Privacy Policy

We are very delighted that you have shown interest in our enterprise. Data protection is of a particularly high priority
for the management of the braintool software GmbH. The use of the Internet pages of the braintool software GmbH is possible
without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special enterprise services via our website,
processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory
basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject. The processing of personal data, such as the
name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the braintool software
GmbH. By means of this data protection declaration, our enterprise would like to inform the general public of the nature,
scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of
this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled. As the controller, the braintool software GmbH
has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed
through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection
may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means,
e.g. by telephone.

1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of the braintool software GmbH is based on the terms used by the European legislator for
the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable
for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the
terminology used. In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:

a) Personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable
natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as
a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical,
physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible
for the processing.

c) Processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether
or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval,
consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction,
erasure or destruction.

d) Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

e) Profiling

Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain
personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s
performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

f) Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to
a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately
and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified
or identifiable natural person.

g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing

Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other
body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the
purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria
for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

h) Processor

Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of
the controller.

i) Recipient

Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed,
whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular
inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by
those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the
processing.

j) Third party

Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor
and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.

k) Consent

Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes
by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data
relating to him or her.

2. Name and Address of the controller

Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member
states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:

braintool software GmbH
Industriestr. 4
70565 Stuttgart
Deutschland
Phone: +49-(0)711-49047-880
Email: datenschutz@braintool.com
Website: www.braintool.com

3. Cookies

The Internet pages of the braintool software GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system
via an Internet browser. Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie
ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be
assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers
to differentiate the individual browser of the dats subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific
Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID. Through the use of cookies, the braintool software
GmbH can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie
setting. By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies
allow us, as previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for
users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies, e.g. does not have to enter access data each time the website
is accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the user’s computer system. Another
example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers the articles that a customer has placed
in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie. The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our
website by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies.
Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible
in all popular Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not
all functions of our website may be entirely usable.

Borlabs Cookies

This website uses Borlabs cookie that sets a technically necessary cookie (borlabs cookie) to store your cookie consent.
Borlabs Cookie does not process any personal data.
The borlabs cookie contains your consent that you gave when you entered the website. If you wish to revoke these permissions, please delete the cookie from your browser. When you re-enter/reload the website, you will be asked again for your cookie consent.

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4. Collection of general data and information

The website of the braintool software GmbH collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated
system calls up the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the
browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing
system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site,
(6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other
similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems. When using these
general data and information, the braintool software GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this
information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well
as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and
(4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack.
Therefore, the braintool software GmbH analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of
increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the
personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided
by a data subject.

5. Subscription to our newsletters

On the website of the braintool software GmbH, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our enterprise’s newsletter.
The input mask used for this purpose determines what personal data are transmitted, as well as when the newsletter is ordered
from the controller. The braintool software GmbH informs its customers and business partners regularly by means of a newsletter
about enterprise offers. The enterprise’s newsletter may only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has
a valid e-mail address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter shipping. A confirmation e-mail will be sent
to the e-mail address registered by a data subject for the first time for newsletter shipping, for legal reasons, in the
double opt-in procedure. This confirmation e-mail is used to prove whether the owner of the e-mail address as the data subject
is authorized to receive the newsletter. During the registration for the newsletter, we also store the IP address of the
computer system assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject at the time of the registration,
as well as the date and time of the registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to understand the (possible)
misuse of the e-mail address of a data subject at a later date, and it therefore serves the aim of the legal protection of
the controller. The personal data collected as part of a registration for the newsletter will only be used to send our newsletter.
In addition, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by e-mail, as long as this is necessary for the operation of the
newsletter service or a registration in question, as this could be the case in the event of modifications to the newsletter
offer, or in the event of a change in technical circumstances. There will be no transfer of personal data collected by the
newsletter service to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter may be terminated by the data subject at any time.
The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data subject has given for shipping the newsletter, may be revoked
at any time. For the purpose of revocation of consent, a corresponding link is found in each newsletter. It is also possible
to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the website of the controller, or to communicate this to the controller
in a different way.

