PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY POLICY


Personal data (hereinafter mostly referred to as “data”) are only processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there.

According to Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), “processing” is any process carried out with or without the help of automated processes or any such series of processes in connection with personal data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, arranging, storing, adapting or changing, reading, querying, using, disclosing through transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or the linking, the restriction, the deletion or the destruction.

With the following data protection declaration we inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, as far as we decide either alone or together with others about the purposes and means of processing. In addition, we will inform you below about the third-party components we use for optimization purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data on their own responsibility.

Our data protection declaration is structured as follows:

I. Information about us as responsible
II. Rights of users and data subjects
III. Information on data processing


I. INFORMATION ABOUT US AS THE CONTROLLER

Responsible provider of this website in terms of data protection law is:

EQ MNGT GmbH

Friedrichstrasse 52
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49 69/7079835-0
Email: info@eq-mngt.com

Management / Managing Partners: Frank Bruder and Dr. Florian Dausend

Register court / Local courts: Frankfurt am Main
HRB 120 967

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

info@eq-mngt.com


II. RIGHTS OF USERS AND AFFECTED PARTIES

With a view to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right to confirmation as to whether the data concerning them are being processed, to information about the processed data, to further information about data processing and to copies of the data (see also Art. 15 GDPR); to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 GDPR); to the immediate deletion of the data concerning them (cf. also Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, if further processing is required in accordance with Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR, restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR; to receive the data concerning them and provided by them and to transfer this data to other providers / responsible parties (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR); to complain to the supervisory authority if they are of the opinion that the data concerning them are being processed by the provider in violation of data protection regulations (cf. also Art. 77 GDPR).

In addition, the provider is obliged to notify all recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the provider of any correction or deletion of data or the restriction of processing that takes place on the basis of Articles 16, 17 Paragraph 1, 18 GDPR teaching. However, this obligation does not exist if this notification is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Irrespective of this, the user has the right to information about these recipients.

According to Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects also have the right to object to the future processing of the data concerning them, provided that the data is processed by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permitted.


III. INFORMATION ON DATA PROCESSING

Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies, the deletion of the data does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements and no other information on individual processing methods is given below.

SERVER DATA

For technical reasons, in particular to ensure a secure and stable website, data is transmitted to us or to our web space provider via your internet browser. These so-called server log files record the type and version of your Internet browser, the operating system, the website from which you switched to our website (referrer URL), the website (s) of our website that you are visiting, the date and time of the respective access as well as the IP address of the internet connection from which our website is used.

This data collected in this way is temporarily stored, but not together with other data from you.

This storage takes place on the legal basis of 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 after seven days at the latest, unless further storage is required for evidence purposes. Otherwise, the data will be wholly or partially excluded from deletion until the incident has been finally resolved.

COOKIES
A) SESSION COOKIES / SESSION COOKIES

We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are stored and stored on your device by the internet browser you use. These cookies process certain information about you, such as your browser or location data or your IP address, to an individual extent.

This processing makes our website more user-friendly, more effective and more secure, as the processing enables, for example, the reproduction of our website in different languages or the offer of a shopping cart function.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit b.) GDPR, provided that these cookies are used to process data to initiate or process contracts.

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 Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

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

B) THIRD PARTY COOKIES

Our website may also use cookies from partner companies with whom we work for the purpose of advertising, analysis or the functionalities of our website.

The details on this, in particular on the purposes and the legal basis for processing such third-party cookies, can be found in the following information.

C) ELIMINATION POSSIBILITY

You can prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by setting your internet browser. You can also delete cookies that have already been saved at any time. The steps and measures required for this, however, depend on the specific Internet browser you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Internet browser or contact its manufacturer or support. In the case of so-called flash cookies, however, processing cannot be prevented via the browser settings. Instead you have to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the specific Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Flash player or contact the manufacturer or user support.

However, if you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, this may mean that not all functions of our website can be used to their full extent.

CONTRACT EXECUTION

The data transmitted by you to make use of our range of goods and / or services will be processed by us for the purpose of processing the contract and are required in this respect. It is not possible to conclude and process contracts without providing your data.

