Data protection information „Selector“

1. Introduction

The following information provides a simple overview of what types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as "data") we process, for what purposes and to what extent. This data protection information applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, explicitly in the context of providing our services.

June 27, 2022

@-yet GmbH
Schloss Eicherhof
42799 Leichlingen

Phone: +49 2175 1655 0
E-mail: info@at-yet.de

The following is an overview of the legal basis of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or domicile. If, in addition, more specific legal bases are relevant in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the data protection information.

• Consent (Art. 6 I 1 lit. a GDPR) - The data subject has given his/her consent to the processing of personal data relating to him/her for a specific purpose or purposes.

• Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 I 1 lit. b GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the performance of pre-contractual measures which are carried out at the data subject's request.

• Legal obligation (Art. 6 I 1 lit. c GDPR) - Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the responsible party is subject.

• Legitimate interests (Art. 6 I 1 lit. f GDPR) - Processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data.

In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national regulations on data protection apply in Germany. These include, in particular, the Act on Protection against Misuse of Personal Data in Data Processing (Federal Data Protection Act - BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special regulations on the right to information, the right to deletion, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission, as well as automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling.

In the course of our processing of personal data, the data may be transferred to or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organizational units or persons. Recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases, we comply with the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data that serve to protect your data.

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or the processing takes place in the context of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, entities or companies, this will only be done in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transfer, we only process or have data processed in third countries with a recognized level of data protection, contractual obligation through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, in the presence of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements as soon as their consents permitted for processing are revoked or other permissions cease to apply (e.g. if the purpose of processing this data has ceased to apply or it is not required for the purpose).

If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing is limited to these purposes. I.e., the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for reasons of commercial or tax law or whose storage is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person.

Our privacy notices may also contain further information on the retention and deletion of data, which will take precedence for the respective processing operations.

Cookies are small text files, or other memory tags, that store information on end devices and read information from the end devices. Cookies can be used for various purposes, e.g. for purposes of functionality, security and comfort of online offers as well as the creation of analyses of visitor flows.

Consent notices: We use cookies in accordance with the law. Therefore, we obtain prior consent from users, except where this is not required by law. In particular, consent is not required if the storage and reading of information, i.e. including cookies, are technically absolutely necessary to provide the telemedia service (i.e. our online service) expressly requested by the users. The revocable consent is clearly communicated to the users and contains the information about the respective cookie use.

Notes on legal bases under data protection law: The legal basis under data protection law on which we process users' personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask users for consent. If users consent, the legal basis for processing their data is their declared consent. We explain the purposes for which we process cookies in the course of this privacy information or as part of our consent and processing procedures.

Storage duration: In terms of storage duration, the following types of cookies are distinguished:

• Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offer and closed his end device (e.g. browser or mobile app).

• Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the end device is closed. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. Likewise, user data collected with the help of cookies can be used for range measurement. Unless we provide users with explicit information about the type and storage duration of cookies (e.g., when obtaining consent), users should assume that cookies are permanent and that the storage period can be up to two years.

General information on revocation and objection (opt-out): Users can revoke the consents they have given at any time and also file an objection to processing in accordance with the legal requirements in Art. 21 GDPR (further information on the objection is provided as part of this privacy information). Users can also declare their objection using the settings of their browser.

Further guidance on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Processing of cookie data on the basis of consent: We use a cookie consent management procedure in which the consent of users to the use of cookies, or the processing and providers mentioned in the cookie consent management procedure, can be obtained and managed and revoked by users. Here, the declaration of consent is stored in order not to have to repeat its query and to be able to prove the consent in accordance with the legal obligation. The storage can take place on the server side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie, or with the help of comparable technologies), in order to be able to assign the consent to a user or their device. Subject to individual information on the providers of cookie management services, the following information applies: The duration of the storage of consent can be up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is created and stored with the time of consent, information on the scope of consent (e.g., which categories of cookies and/or service providers), as well as the browser, system and end device used.