6. Newsletter-Tracking

The newsletter of the braintool software GmbH contains so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic
embedded in such e-mails, which are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows a statistical
analysis of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, the braintool software
GmbH may see if and when an e-mail was opened by a data subject, and which links in the e-mail were called up by data subjects.
Such personal data collected in the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and analyzed by the controller
in order to optimize the shipping of the newsletter, as well as to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to
the interests of the data subject. These personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Data subjects are at any time
entitled to revoke the respective separate declaration of consent issued by means of the double-opt-in procedure. After a
revocation, these personal data will be deleted by the controller. The braintool software GmbH automatically regards a withdrawal
from the receipt of the newsletter as a revocation.

7. Contact possibility via the website

The website of the braintool software GmbH contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our enterprise,
as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address).
If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject
are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are
stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third
parties.

8. Comments function in the blog on the website

The braintool software GmbH offers users the possibility to leave individual comments on individual blog contributions on
a blog, which is on the website of the controller. A blog is a web-based, publicly-accessible portal, through which one or
more people called bloggers or web-bloggers may post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blogposts. Blogposts may
usually be commented by third parties. If a data subject leaves a comment on the blog published on this website, the comments
made by the data subject are also stored and published, as well as information on the date of the commentary and on the user’s
(pseudonym) chosen by the data subject. In addition, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the
data subject is also logged. This storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons, and in case the data subject
violates the rights of third parties, or posts illegal content through a given comment. The storage of these personal data
is, therefore, in the own interest of the data controller, so that he can exculpate in the event of an infringement. This
collected personal data will not be passed to third parties, unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim
of the defense of the data controller.

9. Subscription to comments in the blog on the website

The comments made in the blog of the braintool software GmbH may be subscribed to by third parties. In particular, there
is the possibility that a commenter subscribes to the comments following his comments on a particular blog post. If a data
subject decides to subscribe to the option, the controller will send an automatic confirmation e-mail to check the double
opt-in procedure as to whether the owner of the specified e-mail address decided in favor of this option. The option to subscribe
to comments may be terminated at any time.

10. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data

The data controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve
the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations
to which the controller is subject to. If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the
European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance
with legal requirements.

11. Rights of the data subject

a) Right of confirmation

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation
as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of
this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

b) Right of access

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information
about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European directives and
regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:

  • the purposes of the processing;
  • the categories of personal data concerned;
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients
    in third countries or international organisations;
  • where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used
    to determine that period;
  • the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of
    processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;
  • the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  • where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and,
    at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged
    consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third
country or to an international organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed
of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access,
he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

c) Right to rectification

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay
the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing,
the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary
statement. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee
of the controller.

d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal
data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without
undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:

  • The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  • The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR,
    or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
  • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate
    grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
  • The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
  • The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller
    is subject.
  • The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article
    8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by
the braintool software GmbH, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. An employee of braintool
software GmbH shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately. Where the controller has made
personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account
of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform
other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested erasure by such controllers of any links
to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. An employees of the braintool software
GmbH will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

e) Right of restriction of processing

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing
where one of the following applies:

  • The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the
    accuracy of the personal data.
  • The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction
    of their use instead.
  • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data
    subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
  • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the
    legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of
personal data stored by the braintool software GmbH, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the controller. The
employee of the braintool software GmbH will arrange the restriction of the processing.

f) Right to data portability

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning him or
her, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she shall have
the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have
been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a)
of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried
out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public
interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to
data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have personal data transmitted
directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights
and freedoms of others. In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact any employee
of the braintool software GmbH.

g) Right to object

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular
situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article
6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The braintool software GmbH shall no longer process
the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing
which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal
claims. If the braintool software GmbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have
the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to
profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the braintool software
GmbH to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the braintool software GmbH will no longer process the personal data
for these purposes. In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation,
to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by the braintool software GmbH for scientific or historical
research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary
for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest. In order to exercise the right to object, the data
subject may contact any employee of the braintool software GmbH. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of
the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated
means using technical specifications.

h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on
automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly
affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract
between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller
is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate
interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent. If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into,
or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s
explicit consent, the braintool software GmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and
freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express
his or her point of view and contest the decision. If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated
individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the braintool software GmbH.

i) Right to withdraw data protection consent

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of
his or her personal data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she
may, at any time, contact any employee of the braintool software GmbH.