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

We delete the data when the contract is fully processed, but we must observe the retention periods under tax and commercial law.

As part of the contract processing, we pass on your data to the transport company commissioned with the delivery of goods or to the financial service provider, insofar as the transfer is necessary for the delivery of goods or for payment purposes.

The legal basis for forwarding the data is then Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

CONTACT INQUIRIES / CONTACT POSSIBILITIES

If you contact us via the contact form or email, the data you provide will be used to process your request. The specification of the data is necessary for processing and answering your request - without providing it, we cannot respond to your request, or at least to a limited extent.

The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted if your request has been finally answered and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements, for example in the event of a subsequent contract processing.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

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

Google guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

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

Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, location, time or frequency of visits to our website, are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function. With this function, Google shortens the IP address within the EU or EEA.

The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of the visit to our website and of the usage activities there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet.

Google states that it will not associate your IP address with other data. In addition, Google maintains

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

Further data protection information is available for you, for example also on the possibilities to prevent the use of data.

Google also offers

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

a so-called deactivation add-on along with further information on this. This add-on can be installed with the most common internet browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on informs the JavaScript (ga.js) of Google Analytics that information about visiting our website should not be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analysis services. You can of course also find out in this data protection declaration whether and which other web analysis services are used by us.

In addition or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie will be installed on your device. This will prevent future collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

GOOGLE MAPS

We use Google Maps on our website to show our location and to create directions. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

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

Google guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

In order to enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established when our website is accessed.

If you call up the Google Maps component integrated in our website, Google saves a cookie on your device via your internet browser. Your user settings and data are processed in order to display our location and to create directions. We cannot rule out that Google uses servers in the USA.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimizing the functionality of our website.

The connection to Google established in this way enables Google to determine from which website your request was sent and to which IP address the directions are to be sent.

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 Internet browser. You can find details on this under the heading "Cookies" above.

In addition, Google Maps and the information obtained through Google Maps are used in accordance with the Google Terms of Use https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=de and the Terms and Conditions for Google Maps https://www.google. com / intl / de_de / help / terms_maps.html.

Google also offers

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

further information.

GOOGLE RECAPTCHA

On our website we use Google reCAPTCHA to check and avoid interactions on our website through automated access, e.g. through so-called bots. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

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

Google guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

This service allows Google to determine from which website a request is being sent and from which IP address you are using the so-called reCAPTCHA input box. In addition to your IP address, Google may also collect additional information that is necessary to offer and guarantee this service.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the security of our website and in the defense against unwanted, automated access in the form of spam or similar.

Google offers below

https://policies.google.com/privacy

further information on the general handling of your user data.

GOOGLE FONTS

We use Google Fonts on our website to display external fonts. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

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

Google guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

In order to enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established when our website is accessed.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our website.

The connection to Google established when our website is accessed allows Google to determine from which website your request was sent and to which IP address the representation of the font is to be transmitted.

Google offers below

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

further information, in particular about the possibilities of preventing data usage.

YOUTUBE

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

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

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

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

Google guarantees, and thus also its subsidiary YouTube, that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

We use YouTube in connection with the "Extended data protection mode" function in order to be able to show you videos. The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the "extended data protection mode" function means that the data described in more detail below are only transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video.

Without this "extended data protection", a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you call up one of our Internet pages on which a YouTube video is embedded.

This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least record and process your IP address, the date and time and the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the Google “DoubleClick” advertising network is established.

If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.

For the purpose of functionality and to analyze usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your Internet browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of cookies by setting your Internet browser. You can find more information on this under "Cookies" above.

Google holds further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard in the

https://policies.google.com/privacy

available data protection information.

GOOGLE ADWORDS WITH CONVERSION TRACKING

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

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

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

Google guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

We use conversion tracking for targeted advertising of our offer. The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.

If you click on an advertisement placed by Google, the conversion tracking we use saves a cookie on your device. These so-called conversion cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to identify you personally.

If the cookie is still valid and you visit a certain page of our website, both we and Google can evaluate that you clicked on one of our ads placed on Google and that you were then redirected to our website.

