.

This information is used to technically improve the services based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined using the IP address) or the access times. The statistical surveys also include determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked.

For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to the individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our aim nor, if used, that of the shipping service provider to monitor individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

V. DISCLOSURE AND SECURITY OF YOUR DATA

Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

a) you have given your express consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a GDPR,

b) disclosure is necessary in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,

c) in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer according to Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as

d) this is legally permissible and required for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b GDPR.

Security of your data

When you visit our website, we use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in connection with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. This is usually a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is being transmitted in encrypted form by the closed representation of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
The personal data that you provide in connection with the use of the website is protected in several ways.

e) Access to your account profile is possible through a password and a unique customer ID of your choice. The password is encrypted. You should strive to use a strong, alphanumeric password that you do not disclose to anyone else.

f) Your personal data is stored on secure servers to which only selected employees and contractors of Westend61 GmbH have access using a password.

g) Your personal data is encrypted for all transmissions to Westend61 GmbH.

h) If you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) in our registration or order forms, this data is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS).

We strive to ensure the protection of personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we recognize that the personal information we collect, process and store is sensitive and use current technology to protect that personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

VI. DATA COLLECTION

A. LOG FILES

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. The following data is collected here:

a) Browser type and version used

b) User’s operating system

c) User’s service provider

d) IP address of the user

e) date and time of access

f) Websites from which the user’s system reached our website

g) Websites accessed by the user’s system via our website. This data is stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

B. USE OF COOKIES

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on the user’s computer system. If a user calls up a website, a cookie can be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic character string that enables the browser to be clearly identified when the website is called up again.

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.
The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

a) Language settings

b) Items in the shopping cart

c) Login information

We also use cookies on our website, which enable an analysis of the surfing behavior of users. The following data can be transmitted in this way:

1. Entered search terms
2. Frequency of page views
3. Use of website functions

The user data collected in this way is pseudonymized by technical precautions. It is therefore no longer possible to assign the data to the calling user. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

C. USE OF PLUGINS AND SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS

YOUTUBE

We may include videos from the provider YouTube on our website (YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google Inc., based at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). We have embedded our videos in the so-called “extended data protection mode” to give you a data protection-friendly view. When you play the videos, a connection to a YouTube server is established. This transmits to YouTube which of our websites you have visited. If you are logged in to YouTube as a member, YouTube assigns this information to your personal user account. When using the service, e.g. B. Clicking the start button of a video, this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your YouTube user account and other user accounts of the companies YouTube LLC and Google Inc. before using our website and deleting the corresponding cookies from the companies. By integrating YouTube videos into our website, YouTube can also set cookies.

YouTube is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. You can find further information on the handling of user data in YouTube’s data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies /privacy.

GOOGLE WEB FONTS

This site may use so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address.

Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offering. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer. You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

MATOMO

We use the open source software tool Matomo (formerly PIWIK) on our website to analyze the surfing behavior of our users. The software sets a cookie on the user’s computer (see above for cookies). If individual pages of our website are called up, the following data is stored:

(1) Two bytes of the IP address of the user’s calling system

(2) The accessed website

(3) The website from which the user accessed the accessed website (referrer)

(4) The sub-pages accessed from the accessed website

(5) The length of stay on the website

(6) The frequency of visits to the website

The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website. A storage of the personal data of the users only takes place there. The data will not be passed on to third parties. Under no circumstances will the IP address be linked to other data relating to the user. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking). The software is set in such a way that the IP addresses are not saved completely, but 2 bytes of the IP address are masked (e.g.: 192.168.xxx.xxx). In this way, it is no longer possible to assign the shortened IP address to the calling computer.

GOOGLE TAG MANAGER

With the Google Tag Manager, website tags can be managed via an interface. However, the Tag Manager itself, which uses the tags, works without cookies and does not record any personal data. The Tag Manager only triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Corresponding explanations for these respective third-party providers can be found in this data protection declaration. However, the Google Tag Manager does not use this data. If you have set or otherwise deactivated cookies, this will be taken into account for all tracking tags used with the Google Tag Manager, so the tool will not change your cookie settings.

SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGINS

We may use social plug-ins from the social networks Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and LinkedIn on our website on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f GDPR. The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for data protection-compliant operation is to be guaranteed by their respective providers.

a) Facebook

Social media plugins from Facebook may be used on our website to make their use more personal. For this we use the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button. This is an offer from Facebook.

