1. Name and Registered Office of the Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other provisions relating to data protection is:

Tiens Europe Region GmbH & Co. KG

Leipziger Platz 15
10117 Berlin

Commercial Register No.: HRA 37375 B
Register Court: Charlottenburg Local Court

2. Information on the Collection of Personal Data

(1) Below we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data means all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. your name, address, email address, or user behaviour.

(2) When you contact us by email, via the contact form, or through social media, the data you provide (email address and/or name and telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions.

The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) and (f) GDPR.

If your contact is made with the intention of concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(a) and (b) GDPR.

The data collected in this context will be deleted when it is no longer required, in particular after your request has been fully processed, or its processing will be restricted if statutory retention obligations apply.

(3) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our services or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail at the relevant points below. In doing so, we will also specify the criteria used to determine the storage period for personal data.

3. Your Rights

(1) In relation to your personal data, you have the following rights towards us:

The right to information
The right to rectification
The right to restriction of processing
The right to object to processing
The right to data portability

(2) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your personal data.

4. Collection of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website

(1) When using the website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server.

If you wish to browse our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for displaying the website and ensuring the stability and security of the connection (legal basis: Article 6(1), sentence 1, point (f) GDPR).

The following data is collected:

IP address (anonymised)
Date and time of the request
Time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
HTTP access status / status code
Amount of data transferred in each case
Website from which the request originates
Browser
Operating system and its interface
Language and version of the browser software

(2) The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

In the case of data collection for the provision of a website, this occurs when the respective session has ended.

If the data is stored in log files, it will be stored for a maximum of seven days. Further storage is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of users are deleted or anonymised so that it is no longer possible to identify the respective client.

5. Use of Cookies

(1) In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser you use, through which certain information is transmitted to the entity that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer. Their purpose is to make the internet offering more user-friendly and efficient.

(2) Use of Cookies

a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

Temporary cookies (see b)
Persistent cookies (see c)

b) Temporary cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which allows various requests from your browser to be assigned to the same session. This enables your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a predefined period, which may vary depending on the type of cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.

d) You can configure your browser according to your preferences and, for example, disable the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that, in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website.

6. Additional Functions and Services on Our Website

(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, you may, if interested, make use of the various services offered. To do so, you will generally be required to provide additional personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and to which the data processing principles described above apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These providers are carefully selected by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly monitored.

(3) We may disclose your personal data to third parties where participation in promotions, competitions, the conclusion of contracts, or similar services are offered jointly with partners. Further information will be provided when you enter your personal data or in the description of the relevant service below.

7. Objection to or Complaint Regarding the Processing of Your Personal Data

(1) If you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Such withdrawal affects the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data only after it has been communicated to us.

(2) Where we process your personal data based on a balancing of interests, you may object to such processing. This applies in cases where the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract concluded with you, as described in the functional descriptions below.

When exercising such an objection, we kindly ask you to explain the reasons why we should no longer process your personal data as we have done previously. In the event of a justified objection, we will examine the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing, or explain to you our compelling legitimate grounds that justify continuing the processing.

(3) Of course, you may object at any time to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes.

You may notify us of your objection to advertising using the following contact details:

privacy@tiens.eu

8. Social Network Plugins

We use third-party social media plugins on our website. This enables you to inform your contacts that you like our website, link to content, or share content. Plugins can be recognised by the logo of the respective third-party provider.

When you visit our website, your data is transmitted to the respective third-party providers.

If you are also a user of the third-party provider's services, this information may be linked to your user account with that provider.

This information may also be transmitted to a third-party provider even if you are not a registered user of the provider's services and click on a plugin on our website.

However, if data is transmitted without simultaneous registration with a third-party provider, it is generally not possible to directly associate the data with you, for example via your IP address; such identification would only be possible with the assistance of your internet service provider.

Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective provider for information regarding the purpose and scope of data processing carried out by the third-party provider.

The processing of this data is based on our overriding legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our online offering in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

The following provider plugins are used on our website:

Facebook Plugin

Facebook Ireland Limited
4 Grand Canal Square
Dublin 2
Ireland

Certification:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?Id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Further information:

https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

Twitter Plugin

Twitter International Company

One Cumberland Place

Fenian Street

Dublin 2

D02 AX07

Ireland

Certification:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active

Further information:

https://twitter.com/de/privacy

Google Plugin

Google Inc.