With the information collected in this way, Google creates statistics for us about the visit to our website. This also gives us information about the number of users who clicked on our ad (s) and the pages of our website that were subsequently accessed. Neither we nor third parties who also use Google AdWords, however, are 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 the specific Internet browser you are using. 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

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 the use of data.

GOOGLE ADSENSE

We use Google AdSense to integrate advertisements on our website. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

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

Google guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

Google AdSense stores cookies and so-called web beacons on your device via your internet browser. This enables Google to analyze your use of our website. The information collected in this way is transmitted to Google in the USA, along with your IP address and the advertising formats displayed to you, and stored there. Google can also pass this information on to contractual partners. However, Google declares that your IP address will not be merged with other data from you.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.

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 Internet browser. You can find details on this under the heading "Cookies" above.

Google also offers

https://policies.google.com/privacy

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

further information, in particular about the possibilities of preventing data usage.

GOOGLE REMARKETING, OR “SIMILAR TARGET AUDIENCE” COMPONENT OF GOOGLE

We use the remarketing or "similar target groups" function on our website. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

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

Google guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

We use this function to place interest-based, personalized advertising on third-party websites that also participate in the Google advertising network.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.

So that this advertising service can be enabled, Google stores a cookie with a sequence of numbers on your end device via your Internet browser when you visit our website. This cookie records both your visit and the use of our website in anonymized form. However, personal data will not be passed on. If you then visit the website of a third party, which in turn also uses the Google advertising network, advertisements may appear that relate to our website or our offers there.

To permanently deactivate this function, Google offers for the most common internet browsers via

https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin

a browser plug-in.

The use of cookies from certain providers, for example via

http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices

or

http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/

deactivated via opt-out.

Through the so-called. Cross device marketing Under certain circumstances, Google can also track your usage behavior across multiple devices so that you may be shown interest-based, personalized advertising even if you switch devices. However, this requires that you have agreed to link your browser history to your existing Google account.

Google offers further information on Google Remarketing at

http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/ at.

USE OF WEBPROSPECTOR TECHNOLOGY

On this website, technologies from WebProspector GmbH (www.webprospector.de) are used to collect and save data for marketing purposes and to identify interested parties. The WebProspector technology carries out an address determination on the basis of this data, but only in those cases in which you can ensure that it is a company and not a single person as a visitor. The WebProspector technology can possibly receive further characteristics, such as movement data, about the visit and in some cases uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor's Internet browser. Cookies enable recognition of the Internet browser. The data collection and storage by WebProspector for this website can be contradicted at any time with effect for the future at. To do this, please click on:

https://exclusion.unified-tracking.com/exclusion?cid=582c2848c2f4b4e3d83c2cb884cb148f

LINKEDIN INSIGHT DAY

We use the analysis and conversion tracking technology of the platform LinkedIn Inc. (2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, hereinafter “LinkedIn”) on our website.

With the aforementioned technology from LinkedIn, you can be shown more relevant advertising based on your interests. We also receive aggregated and anonymous reports from LinkedIn about advertising activities and information about how you interact with our website. For this, LinkedIn uses a Javascript code (insight tag), which in turn stores a cookie (see section 4) in your web browser or uses a pixel.

The LinkedIn Insight Tag collects data about the use of our website, including URL, referrer URL, IP address, device and browser properties, time stamp and page views. The data collected via the LinkedIn Insight Tag is encrypted and anonymized within 7 days. The anonymized data will be deleted within 90 days. LinkedIn does not share any personal data with the owner of the website, it only offers summarized reports on the website target group and the display performance.

In connection with the use of LinkedIn conversion tracking, the collected information is also processed on servers of LinkedIn Inc. in the USA. LinkedIn is certified under the US-EU data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” and thus undertakes to comply with European data protection regulations.

If you do not want us to evaluate your user behaviour in connection with LinkedIn ads, you can deactivate it by opting out by clicking here.

Alternatively, you can prevent the analysis of your user behavior in connection with LinkedIn by making the appropriate cookie setting in your browser.

You can find more information about data protection at LinkedIn here.
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