Privacy notice

In short: these pages set no cookies and load nothing from third-party servers. We count page views on our own server, without cookies and without storing personal data.

This is a translation for your convenience. The German version (Datenschutzerklärung) is legally binding.

1. 1. Data protection at a glance
2. 2. Hosting
3. 3. General notes and mandatory information
4. 4. Data collection on this website
5. 5. Your rights

1. Data protection at a glance

General notes

The following notes give a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy notice set out below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Its contact details can be found in the section “Note on the controller” in this privacy notice.

How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be, for example, data that you give us by email or telephone.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (for example internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. We process further data in order to handle the enquiries you make by email or telephone.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected or erased. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. In addition, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Furthermore, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time about this and about further questions on data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Hetzner

The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany (hereinafter Hetzner).

For details, please see Hetzner’s privacy policy (in German): https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechtliches/datenschutz.

Hetzner is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in our website being displayed as reliably as possible.

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Server logs

When this website is accessed, the server automatically processes technical data (IP address, date and time, page accessed, browser type) in order to provide and secure the service (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The logs are deleted automatically after a short time. This data is not merged with other data sources.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy notice.

We point out that data transmission over the internet (for example when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (for example names, email addresses or similar).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this privacy notice, your personal data remains with us until the purpose of the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw consent to data processing, your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (for example retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, erasure takes place once these reasons no longer apply.

General notes on the legal bases of data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required to perform a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR where this is necessary to comply with a legal obligation. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The following paragraphs of this privacy notice provide information on the legal bases relevant in each individual case.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY NOTICE. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact details published as part of the imprint obligation for sending advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising being sent, for example by spam emails.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies, counting, embedded services

The public pages of this website set no cookies and store nothing in your browser. There is no tracking and there are no third-party analytics tools; how we count page views is described in the following section. No third-party content is embedded. The fonts Archivo and Merriweather are loaded from our own server; no connection to servers of Google or other third-party providers is made in the process.

Counting page views

We count how often the pages of this magazine are viewed. Counting takes place on our own server, without third-party services. We do not set cookies for this purpose and do not store anything on your device.

For each day, page, language version and type of origin (for example search engine, LinkedIn, newsletter or direct visit) we keep one total. We do not store individual page views. Your IP address, any device or browser identifier and the address of the page you came from are not stored for counting. The figures cannot be attributed to any person; we do not create usage profiles and do not recognise returning visitors.

To the extent that technical details of your request are processed momentarily (requested address, referring page, browser name), this is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to see which articles are read.

Newsletter “DS Content kompakt”

If you subscribe to the newsletter “DS Content kompakt”, we process your email address in order to send you the newsletter. Your subscription only becomes valid once you click the link in our confirmation email (double opt-in). The link is valid for 48 hours. If you do not confirm, we delete the address after that.

We store your email address, the language, the time of subscription and of confirmation, the wording of your consent and the page on which the form was shown. We do not store your IP address for the subscription. To fend off mass sign-ups, the service keeps a short value derived from the IP address in working memory for about one hour; it is not stored permanently. The confirmation email is plain text without tracking pixels.

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw it at any time, most easily via the unsubscribe link in the confirmation email and in every issue. We then delete your address from the mailing list. The lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.

The addresses are kept on our own server in Germany (see “Hosting”). We send the confirmation email through our own mailbox at Hetzner Online GmbH. We currently do not use any further service provider for sending.

RSS feed

Retrieving the RSS feed produces the same server logs as retrieving a page. We do not record who subscribes to the feed; we know neither the number nor the names of the subscribers.

Enquiries by email or telephone

If you contact us by email or telephone, your enquiry including all personal data arising from it (name, enquiry) is stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been requested; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The data you send us via contact enquiries remains with us until you ask us to erase it, withdraw your consent to its storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (for example after your request has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. There is no contact form on this website.

Sign-in for the editorial team

The area “Redaktion” (editorial team) is intended only for employees of Kapaso GmbH. Only when signing in there is a session cookie set; it is technically necessary (§ 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG, the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act) and ends on signing out. To fend off sign-in attempts, the service stores the IP address for a short time when sign-ins fail (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Visitors to the magazine are not affected by this.

5. Your rights

Access, rectification and erasure

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, where applicable, a right to have this data corrected or erased. You can contact us at any time about this and about further questions on personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
• If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or establish legal claims, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of erased.
• If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, your interests and ours must be weighed against each other. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may – apart from being stored – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.