Today Live

Privacy Policy

Our duty is to protect your privacy. We use the information we collect about you in compliance with the applicable data protection legislation.
All rights to object (opt-out) at a glance:

Online Measurement

Marketing

Social Media

Consent Management

We offer you the Privacy Center, which gives you the opportunity to decide in detail for yourself in which cases you wish to consent to tracking via cookies and other technologies – for the purpose of displaying content relevant to you as well as advertising tailored to you.

The processing of your data for the purposes mentioned above is carried out partly on the basis of legitimate interest, but in some cases we also require your consent.

In order to ensure the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to provide you as a user with the highest level of transparency, we participate in the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) of IAB Europe and subject ourselves to its specifications and guidelines. For this purpose, we employ the Consent Management Platform (CMP) of Sourcepoint Technology Inc., 228 Park Ave S #87903, New York 10003-1502, USA as a data processor. Within the framework of the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework, Sourcepoint is listed under identification number 6. The CMP of Sourcepoint enables you to grant us data protection-compliant and self-determined consent to the processing of your data and to revoke this consent at any time. You can also object to data processing that is based on our legitimate interest.

An overview of your settings options, the purposes and integrated third parties can be found here: Privacy Center.

Further information on data protection and the CMP of Sourcepoint can be found on the website www.sourcepoint.com/privacy-policy.

Furthermore, you can inform yourself on the website of IAB Europe about the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF): iabeurope.eu

Privacy Policy for the Area of Responsibility of HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG

Information for athletes

If you have any questions regarding your athlete profile, published data, or requests for corrections or deletion, please use our dedicated information and enquiries page. This will ensure that your enquiry is assigned correctly and processed securely as quickly as possible.

For athletes

The responsible body for processing your personal data listed below (hereinafter also referred to as “we” or “us”) within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
Am Stadtgraben 48
48143 Münster
Germany

You can reach our Data Protection Officer at datenschutz@heimspiel.de or at our postal address with the addition 'Data Protection Officer'.

Your Data Subject Rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details of our Data Protection Officer provided above:

  • Information about your data stored by us and their processing,
  • Rectification of inaccurate personal data,
  • Erasure of your data stored by us,
  • Restriction of data processing, if we are not yet permitted to erase your data due to legal obligations,
  • Objection to the processing of your data by us and
  • Data portability, provided you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us.

If you have granted us consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.

You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time. Your competent supervisory authority depends on the federal state of your residence, your work or the alleged infringement. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Purposes of Data Processing by the Controller and Third Parties

We only process your personal data for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those stated. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your express consent to do so,
  • the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you,
  • the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation,
  • the processing is necessary to protect legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data.

Deletion or Blocking of Data

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated herein or as provided for by the various retention periods prescribed by law. After the respective purpose ceases to apply or after these periods expire, the corresponding data are routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Collection of General Information when Visiting our Website

When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected by means of a cookie. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider and similar information. This is exclusively information which does not permit any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver the content of websites requested by you and is mandatory when using the internet. It is processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a problem-free connection to the website,
  • Ensuring smooth use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability and
  • for other administrative purposes.

The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest for the aforementioned purposes of data collection. We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Recipients of the data are only the controller and, if applicable, data processors.

Anonymous information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called 'cookies'. Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. As a result, we automatically receive certain data such as IP address, browser used, operating system and your connection to the internet.

Cookies cannot be used to launch programmes or transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate your navigation and enable the correct display of our web pages.

Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.

Of course, you can generally also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via the settings of your browser. Please use the help functions of your internet browser to find out how you can change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

SSL Encryption

In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we partly use encryption methods corresponding to the current state of the art (e.g. SSL/TLS) via HTTPS.

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

A CDN is a service with which content of our online offering such as graphics, scripts, HTML as well as dynamically generated content are delivered more quickly with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the internet. The processing of users' data takes place solely for the aforementioned purposes and for maintaining the security and functionality of the CDN.
The use is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in a secure and efficient provision, analysis as well as optimisation of our online offering in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

We employ CDNs from these providers:

Akamai

We employ a CDN offered by Akamai Technologies, Inc., 150 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA. Akamai is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000Gn4RAAS&status=Active).
Further information can be found in Akamai's privacy policy: https://www.akamai.com/us/en/privacy-policies/privacy-shield-policy.jsp.

