PRIVACY POLICY

Personal data (usually referred to just as "data" below) will only be processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents, and the services offered there.

 

Per Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the "GDPR"), "processing" refers to any operation or set of operations such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment, or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction performed on personal data, whether by automated means or not.

 

The following privacy policy is intended to inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis for the processing of such data either under our own control or in conjunction with others. We also inform you below about the third-party components we use to optimize our website and improve the user experience which may result in said third parties also processing data they collect and control.

 

Our privacy policy is structured as follows:

 

I. Information about us as controllers of your data

II. The rights of users and data subjects

III. Information about the data processing

IV. Additional Information about the data processing

 

The party responsible for this website (the "controller") for purposes of data protection law is:

 

Berger GmbH

Wendelgardstr. 36

D - 88045 Friedrichshafen

 

Telefon: +49 (0) 7541 59 91 91

Telefax: +49 (0) 7541 59 91 94

E-Mail: datenschutz[at]berger-fn.de

Spamprotection: Please replace the [at] by the correct @ sign.

 

The controller's data protection officer is:

Mr. Viktor Treß

 

With regard to the data processing to be described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right

• to confirmation of whether data concerning them is being processed, information about the data being processed, further information about the nature of the data processing, and copies of the data (cf. also Art. 15 GDPR);
• to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (cf. also Art. 16 GDPR);
• to the immediate deletion of data concerning them (cf. also Art. 17 DSGVO), or, alternatively, if further processing is necessary as stipulated in Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR, to restrict said processing per Art. 18 GDPR;
• to receive copies of the data concerning them and/or provided by them and to have the same transmitted to other providers/controllers (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR);
• to file complaints with the supervisory authority if they believe that data concerning them is being processed by the controller in breach of data protection provisions (see also Art. 77 GDPR).
• In addition, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any such corrections, deletions, or restrictions placed on processing the same per Art. 16, 17 Para. 1, 18 GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply if such notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. Nevertheless, users have a right to information about these recipients.

 Likewise, under Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the controller's future processing of their data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permissible.

 

Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose for its storage ceases to apply, provided the deletion of the same is not in breach of any statutory storage obligations or unless otherwise stipulated below.

 

 

Server data

For technical reasons, the following data sent by your internet browser to us or to our server provider will be collected, especially to ensure a secure and stable website: These server log files record the type and version of your browser, operating system, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the webpages on our site visited, the date and time of your visit, as well as the IP address from which you visited our site.

 

The data thus collected will be temporarily stored, but not in association with any other of your data.

 

The basis for this storage is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.

 

The data will be deleted within no more than seven days, unless continued storage is required for evidentiary purposes. In which case, all or part of the data will be excluded from deletion until the investigation of the relevant incident is finally resolved.

 

 

Cookies

 

a) Session cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies stored on your computer by your browser. These cookies process certain specific information about you, such as your browser, location data, or IP address.  

 

This processing makes our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure, allowing us, for example, to display our website in different languages or to offer a shopping cart function.

 

The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, insofar as these cookies are used to collect data to initiate or process contractual relationships.

 

If the processing does not serve to initiate or process a contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

 

When you close your browser, these session cookies are deleted.

 

b) Third-party cookies

If necessary, our website may also use cookies from companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analyzing, or improving the features of our website.

 

Please refer to the following information and our Cookie-Policy for details, in particular for the legal basis and purpose of such third-party collection and processing of data collected through cookies.

 

c) Disabling cookies

You can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Likewise, you can use the browser to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, the steps and measures required vary, depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for support. Browser settings cannot prevent so-called flash cookies from being set. Instead, you will need to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your Flash player or contact its maker for support.

 

If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on our site may be fully usable.

 

 

Contact

If you contact us via email or the contact form, the data you provide will be used for the purpose of processing your request. We must have this data in order to process and answer your inquiry; otherwise we will not be able to answer it in full or at all.

 

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

 

Your data will be deleted once we have fully answered your inquiry and there is no further legal obligation to store your data, such as if an order or contract resulted therefrom.

 

 

Order processing

If you consider to order goods and/or services from us your data submitted may be processed in order to fulfill your order. Please note that orders probably cannot be processed without providing this data.

 

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

 

After your order has been completed, your personal data will be deleted, but only after the retention periods required by tax and commercial law.

 

In order to process your order, we will share your data with the shipping company responsible for delivery to the extent required to deliver your order and/or with the payment service provider to the extent required to process your payment.

 

The legal basis for the transfer of this data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

 

 

Social Media Buttons

On our website, we use so-called social media buttons (social network plug-ins) from the social networks listed below.

 

The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.

 

By integrating these plug-ins through linked graphics, we prevent the social network plug-ins listed below from automatically establishing a connection to their respective servers when you visit our website. Only when you click on one of these linked graphics will you be redirected to the respective social network service. Only then does the respective social network begin to collect information about your usage. This information may include your IP address, the date and time, and the page you visited on our website.

 

If you are logged into one of the social network services while visiting a page of our website that contains a corresponding plug-in, the provider of that social network may recognize the collected information from your visit and associate it with your personal user account or even publish it. For example, if you use the "Share" button of the respective social network, this information may be stored in your user account and published via the platform of the respective social network provider.

 

If you wish to prevent this, you must either log out of the respective social network before clicking the graphic or adjust the corresponding settings in your user account.