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway

Mountain View, CA 94043

USA

Certification:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Further information:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

9. Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer to help analyse how users use the website.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States.

If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be 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 United States and shortened there.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services relating to website and internet usage for the website operator.

(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

(3) You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. Please note, however, that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address), and from processing this data, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at:

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()". This means that IP addresses are processed in a shortened form, making it impossible to identify individuals. Where the data collected about you can be linked to a person, such linkage is immediately excluded and the personal data is therefore deleted without delay.

(5) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve our website. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user.

For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the United States, Google has committed itself to the EU–US Privacy Shield Framework:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Article 6(1), sentence 1, point (f) GDPR.

Personal data will be deleted or anonymised no later than 14 months after collection.

(6) Third-party provider information:

Google Ireland Ltd.

Gordon House

Barrow Street

Dublin 4

Ireland

Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001

Terms of Use:

http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html

Privacy Overview:

http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html

Privacy Policy:

http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

10. YouTube Video Integration

(1) We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offering, which are stored at http://www.youtube.com and can be played directly from our website.

These videos are embedded using the "enhanced privacy mode", which means that no data about you as a user is transmitted to YouTube unless you play the videos. Only when you play the videos will the data referred to in paragraph 2 be transmitted, over which we have no control. This applies only to our own videos.

(2) By visiting our website, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data referred to in Section V of this Privacy Notice is transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no such user account exists.

If you are logged into a Google account, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button.

YouTube stores your data as user profiles and uses them for advertising, market research, and/or tailoring its website to users' needs. Such evaluation is carried out in particular (including for users who are not registered) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website.

You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, you must contact YouTube directly.

(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in YouTube's Privacy Policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy:

https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Google also processes your personal data in the United States and has submitted to the EU–US Privacy Shield Framework:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

The legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is Article 6(1), sentence 1, point (f) GDPR.

11. Google Maps Integration

(1) We use Google Maps on this website. This enables us to display interactive maps directly on the website and allows you to conveniently use the map functions.

(2) By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data referred to in Section V of this Privacy Notice is transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no such user account exists.

If you are logged into a Google account, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button.

Google stores your data as user profiles and uses them for advertising, market research, and/or tailoring its website to users' needs.

Such evaluation is carried out primarily (including for users who are not registered) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website.

You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, you must contact Google directly.

(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider's Privacy Policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy:

http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Google also processes your personal data in the United States and has submitted to the EU–US Privacy Shield Framework:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

The legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is Article 6(1), sentence 1, point (f) GDPR.

12. AddThis Bookmarks

(1) Our website also contains AddThis plug-ins. These plug-ins enable you to bookmark or share interesting content with other users.

Through these plug-ins, we offer you the opportunity to interact with social networks and other users, allowing us to improve our services and make them more attractive for you as a user.

The legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is Article 6(1), sentence 1, point (f) GDPR.

(2) Through these plug-ins, your internet browser establishes a direct connection with the AddThis servers and the selected social network or bookmarking services.

The recipients receive information about your access to the relevant page of our online offering, together with the information referred to in Section V of this Privacy Notice.

This information is processed by AddThis servers in the United States.

If you submit content from our website to social networks or bookmarking services, a connection may be established between your visit to our website and your user profile with the respective network.

We have no influence over the data collected and the data processing operations, nor are we aware of the full extent of the data collection, the purposes of processing, or the storage periods.

We also have no information regarding the deletion of the collected data by the plug-in provider.

(3) The plug-in provider stores your data as user profiles and uses them for advertising, market research, and/or tailoring its website to users' needs.

Such evaluation is carried out particularly (including for users who are not registered) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website.

You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, you must contact the respective plug-in provider.

(4) If you do not wish to participate in this process, you may object to the collection of data at any time by setting an opt-out cookie with future effect:

http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out

Alternatively, you can configure your browser to prevent the storage of these cookies.

(5) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider, as well as additional information regarding your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, is available from:

AddThis LLC

1595 Spring Hill Road

Suite 300

Vienna, VA 22182

USA

www.addthis.com/privacy

13. Storage Period of Personal Data

We store personal data—unless otherwise specified for a particular purpose—only for as long as is necessary for the purposes of its processing or until you withdraw your consent.

Where statutory retention obligations apply, the retention period for certain data may be up to 10 years, regardless of the purposes of the processing.