Cloudflare

We employ a CDN offered by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnZKAA0&status=Active).
Further information can be found in Cloudflare's privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy.

Amazon Web Services - CloudFront

We employ a CDN offered by Amazon.com, Inc., 2021 Seventh Ave, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA. Amazon.com is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TOWQAA4&status=Active).
Further information can be found in Amazon.com's privacy policy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=468496.

Contact Form

If you contact us with questions of any kind by email or contact form, you grant us your voluntary consent for the purpose of making contact. A valid email address is required for this purpose. This is used to assign the request and subsequently respond to it. Providing further data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and for any follow-up questions. Once your request has been processed, your personal data will be automatically deleted. 

Online Presences on Social Media

We maintain online presences on social networks and platforms in order to communicate with customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our services. When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and the data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply.

Unless otherwise stated in our privacy policy, we process the data of users if they communicate with us within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write posts on our online presences or send us messages.

Integration of Third-Party Services and Content

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO), we make use of content or service offerings provided by third-party providers in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as 'content').

This always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of the users, since they would not be able to send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the display of this content. We endeavour to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for delivering the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as 'web beacons') for statistical or marketing purposes. The 'pixel tags' can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may contain, inter alia, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visiting time as well as other information on the use of our online offering, and may also be linked to such information from other sources.

This site works with https://tisoomiservices.com/ (a service provided by tisoomi GmbH, Gänsemarkt 31, 20354 Hamburg) to display advertising. tisoomi uses cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that enable interest-based advertising. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a tisoomi server in Germany and stored there in pseudonymized form. tisoomi will use this information to optimize the content of advertisements and, if necessary, to compile reports for website operators. You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly. By using this website, you consent to the processing of the data collected by tisoomi and the manner of data processing described above for the specified purpose. You can object to interest-based advertising by tisoomi at any time by using option to object on the following page: https://tisoomiservices.com/datasecurity

Social plugins

Our websites use social plugins from the providers listed below. You can recognize the plugins by the corresponding logo.
These plugins may send information, which may include personal data, to the service provider and may be used by them. We prevent the unconscious and unwanted collection and transfer of data to the service provider by means of a 2-click solution. To activate a desired social plugin, it must first be activated by clicking on the corresponding button. Only when the plugin is activated will the collection of information and its transmission to the service provider be triggered. We do not collect any personal data ourselves via the social plugins or through their use.
We have no influence on what data an activated plugin collects and how it is used by the provider. Currently, it must be assumed that a direct connection to the provider's services is established and that at least the IP address and device-related information are collected and used. It is also possible that the service providers may attempt to store cookies on the computer being used. Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective service provider for details on what specific data is collected and how it is used. Note: If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook may identify you as a visitor to a particular page.

Google ReCaptcha

We integrate the function for the detection of bots, e.g. when entering into online forms ('ReCaptcha') of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/,
Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Google Maps

We integrate maps from the Google Maps service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The data processed may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of users, but this data is not collected without their consent (usually given in the settings of their mobile devices). The data may be processed in the USA.
Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/,
Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Twitter / X

Our online offering may incorporate functions and content from the Twitter service, which is provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. This may include content such as images, videos, text, and buttons that allow users to share content from this online offering on Twitter.
If users are members of the Twitter platform, Twitter can assign the access to the above-mentioned content and functions to the users' profiles there. Twitter is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active).
Privacy policy: https://x.com/de/privacy
Opt-Out: https://x.com/settings/account/personalization.