 

The following social networks are integrated into our website:

 

Facebook – Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

 

X (ehemals Twitter) – X Corp., 865 FM 1209, Building 2, Bastrop, TX 78602, USA.

Für Nutzer in der EU: Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Irland.

Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy

 

LinkedIn – LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

 

XING – XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Privacy policy: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

 

 

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google).

 

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield

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

 

Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.

 

The Google Analytics service is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

 

Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits to our website will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function, whereby Google truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is transmitted to the US.

 

The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our website and what visitors do once there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and of the internet in general.

 

Google states that it will not connect your IP address to other data. In addition, Google provides further information with regard to its data protection practices at

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners,

 

including options you can exercise to prevent such use of your data.

 

In addition, Google offers an opt-out add-on at

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

 

in addition with further information. This add-on can be installed on the most popular browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on informs Google Analytics' JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein.

 

[To prevent future collection of data by Google Analytics when visiting this webseite, please skip to the end of this site and use the related function.]

  

 

YouTube

We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as "YouTube".

 

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

 

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield

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

 

Google and its subsidiary YouTube guarantee that they will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.

 

We use YouTube in its advanced privacy mode to show you videos. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the advanced privacy mode means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to the YouTube server if you actually start a video.

 

Without this mode, a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access any of our webpages on which a YouTube video is embedded.

 

This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website within your browser. YouTube will record and process at a minimum your IP address, the date and time the video was displayed, as well as the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the DoubleClick advertising network of Google is established.

 

If you are logged in to YouTube when you access our site, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube account.

 

For the purpose of functionality and analysis of usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.

 

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Google's privacy policy found at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

 

 

Privacy Policy for the Facebook Presence of Berger GmbH

To promote our information and services as well as to communicate with interested parties, we maintain a presence on the Facebook platform.

 

On this social media platform, we share joint responsibility with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

 

Facebook’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted via the following form:

 

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

 

The joint responsibility is governed by an agreement defining our respective obligations under the GDPR. This agreement, outlining the mutual responsibilities, can be accessed via the following link:

 

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

 

The legal basis for the processing of personal data, as outlined below, is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in analyzing, communicating, marketing, and promoting our products, information, and services.

The legal basis may also be the user’s consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, granted to the platform operator. The user can withdraw this consent at any time for the future in accordance with Article 7(3) GDPR by notifying the platform operator.

 

When accessing our online presence on Facebook, the platform operator, Facebook Ireland Ltd., processes user data (e.g., personal information, IP address, etc.).

 

These user data serve to provide statistical insights into the use of our Facebook presence. Facebook Ireland Ltd. utilizes these data for market research and advertising purposes, as well as for creating user profiles. Based on these profiles, Facebook Ireland Ltd. can, for example, display interest-based advertisements to users both within and outside of Facebook. If the user is logged into their Facebook account at the time of access, Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also associate these data with the respective user account.

 

If a user contacts us via Facebook (e.g., via email or phone), the personal data entered or provided by the user will be used to process the request. The user’s data will be deleted once the request has been fully resolved and no legal retention obligations (e.g., in case of subsequent contract processing) prevent deletion.

To process these data, Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also use cookies.

 

If the user does not agree with this processing, they have the option to prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting their browser settings accordingly. Previously stored cookies can also be deleted at any time. The respective settings depend on the browser in use. Flash cookies cannot be restricted via browser settings but can only be controlled through the settings of the Flash Player. Preventing or restricting the installation of cookies may result in limited functionality of Facebook.

 

Further details on processing activities, their restriction, and the deletion of data processed by Facebook can be found in Facebook’s Data Policy:

 

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

 

It is possible that Meta Platforms Ireland Limited may also process data through Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

 

Source, except the [ marked ] supplements: Model Data Protection Statement for Anwaltskanzlei Weiß & Partner

 

 

SSL encryption

This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by changing the address line of the browser from "http: //" to "https: //" and the lock symbol in your browser line.

 

If SSL encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us can not be read by third parties.

 

Source of these supplements, except the [ marked ] supplements: Own translation of https://www.e-recht24.de/muster-datenschutzerklaerung.html

 

 

Google AdWords with conversion tracking

On our website we use the advertising component Google AdWords and so-called conversion tracking. It is a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

 

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield

 

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

 

Google guarantees that the EU data protection regulations will also be observed when processing data in the USA.

 

We use conversion tracking to target our offer. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.

 

If you click on an ad placed by Google, the conversion tracking we use stores a cookie on your device. These so-called conversion cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for your personal identification.

 

If the cookie is still valid and you visit a specific page on our website, both we and Google can evaluate that you have clicked on one of our advertisements placed on Google and that you have subsequently been forwarded to our website.

 

With the information obtained in this way, Google creates statistics for us when visiting our website. We also receive information about the number of users who clicked on our ad (s) and the pages of our website that were subsequently called up. However, neither we nor third parties who also use Google AdWords will be able to identify you in this way.

 

You can also prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your internet browser. At the same time, you can delete cookies that have already been saved at any time. The steps and measures required for this, however, depend on your specific internet browser. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Internet browser or contact its manufacturer or support.

 

Google also offers at

 

https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html

 

http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

 

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

 

Further information on this topic and in particular on the possibilities of preventing data use.

 

Source of this supplement: Own translation of Model Data Protection Statement for Anwaltskanzlei Weiß & Partner

 

 

 

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