Consent management "Cookieman"

On our website, the TYPO3 template "Cookieman" is used as a cookie banner and consent tool. This creates a GDPR-compliant cookie notice for our website visitors. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR in conjunction with § 25 II No. 2 Telecommunications Telemedia Data Protection Act - our obligation to inform you about the processing of cookies and storage of consent or rejection of technically unnecessary cookies (Art. 6 I 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time, for example, by closing the browser and then calling up our site again. Our cookie content tool stores your cookie settings in a session cookie called "CookieConstent". The cookie is automatically deleted when you close the browser.

Cookie-settings

We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g. customers and interested parties (collectively referred to as "contractual partners") in the context of contractual and comparable legal relationships as well as related measures and in the context of communication with contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g. to answer inquiries.

We process this data in order to fulfill our contractual obligations. This includes, in particular, the obligations to provide the agreed services, any update obligations and remedies in the event of warranty and other service disruptions. In addition, we process the data to protect our rights and for the purpose of administrative tasks associated with these obligations and company organization. Furthermore, we process the data on the basis of our legitimate interests in proper and business management as well as security measures to protect our contractual partners and our business operations from misuse, endangerment of their data, secrets, information and rights (e.g. for the involvement of telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers or tax authorities). Within the framework of applicable law, we only disclose the data of contractual partners to third parties to the extent that this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfill legal obligations. Contractual partners will be informed about further forms of processing, e.g. for marketing purposes, within the scope of this data protection information.

We inform the contractual partners which data are required for the aforementioned purposes before or in the course of the data collection.

We delete the data after the expiry of legal warranty and comparable obligations, i.e., in principle after 4 years, unless the data must be kept longer for legal archiving reasons (e.g., for tax purposes usually 10 years). We delete data disclosed to us by the contractual partner as part of an order in accordance with the specifications of the order, in principle after the end of the order.

Insofar as we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective third-party providers or platforms shall apply in the relation between the users and the providers.

• Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); contract data (e.g. subject matter of contract, term, customer category).

• Persons affected: Interested parties; business and contractual partners.

• Purposes of processing: Providing contractual services and customer service; contact requests and communication; office and organizational procedures; managing and responding to requests.

• Legal bases: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 I 1 lit. b GDPR); Legal obligation (Art. 6 I 1 lit. c GDPR); Legitimate interests (Art. 6 I 1 lit. f GDPR).

In order to provide our online service securely and efficiently, we use the services of a web hosting provider from whose servers (or servers managed by them) the online service can be accessed. For these purposes, we may use infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, as well as security services and technical maintenance services.

The data processed in the course of providing the hosting service may include all information relating to the users of our online service that is generated in the course of use and communication. This regularly includes the IP address, which is necessary to be able to deliver the content of online offers to browsers, and all entries made within our online service or from websites.

• Types of data processed: Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

• Persons affected: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).

• Purposes of processing: Provision of our online service and user-friendliness; information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical equipment (computers, servers, etc.).).

• Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 I 1 lit. f GDPR).

Further guidance on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Collection of access data and log files: We ourselves (or our web hosting provider) collect data on each access to the server (so-called server log files). The server log files may include the address and name of the web pages and files accessed, the date and time of access, the volume of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider. The server log files may be used, on the one hand, for security purposes, e.g., to prevent server overload (especially in the event of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks) and, on the other hand, to ensure the utilization of the servers and their stability; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 I 1 lit. f GDPR); Deletion of data: Log file information is stored for a maximum period of 30 days and then deleted or anonymized. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until final clarification of the respective incident.

• Mittwald: Services in the field of provision of information technology infrastructure and related services (e.g. storage space and/or computing capacities); Service provider: Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG, Königsberger Straße 4-6, 32339 Espelkamp, Germany; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 I 1 lit. f GDPR); Website: https://www.mittwald.de; Privacy policy: https://www.mittwald.de/datenschutz; Order processing contract: available

Web analytics (also referred to as " range measurement") is used to evaluate the flow of visitors to our online service and may include behavior, interests or demographic information about visitors, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. With the help of range analysis, we can see, for example, at what time our online service was most frequently used. Likewise, we can understand which areas need optimization.