Instagram

Functions and content of the Instagram service offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA, are integrated within our online offering. This may include content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which users can express their appreciation for the content, subscribe to the authors of the content or our contributions. If the users are members of the Instagram platform, Instagram can assign the access to the above-mentioned content and functions to the users' profiles there.
Instagram's privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Pinterest

Our online offering may incorporate functions and content from the Pinterest service, which is provided by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA. This may include content such as images, videos, text, and buttons that allow users to share content from this online offering on Pinterest. If users are members of the Pinterest platform, Pinterest can assign the access to the above-mentioned content and functions to the users' profiles there.
Pinterest's privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

YouTube

We embed videos from the YouTube platform provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When a YouTube video is played, the provider uses cookies to collect information about user behavior.
If you have disabled the storage of cookies for the Google Ad program, you will not have to expect such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.
Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Opt-out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Vimeo

We use the video service Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA, to provide videos.
Each time a page is accessed, a connection to Vimeo is established to download video information and the video player; cookies may be set automatically in the process. You can prevent this by disabling cookies in your browser.
Further details on Vimeo's terms of use and privacy policy can be found at https://vimeo.com/terms and https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Gfycat

We use the service Gfycat, Inc., 165 University Ave, Suite #6, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA, to provide GIF animations.
Each time you visit a page, a connection to Gfycat is established to download video information and the video player; cookies may be set automatically. You can prevent this by disabling cookies in your browser.
Further details on Gfycat's terms of use and privacy policy can be found at https://gfycat.com/terms and https://gfycat.com/privacy.

Google+

Our online offering may incorporate functions and content from the Google+ platform, which is provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). This may include content such as images, videos, text, and buttons that allow users to share content from this online offering on Twitter. If users are members of the Google+ platform, Google can assign the access to the above-mentioned content and functions to the users' profiles there.

Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active). For more information about Google's use of data, settings, and options for objection, please refer to Google's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and the settings for the display of advertisements by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

Facebook Social Plugins

Plugins from the social network Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated into our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our page. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. This tells Facebook that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Facebook. For more information, please see Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort

We use 'session cookies' from VG Wort, Munich, to measure access to texts in order to record the probability of copying. Session cookies are small units of information that a provider stores in the random access memory of the visitor's computer. A randomly generated unique identification number, a so-called session ID, is stored in a session cookie. In addition, a cookie contains information about its origin and the storage period. Session cookies cannot store any other data. These measurements are carried out by Kantar Germany GmbH according to the Scalable Central Measuring Method (SZM). They help to determine the probability of copying individual texts for the remuneration of legal claims by authors and publishers. We do not collect any personal data via cookies.

We thereby enable our authors to participate in the distributions of VG Wort, which ensure statutory remuneration for the use of works protected by copyright pursuant to § 53 UrhG.

Use of our services is also possible without cookies. Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. However, you can deactivate the storage of cookies or set your browser to notify you as soon as cookies are sent.

Privacy Policy for the Use of the Scalable Central Measuring Method

Our website and our mobile web offering use the 'Scalable Central Measuring Method' (SZM) of Kantar Germany GmbH for the determination of statistical parameters for determining the probability of copying of texts.

Anonymous measured values are collected in the process. The access number measurement uses either a session cookie or a signature, which is created from various pieces of information automatically transmitted by your browser, to recognise computer systems. IP addresses are only processed in anonymised form.

The method was developed with due consideration for data protection. The sole purpose of the method is to determine the probability of copying of individual texts.

At no time are individual users identified. Your identity always remains protected. You will not receive any advertising via the system.

WhatsApp

Furthermore, you have the option in our mobile offerings to recommend content from websites to others via WhatsApp. When using this function, a WhatsApp message with content selected by you is sent by you as the sender to a recipient selected by you. Data are only sent to WhatsApp if you actively use this function. Details on data protection at WhatsApp can be found at: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal.

INFOnline GmbH

Our website uses the measurement method (“SZMnG”) of INFOnline GmbH (https://www.INFOnline.de) to determine statistical parameters about the use of our offerings. The aim of usage measurement is to determine the number of visits to our website, the number of website visitors, and their surfing behavior statistically—based on a uniform standard procedure—and thus to obtain market-wide comparable values. For all digital offerings that are members of the Informationsgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V. (IVW – http://www.ivw.eu) or participate in the studies of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Online-Forschung e.V. (AGOF - http://www.agof.de), the usage statistics are regularly processed by the AGOF and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Media-Analyse e.V. (agma - http://www.agma-mmc.de) and published with the performance value “unique user” and by the IVW with the performance values “page impression” and “visits.” These reach figures and statistics can be viewed on the respective websites.