12. Data protection for applications and the application procedures

The data controller shall collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of the processing of the application
procedure. The processing may also be carried out electronically. This is the case, in particular, if an applicant submits
corresponding application documents by e-mail or by means of a web form on the website to the controller. If the data controller
concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the submitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment
relationship in compliance with legal requirements. If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant by the controller,
the application documents shall be automatically erased two months after notification of the refusal decision, provided that
no other legitimate interests of the controller are opposed to the erasure. Other legitimate interest in this relation is,
e.g. a burden of proof in a procedure under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

13. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Facebook

On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise Facebook. Facebook is a social network. A social
network is a place for social meetings on the Internet, an online community, which usually allows users to communicate with
each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences,
or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows social network users
to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos, and network through friend requests. The operating company of
Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. If a person lives outside of the United States
or Canada, the controller is the Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. With
each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet website, which is operated by the controller and into which
a Facebook component (Facebook plug-ins) was integrated, the web browser on the information technology system of the data
subject is automatically prompted to download display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through the Facebook
component. An overview of all the Facebook Plug-ins may be accessed under https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
During the course of this technical procedure, Facebook is made aware of what specific sub-site of our website was visited
by the data subject. If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook, Facebook detects with every call-up to
our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-site of
our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Facebook component and associated
with the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated
into our website, e.g. the “Like” button, or if the data subject submits a comment, then Facebook matches this information
with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores the personal data. Facebook always receives, through
the Facebook component, information about a visit to our website by the data subject, whenever the data subject is logged
in at the same time on Facebook during the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the data
subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such a transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the
data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their Facebook account before a call-up to our website
is made. The data protection guideline published by Facebook, which is available at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/,
provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. In addition, it is explained
there what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, different configuration
options are made available to allow the elimination of data transmission to Facebook. These applications may be used by the
data subject to eliminate a data transmission to Facebook.

14. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics
is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors
to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called
referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly
used for the optimization of a website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising. The operator
of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States. For
the web analytics through Google Analytics the controller uses the application “_gat. _anonymizeIp”. By means of this application
the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject is abridged by Google and anonymised when accessing our websites
from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The
purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and information,
inter alia, to evaluate the use of our website and to provide online reports, which show the activities on our websites,
and to provide other services concerning the use of our Internet site for us. Google Analytics places a cookie on the information
technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google
is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which
is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information
technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for the purpose
of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During the course of this technical procedure, the enterprise
Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, inter alia,
to understand the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create commission settlements. The cookie is used to store
personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the frequency of visits of
our website by the data subject. With each visit to our Internet site, such personal data, including the IP address of the
Internet access used by the data subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data
are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical
procedure to third parties. The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at
any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies.
Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the information
technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google Analytics may be deleted at any time
via a web browser or other software programs. In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a collection
of data that are generated by Google Analytics, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of
this data by Google and the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download a browser add-on
under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics through
a JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google Analytics.
The installation of the browser add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology system of the
data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to
disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any other person who is attributable
to their sphere of competence, or is disabled, it is possible to execute the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser
add-ons. Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
and under http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link https://www.google.com/analytics/.

15. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Remarketing

On this website, the controller has integrated Google Remarketing services. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords,
which allows an enterprise to display advertising to Internet users who have previously resided on the enterprise’s Internet
site. The integration of Google Remarketing therefore allows an enterprise to create user-based advertising and thus shows
relevant advertisements to interested Internet users. The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is the Google
Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States. The purpose of Google Remarketing is the insertion
of interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing allows us to display ads on the Google network or on other websites,
which are based on individual needs and matched to the interests of Internet users. Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the
information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the
cookie, Google enables a recognition of the visitor of our website if he calls up consecutive web pages, which are also a
member of the Google advertising network. With each call-up to an Internet site on which the service has been integrated
by Google Remarketing, the web browser of the data subject identifies automatically with Google. During the course of this
technical procedure, Google receives personal information, such as the IP address or the surfing behaviour of the user, which
Google uses, inter alia, for the insertion of interest relevant advertising. The cookie is used to store personal information,
e.g. the Internet pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the
IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These
personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through
the technical procedure to third parties. The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our
website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting
of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information
technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google may be deleted at any time via a web
browser or other software programs. In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to the interest-based
advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must call up the link to www.google.de/settings/ads and make the
desired settings on each Internet browser used by the data subject. Further information and the actual data protection provisions
of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

16. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google+

On this website, the controller has integrated the Google+ button as a component. Google+ is a so-called social network.
A social network is a social meeting place on the Internet, an online community, which usually allows users to communicate
with each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and
experiences, or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related information. Google+ allows users of
the social network to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos and network through friend requests. The operating
company of Google+ is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES. With each call-up
to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google+ button has been
integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject automatically downloads a display
of the corresponding Google+ button of Google through the respective Google+ button component. During the course of this
technical procedure, Google is made aware of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject. More
detailed information about Google+ is available under https://developers.google.com/+/. If the data subject is logged in
at the same time to Google+, Google recognizes with each call-up to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration
of his or her stay on our Internet site, which specific sub-pages of our Internet page were visited by the data subject.
This information is collected through the Google+ button and Google matches this with the respective Google+ account associated
with the data subject. If the data subject clicks on the Google+ button integrated on our website and thus gives a Google+
1 recommendation, then Google assigns this information to the personal Google+ user account of the data subject and stores
the personal data. Google stores the Google+ 1 recommendation of the data subject, making it publicly available in accordance
with the terms and conditions accepted by the data subject in this regard. Subsequently, a Google+ 1 recommendation given
by the data subject on this website together with other personal data, such as the Google+ account name used by the data
subject and the stored photo, is stored and processed on other Google services, such as search-engine results of the Google
search engine, the Google account of the data subject or in other places, e.g. on Internet pages, or in relation to advertisements.
Google is also able to link the visit to this website with other personal data stored on Google. Google further records this
personal information with the purpose of improving or optimizing the various Google services. Through the Google+ button,
Google receives information that the data subject visited our website, if the data subject at the time of the call-up to
our website is logged in to Google+. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks or doesn’t click on the Google+
button. If the data subject does not wish to transmit personal data to Google, he or she may prevent such transmission by
logging out of his Google+ account before calling up our website. Further information and the data protection provisions
of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. More references from Google about the
Google+ 1 button may be obtained under https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy.

17. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google-AdWords

On this website, the controller has integrated Google AdWords. Google AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that
allows the advertiser to place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows
an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords with the help of which an ad on Google’s search results only then displayed,
when the user utilizes the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google Advertising Network,
the ads are distributed on relevant web pages using an automatic algorithm, taking into account the previously defined keywords.
The operating company of Google AdWords is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES.
The purpose of Google AdWords is the promotion of our website by the inclusion of relevant advertising on the websites of
third parties and in the search engine results of the search engine Google and an insertion of third-party advertising on
our website. If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, a conversion cookie is filed on the information technology
system of the data subject through Google. The definition of cookies is explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity
after 30 days and is not used to identify the data subject. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used
to check whether certain sub-pages, e.g, the shopping cart from an online shop system, were called up on our website. Through
the conversion cookie, both Google and the controller can understand whether a person who reached an AdWords ad on our website
generated sales, that is, executed or canceled a sale of goods. The data and information collected through the use of the
conversion cookie is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are used in order
to determine the total number of users who have been served through AdWords ads to ascertain the success or failure of each
AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads in the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive
information from Google that could identify the data subject. The conversion cookie stores personal information, e.g. the
Internet pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the IP address
of the Internet access used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal
data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical
procedure to third parties. The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as stated above,
by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such a
setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing a conversion cookie on the information technology
system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie set by Google AdWords may be deleted at any time via the Internet browser
or other software programs. The data subject has a possibility of objecting to the interest based advertisement of Google.
Therefore, the data subject must access from each of the browsers in use the link www.google.de/settings/ads and set the
desired settings. Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

18. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Shariff

On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Shariff. The Shariff component provides social media buttons
that are compliant with data protection. Shariff was developed for the German computer magazine c’t and is published by GitHub,
Inc. The developers of the component is GitHub, Inc. 88 Colin P. Kelly Junior Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States.
Typically, the button solutions provided by the social networks already transmits personal data to the respective social
network, when a user visits a website in which a social media button was integrated. By using the Shariff component, personal
data is only transferred to social networks, when the visitor actively activates one of the social media buttons. Further
information on the Shariff component may be found in the computer magazine c’t under http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutz-und-Social-Media-Der-ct-Shariff-ist-im-Usatz-2470103.
Html provided. The use of the Shariff component is intended to protect the personal data of the visitors of our website and
to enable us to integrate a button solution for social networks on this website. Further information and the applicable data
protection provisions of GitHub are retrievable under https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-policy/.

19. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Twitter

On this website, the controller has integrated components of Twitter. Twitter is a multilingual, publicly-accessible microblogging
service on which users may publish and spread so-called ‘tweets,’ e.g. short messages, which are limited to 280 characters.
These short messages are available for everyone, including those who are not logged on to Twitter. The tweets are also displayed
to so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user’s tweets. Furthermore,
Twitter allows you to address a wide audience via hashtags, links or retweets. The operating company of Twitter is Twitter,
Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, UNITED STATES. With each call-up to one of the individual pages
of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) was integrated,
the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display
of the corresponding Twitter component of Twitter. Further information about the Twitter buttons is available under https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons.
During the course of this technical procedure, Twitter gains knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited
by the data subject. The purpose of the integration of the Twitter component is a retransmission of the contents of this
website to allow our users to introduce this web page to the digital world and increase our visitor numbers. If the data
subject is logged in at the same time on Twitter, Twitter detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject and
for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site which specific sub-page of our Internet page was visited by the
data subject. This information is collected through the Twitter component and associated with the respective Twitter account
of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, then Twitter assigns
this information to the personal Twitter user account of the data subject and stores the personal data. Twitter receives
information via the Twitter component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged
in on Twitter at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the Twitter
component or not. If such a transmission of information to Twitter is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she
may prevent this by logging off from their Twitter account before a call-up to our website is made. The applicable data protection
provisions of Twitter may be accessed under https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.

20. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Xing

On this website, the controller has integrated components of XING. XING is an Internet-based social network that enables
users to connect with existing business contacts and to create new business contacts. The individual users can create a personal
profile of themselves at XING. Companies may, e.g. create company profiles or publish jobs on XING. The operating company
of XING is XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet
site, which is operated by the controller and on which a XING component (XING plug-in) was integrated, the Internet browser
on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding
XING component of XING. Further information about the XING plug-in the may be accessed under https://dev.xing.com/plugins.
During the course of this technical procedure, XING gains knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited
by the data subject. If the data subject is logged in at the same time on XING, XING detects with every call-up to our website
by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-page of our Internet
page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the XING component and associated with the respective
XING account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on the XING button integrated on our Internet site, e.g. the
“Share”-button, then XING assigns this information to the personal XING user account of the data subject and stores the personal
data. XING receives information via the XING component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data
subject is logged in at XING at the time of the call to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks
on the XING component or not. If such a transmission of information to XING is not desirable for the data subject, then he
or she can prevent this by logging off from their XING account before a call-up to our website is made. The data protection
provisions published by XING, which is available under https://www.xing.com/privacy, provide information on the collection,
processing and use of personal data by XING. In addition, XING has published privacy notices for the XING share button under
https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

21. Legal basis for the processing

Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing
purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party,
as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service,
the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for
carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company
subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations,
the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect
the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were
injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to
a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing
operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered
by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued
by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and
freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible
because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could
be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

22. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party

Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry out our business
in favor of the well-being of all our employees and the shareholders.

23. Period for which the personal data will be stored

The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After
expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment
of the contract or the initiation of a contract.

24. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation
of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual
provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data
subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged
to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data
would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided
by the data subject, the data subject must contact any employee. The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision
of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is
an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.

25. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling. This Privacy Policy has been generated by
the Privacy Policy Generator of the
German Association for Data Protection that was developed in cooperation with
Privacy Lawyers from WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE, Cologne.