In addition to web analytics, we may also use testing procedures, for example, to test and optimize different versions of our online service or its components.

Unless otherwise stated below, profiles, i.e. data summarized for a usage process, can be created for these purposes and information can be stored in a browser or in a terminal device and read from it. The information collected includes, in particular, websites visited and elements used there, as well as technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used, and information on usage times. If users have agreed to the collection of their location data from us or from the providers of the services we use, location data may also be processed.

The IP addresses of the users are also stored. However, we use an IP masking procedure (i.e., pseudonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect users. Generally, in the context of web analysis, A/B testing and optimization, no clear data of the users (such as e-mail addresses or names) are stored, but pseudonyms. This means that we, as well as the providers of the software used, do not know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purposes of the respective procedures.

• Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. web pages visited, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

• Persons affected: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).

• Purposes of processing: Range measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); profiles with user-related information (creation of user profiles); tracking (e.g. interest/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies); provision of our online service and user-friendliness.

• Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).

• Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 I 1 lit. a GDPR).

Further guidance on processing operations, procedures and services:

• Google Analytics: Web analytics, range measurement and measurement of user flows; Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 I 1 lit. a GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/; Data protection policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Order processing contract: Standard contractual clauses (guaranteeing the level of data protection in the case of processing in third countries); Possibility of objection (Opt-Out): Opt-out plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated; Further information: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices (Types of processing as well as the data processed).

• Hotjar: Analysis of user behavior, creation of heat maps; Service provider: Hotjar Ltd., Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe; Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 I 1 lit. a GDPR); Website: https://www.hotjar.com; Data protection policy: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy; Order processing contract: Possibility of objection (Opt-Out): Opt-out plugin: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.

As a person affected, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Articles 15 to 21 GDPR:

• Right to object: You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6 I lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, 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.

• Right of revocation for consents: You have the right to revoke any consent you have given at any time.

• Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data in question is being processed and to obtain information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.

• Right to rectification: In accordance with the law, you have the right to request that data concerning you be completed or that inaccurate data concerning you be rectified.

• Right to deletion and restriction of processing: In accordance with the legal requirements, you have the right to demand that the data in question be deleted without delay, or alternatively, in accordance with the legal requirements, to demand restriction of the processing of the data.

• Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data relating to you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format, or to request that it be transferred to another responsible party, in accordance with legal requirements.

• Complaint to supervisory authority: Without affecting 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 habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the requirements of the GDPR.

This section provides you with an overview of the terms used in this data protection policy. Many of the terms are taken from the law and defined primarily in Art. 4 of the GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations, on the other hand, are primarily intended to serve for comprehension. The terms are sorted alphabetically.

• Personal data: "Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "person affected"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g. cookie) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

• Profiles with user-related information: The processing of "profiles with user-related information", or "profiles" for short, includes any type of automated processing of personal data that consists of using such personal data to analyze, evaluate or to predict certain personal aspects relating to a natural person (depending on the type of profiling, this may include different information concerning demographics, behavior and interests, such as interaction with websites and their content, etc.) (e.g., interests in certain content or products, click behavior on a website or location). Cookies and web beacons are often used for profiling purposes.

• Range measurement: Range measurement (also known as web analytics) is used to evaluate the flow of visitors to an online offering and can include visitors' behavior or interests in certain information, such as website content. With the help of range analysis, website owners can see, for example, at what time visitors visit their website and what content they are interested in. This enables them, for example, to better adapt the content of the website to the needs of their visitors. For the purposes of range analysis, pseudonymous cookies and web beacons are often used to recognize returning visitors and thus obtain more precise analyses of the use of an online offer.

• Tracking: Tracking" is when the behavior of users can be traced across several online offerings. As a rule, behavioral and interest information is stored in cookies or on servers of the providers of the tracking technologies with regard to the online offers used (so-called profiling). This information can then be used, for example, to display advertisements to users that are likely to match their interests.

• Responsible party: „Responsible party " is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

• Processing: "Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and includes virtually any handling of data, be it collection, analysis, storage, transmission or deletion.