Measurement procedure

Measurement using the SZMnG measurement method by INFOnline GmbH is carried out with legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The purpose of processing personal data is to compile statistics and create user categories. The statistics serve to track and document the use of our offering. The user categories form the basis for the interest-based targeting of advertising materials and advertising measures. In order to market this website, it is essential to measure usage in a way that ensures comparability with other market participants. Our legitimate interest arises from the economic usability of the findings resulting from the statistics and user categories and the market value of our website—also in direct comparison with third-party websites—which can be determined on the basis of the statistics. In addition, we have a legitimate interest in making the pseudonymized data of INFOnline, AGOF, and IVW available for market research (AGOF, agma) and statistical purposes (INFOnline, IVW). Furthermore, we have a legitimate interest in making the pseudonymized data from INFOnline available for the further development and provision of interest-based advertising material.

Type of data

INFOnline GmbH collects the following data, which is considered personal data under the EU GDPR:

  • IP address: On the internet, every device requires a unique address – known as an IP address – in order to transmit data. The storage of the IP address, at least for a short period, is technically necessary due to the way the internet functions. Before any processing takes place, IP addresses are truncated by 1 byte and are only processed in an anonymised form. The untruncated IP addresses are neither stored nor further processed.
  • A randomly generated client identifier: For the purpose of recognising computer systems, reach measurement uses, as alternatives, either a third-party cookie, a first-party cookie, a "local storage object" or a signature created from various pieces of information automatically transmitted by your browser. This identifier is unique to a browser as long as the cookie or local storage object is not deleted. It is therefore possible to measure the data and subsequently assign it to the relevant client identifier even if you visit other websites that also use INFOnline GmbH’s measurement method (“SZMnG”). The cookie is valid for a maximum of one year.
Use of data

The measurement method used by INFOnline GmbH on this website collects usage data. This is done in order to collect performance values such as page impressions, visits, and clients, and to derive further key figures from these (e.g., qualified clients). In addition, the measured data is used as follows:

  • Geolocation, i.e., the assignment of a website visit to the location from which it was accessed, is carried out exclusively on the basis of the anonymized IP address and only up to the geographical level of the federal states/regions. Under no circumstances can the geographical information obtained in this way be used to determine the specific location of a user.
  • The usage data of a technical client (e.g., a browser on a device) is consolidated across websites and stored in a database. This information is used for the technical estimation of the socio-demographic information age and gender and is transferred to AGOF service providers for further reach processing. As part of the AGOF study, socio-demographic characteristics are technically estimated on the basis of a random sample and can be assigned to the following categories: age, gender, nationality, occupation, marital status, general household information, household income, place of residence, internet usage, online interests, place of use, user type.
Data storage period

INFOnline GmbH does not store the full IP address. The truncated IP address is stored for a maximum of 60 days. The usage data in connection with the unique identifier is stored for a maximum of 6 months.

Data transfer

Neither the IP address nor the shortened IP address are transferred. For the purposes of the AGOF study, data with client identifiers is transferred to the following AGOF service providers:

Rights of the data subject

The data subject has the following rights:

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18f. GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

For inquiries of this kind, please contact datenschutz@heimspiel.de. Please note that we must ensure that such inquiries are actually made by the data subject.

Right to object

If you do not wish to participate in the measurement, you can object at the following link: https://optout.ioam.de
In order to guarantee exclusion from the measurement, it is technically necessary to set a cookie. If you delete the cookies in your browser, it is necessary to repeat the objection process at the above link.

The data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority. Further information on data protection in the measurement process can be found on the website of INFOnline GmbH (https://www.infonline.de), which operates the measurement process, the AGOF data protection website (http://www.agof.de/datenschutz), and the IVW data protection website (http://www.ivw.eu).

