1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy below this text.

Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Information about the responsible party” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected partly by you providing it to us—for example, when you enter data in a contact form.

Other data are collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (e.g., browser type, operating system, or time of page visit). The collection of this data happens automatically as soon as you enter the website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts are concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other service requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time for this and other questions about data protection.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed, mainly with so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

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

All-Inkl

Provider: ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich, Inh. René Münnich, Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf (hereinafter All-Inkl). Details can be found in All-Inkl’s privacy policy: https://all-inkl.com/datenschutzinformationen/.

The use of All-Inkl is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in a reliable presentation of our website. If consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, as far as the consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Order Processing

We have concluded a contract for order processing (AVV) for the use of the above service. This is a data protection legally required contract that ensures that the service processes the personal data of our website visitors only on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information 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 legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

INNOPROOF GmbH
Joachim-Jungius-Straße 9
18059 D-Rostock

Phone: +49 381 8011 3000
Email: info@innoproof.de

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

Storage Duration

Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, your personal data remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in this case, deletion occurs after these reasons expire.

General Information on Legal Bases of Data Processing on This Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR if special data categories according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In case of explicit consent for transferring personal data to third countries, data processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., device fingerprinting), data processing also occurs based on § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for contract fulfillment or pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing can also be based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The specific legal bases applicable in each case are explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business, we work with various external parties. Sometimes, this requires transferring personal data to these external parties. We only share personal data with third parties if this is necessary for contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., data transfer to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in passing on the data, or if another legal basis permits data sharing. When using processors, we only transfer customer personal data based on a valid contract for order processing. In case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.

Withdrawal of Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

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

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

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority

In case of violations of the GDPR, affected persons have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, especially in their usual place of residence, workplace, or place of the alleged infringement. This right to complain exists regardless of other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a common, machine-readable format and to transfer it to yourself or a third party. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done as far as technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of processing at any time under applicable laws. You also have the right to correction or deletion of this data. For these matters and other questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restrict Processing

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

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to restrict processing of your personal data.
If processing of your personal data was/ is unlawful, you can request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, you have the right to restrict processing instead of deletion.
If you have objected under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of interests must be made between your interests and ours. As long as it is not determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to restrict processing.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may only be processed—with the exception of storage—with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for important public interest reasons of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of the browser changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser line.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently stored on your device (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your browser automatically deletes them.

Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third parties within websites (e.g., cookies for payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies necessary for electronic communication, for providing certain functions desired by you (e.g., shopping cart function), or for website optimization (e.g., cookies to measure web audience) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to store cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to inform you about cookie settings and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

Consent with Complianz

Our website uses the consent technology from Complianz to obtain your consent to store certain cookies on your device or use certain technologies and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Complianz B.V., Kalmarweg 14-5, 9723 JG Groningen, Netherlands (hereinafter “Complianz”).

Complianz is hosted on our servers, so no connection is made to the servers of the Complianz provider. Complianz stores a cookie in your browser to associate the consents given or their withdrawal. The data collected this way are stored until you ask us to delete them, delete the Complianz cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage ceases. Mandatory legal retention obligations remain unaffected.

The use of Complianz is to obtain legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form including the contact data you provide there are stored with us for processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on these data without your consent.

Processing this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to contract fulfillment or necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases (e.g., after completed processing of your inquiry). Mandatory legal provisions—especially retention periods—remain unaffected.

Use of Google reCAPTCHA v3

We use “reCAPTCHA” (version v3) on this website. The provider is
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to determine whether data entered on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is provided by a human user or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of website visitors based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the visitor enters the website. For the purpose of the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates different types of information (e.g., IP address, time spent on the website, mouse movements made by the user, and other interaction data). The data collected during the analysis is transmitted to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that such an analysis is taking place.

The processing of data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web services against abusive automated spying and spam. If corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., via a consent management tool), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy can be found at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
https://policies.google.com/terms

It cannot be ruled out that data may also be transferred to servers of Google LLC in the United States. For data transfers to the United States, Google relies on appropriate safeguards within the meaning of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR.

Inquiries by Email, Phone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on these data without your consent.

Processing this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry relates to contract fulfillment or pre-contractual measures. Otherwise, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us by contact inquiry remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases (e.g., after completed processing of your request). Mandatory legal provisions—especially statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager. Provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, store cookies, or perform independent analyses. It only manages and delivers the tools integrated via it. However, Google Tag Manager does collect your IP address, which can be transmitted to Google’s parent company in the United States.

The use of Google Tag Manager is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in quick and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on its website. If consent has been requested, processing is exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, as far as consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) per TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA ensuring compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under DPF commits to comply with these standards. More information is available here: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. The operator receives various usage data such as page views, duration of stay, operating systems used, and user origin. These data are assigned to the user’s device. There is no assignment to a user ID.

We can also record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks with Google Analytics. Furthermore, Google Analytics uses various modeling methods to supplement the data sets and applies machine-learning technologies in data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable user recognition for analyzing user behavior (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

The use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/sccs/.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). See above for details.

IP Anonymization

Google Analytics IP anonymization is enabled. This means your IP address is shortened by Google within EU member states or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the website operator, Google uses this information to evaluate your website usage, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent data collection and processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

More information about handling user data in Google Analytics is available in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Demographic Features in Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics to display relevant advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. This enables reports to be created that provide information on the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. These data come from interest-based advertising by Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. These data cannot be assigned to any specific individual. You can disable this feature at any time in your Google account ad settings or generally prohibit data collection by Google Analytics as described in the section “Objection to Data Collection.”

Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully comply with the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

6. Plugins and Tools

YouTube

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the site is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our web pages that contains YouTube, a connection is established to YouTube servers. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your device or use similar recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting). This way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud attempts. Additionally, the collected data is processed in the Google advertising network.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly assign your surfing behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of providing an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If consent has been obtained, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, as far as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

More information on handling user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to adhering to these data protection standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google Fonts (Local Hosting)

This site uses so-called Google Fonts for the uniform display of fonts, which are provided by Google. The Google Fonts are locally installed. No connection to Google servers is made.

More information about Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.