If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser, which integrates it into the website. By integrating the plugin, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can directly assign your visit to our website to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there.

The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends. Facebook can use this information for advertising, market research and needs-based design of the Facebook pages. For this purpose, usage, interest and relationship profiles are created by Facebook, e.g. B. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services related to the use of Facebook. If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook’s data protection information (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

Facebook Website Customer Audiences

On our website we may use the “Custom Audiences” pixel from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. So-called tracking pixels are integrated on our website. When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the tracking pixel. Facebook receives information from your browser, among other things, that our site has been accessed by your device. If you are a Facebook user, Facebook can use this to associate your visit to our site with 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 data transmitted or how it is used by Facebook. We can only choose which segments of Facebook users (such as age, interests) our advertising should be displayed. We use one of two Custom Audiences working methods in which no data records, in particular no e-mail addresses of our users – neither encrypted nor unencrypted – are transmitted to Facebook. You can find more information on this in Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

If you wish to object to the use of Facebook Website Custom Audiences, you can do so here:

I don’t want to be tracked by Facebook!

Conversion measurement with the conversion pixel from Facebook

We use the “conversion pixel” or visitor action pixel from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). By calling up this pixel from your browser, Facebook can then recognize whether a Facebook ad was successful, e.g. led to an online purchase. We only receive statistical data from Facebook without reference to a specific person. This allows us to measure the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes.

In particular, if you are logged in to Facebook, we also refer to their data protection information https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Please click here if you wish to revoke your consent to conversion pixels.

b) Twitter

Plugins of the short message network of Twitter Inc. (Twitter) may be integrated on our website. You can recognize the Twitter plugins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site.

You can find an overview of tweet buttons here (https://about.twitter.com/resources/buttons).

If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Twitter “tweet button” while you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to associate your visit to our site with 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 data transmitted or how it is used by Twitter.

If you do not want Twitter to be able to assign your visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account. You can find more information on this in Twitter’s privacy policy (https://twitter.com/privacy).

c) Instagram

Our website may also use so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera”.

If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Instagram servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Instagram to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram.

This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “Instagram” button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there.

The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts there. If you do not want Instagram to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website.

For more information, see Instagram’s privacy policy (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388).

d) LinkedIn

Our website may use functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages that contains LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account.

We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by LinkedIn.

Further information on this can be found in LinkedIn’s data protection declaration at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

e) Pinterest

On our site we may use social plugins from the Pinterest social network operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”). If you call up a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, how you use Pinterest and cookies. Further information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Pinterest’s data protection information: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

WORDPRESS

This website may use WordPress.com-Stats, a tool for statistical evaluation of visitor access, operated by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA, using tracking technology from Quantcast Inc., 201 3rd St, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103-3153, USA. WordPress.com-Stats uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is stored on a server in the USA. The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is stored. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; we would like to point out to you however that in this case you can if applicable not use all functions of this website in full.

You can object to the collection and use of data by Quantcast with effect for the future by setting an opt-out cookie in your browser by clicking on the “Click here to opt-out” link: https:/ /www.quantcast.com/opt-out. If you delete all cookies on your computer, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

D. DATA COLLECTION AT REGISTRATION

On our website we offer users the opportunity to register by providing personal data. The data is entered into an input mask and transmitted to us and stored. A transfer of data to third parties does not take place.

The following data is collected as part of the registration process:

  1. E-mail
  2. Company name (if any)
  3. Salutation, first name, last name
  4. Address, zip code, city, country
  5. Telephone number (if available)
  6. Sales tax identification number (if available) At the time of registration, the following data is also stored:
    a) IP address of the user
    b) Date and time of registration
    c) Browser and operating system used

As part of the registration process, the user’s consent to the processing of this data is obtained.

E. DATA COLLECTION WHEN CONTACTING BY E-MAIL

If you send us an e-mail, we only collect, store and process your data to the extent that this is necessary to process your inquiries and to correspond with you. We treat your data in accordance with the provisions of data protection law and generally take the greatest possible precautions for their security.

We would like to point out that when sending e-mails, the data transmission over the Internet is partly unsecured and the data could theoretically be read or falsified by unauthorized persons.

VII. CHANGES AND UPDATES

This data protection declaration is valid from May 25th, 2018 and is as of May 2018.

Due to the further development of our website and offers on it, or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration.

You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at https://www.westend61.de/cms/privacy-policy.