Data Protection Information in the Application Procedure

We process applicant data only for the purpose and within the scope of the application procedure in accordance with legal requirements. The processing of applicant data is carried out for the fulfilment of our (pre-)contractual obligations within the scope of the application procedure within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR insofar as data processing becomes necessary for us, e.g. within the scope of legal proceedings (in Germany, § 26 BDSG additionally applies).

The application procedure requires that applicants provide us with the applicant data. The necessary applicant data are marked if we offer an online form, otherwise they result from the job descriptions and generally include information about the person, postal and contact addresses and the documents belonging to the application, such as cover letter, curriculum vitae and certificates. In addition, applicants may voluntarily provide us with additional information.

By submitting the application to us, applicants consent to the processing of their data for the purposes of the application procedure in accordance with the nature and scope set out in this privacy policy.

Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are voluntarily disclosed within the scope of the application procedure, their processing is additionally carried out in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b) GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severely disabled status or ethnic origin). Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are requested from applicants within the scope of the application procedure, their processing is additionally carried out in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR (e.g. health data if this is necessary for the exercise of the profession).

If made available, applicants can submit their applications to us by means of an online form on our website. The data are transmitted to us encrypted in accordance with the state of the art.

Furthermore, applicants can submit their applications to us via email. However, please note that emails are generally not sent encrypted and applicants must ensure encryption themselves. We can therefore assume no responsibility for the transmission path of the application between the sender and receipt on our server and therefore recommend using an online form or postal delivery instead. Because instead of applying via the online form and email, applicants still have the option of sending us the application by post.

The data provided by applicants may be further processed by us for the purposes of the employment relationship in the case of a successful application. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer is not successful, the data of the applicants will be deleted. The data of applicants will also be deleted if an application is withdrawn, which applicants are entitled to do at any time.

The deletion takes place, subject to a justified revocation by the applicants, after the expiry of a period of six months, so that we can answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and can comply with our obligations to provide evidence under the Equal Treatment Act. Invoices for any travel expense reimbursement are archived in accordance with tax law provisions.

Participation in Affiliate Partner Programs

Within our online offering, we use industry-standard tracking measures on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offering) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR, insofar as these are necessary for the operation of the affiliate system. Below we inform users about the technical background.

The services offered by our contractual partners can also be advertised and linked on other websites (so-called affiliate links or after-buy systems, if, for example, links or services of third parties are offered after conclusion of a contract). The operators of the respective websites receive a commission if users follow the affiliate links and subsequently take up the offers.

In summary, it is necessary for our online offering that we can track whether users who are interested in affiliate links and/or the offers available from us subsequently take up the offers at the instigation of the affiliate links or our online platform. For this purpose, the affiliate links and our offers are supplemented with certain values that can form part of the link or be set otherwise, e.g. in a cookie. The values include in particular the originating website (referrer), time, an online identifier of the operator of the website on which the affiliate link was located, an online identifier of the respective offer, an online identifier of the user, as well as tracking-specific values such as advertising material ID, partner ID and categorizations.

The online identifiers of users that we use are pseudonymous values. This means that the online identifiers themselves do not contain any personal data such as names or email addresses. They only help us to determine whether the same user who clicked on an affiliate link or was interested in an offer via our online offering has taken up the offer, i.e. has, for example, concluded a contract with the provider. However, the online identifier is personal data insofar as the partner company and also, we have the online identifier together with other user data. Only in this way can the partner company inform us whether that user has taken up the offer, and we can, for example, pay out the bonus.

Amazon Partner Program

We are, on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR), a participant in the partner program of Amazon EU, which was designed to provide a medium for websites by means of which advertising cost reimbursement can be earned through the placement of advertisements and links to Amazon.de (so-called affiliate system). This means that as an Amazon partner we earn from qualified purchases.
Amazon uses cookies in order to be able to trace the origin of orders. Amongst other things, Amazon can recognize that you have clicked the partner link on this website and subsequently purchased a product from Amazon.
Further information on data use by Amazon and rights to object can be found in the company's privacy policy: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909010.

Note: Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or one of its affiliated companies.

Amendment of our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy shall then apply to your next visit.