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 Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co KG. Use of the Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co KG website is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to make use of special services of our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of 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 Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co. By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights by means of this privacy policy.

As the controller, Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co KG has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data processed via this website is protected as completely as possible. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, meaning that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions of terms

The data protection declaration of the Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co KG is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.

We use the following terms, among others, in this privacy policy

2. Name and address of the controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is

Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co. KG

Robert-Bürkle-Str. 6

72250 Freudenstadt

Freudenstadt, Germany

Phone: +49 7441 8992-0

E-mail: info@wolf-produktionssysteme.de

Website: www.wolf-produktionssysteme.de

3. Name and address of the data protection officer

The data protection officer of the controller is

Regina Degraf

Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co KG

Robert-Bürkle-Str. 6

72250 Freudenstadt

Freudenstadt, Germany

Phone: +49 7441 8992-640

E-mail: deg@wolf-produktionssysteme.de

Website: www.wolf-produktionssysteme.de

Any data subject can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

4. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. Details can be found in the IONOS privacy policy:

https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

IONOS is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in displaying our website as reliably as possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

5. General notes and mandatory information

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If your data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data
As part of our business activities, we work together with various external organisations. In some cases, it is also necessary to transfer personal data to these external organisations.
We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or if another legal basis permits the transfer of data. When using processors, we only pass on our customers' personal data on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Collection of general data and information
When you visit our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the browser type, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, the IP address, the time of access and similar information. This data does not allow any direct conclusions to be drawn about your person and is used in particular to ensure a smooth connection to the website and system security.

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

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (ART. 21 (1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING, WHICH INCLUDES PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.

Information, rectification and erasure
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. This applies in particular in the following cases:

Right to withdraw consent under data protection law
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

Automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling
As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

Objection to advertising emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Duration of storage of personal data
Personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected or for as long as is required by law. Once the storage purpose no longer applies or the period expires, the data will be deleted or blocked in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Provision of personal data
The provision of personal data may be required by law (e.g. tax law) or contract. In certain cases, it may be necessary to provide us with personal data in order to conclude a contract. If the provision is refused, this may mean that a contract cannot be concluded.

6. Data collection on this website

Cookies

The Internet pages of Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co KG use cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.

Numerous websites 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 that allows websites and servers to be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the websites and servers visited to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognised and identified via the unique cookie ID.

Through the use of cookies, Wolf Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co KG 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 optimised for the benefit of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognise the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their access data each time they visit the website because this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping basket in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping basket via a cookie.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programmes. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form or register for an event with us, your details from the form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

5. Newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The newsletter is sent via Brevo, a platform of Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.
Data processing is carried out on the basis of an order processing contract in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. Brevo's server locations are in the EU.

Further information on data processing by Brevo can be found at
https://www.brevo.com/de/legal/privacypolicy/

Our newsletter contains so-called tracking pixels (also known as "web beacons"), which are retrieved from a Brevo server when the email is opened. This records whether and when an email was opened and which links were clicked on. We use this information to better understand the reading behaviour of our recipients and to optimise the content and technical aspects of the newsletter.

The legal basis for tracking is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, which you give when registering for the newsletter. You can revoke your consent at any time, e.g. by unsubscribing from the newsletter.

The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the cancellation.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter or after the purpose has ceased to exist. We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this. After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

6. Plugins and tools - YouTube with enhanced data protection

This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of these websites on which YouTube is integrated, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, videos that are played in extended data protection mode are not used to personalise browsing on YouTube. Ads that are played in extended data protection mode are also not personalised. No cookies are set in extended data protection mode. Instead, so-called local storage elements are stored in the user's browser, which contain personal data similar to cookies and can be used to recognise the user. Details on the extended data protection mode can be found here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

After activating a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no influence. The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified in accordance with the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

7. Data protection provisions about the application and use of OneDrive

We have integrated OneDrive on this website. The provider is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "OneDrive").

OneDrive enables us to include an upload area on our website where you can upload content. When you upload content, it is stored on OneDrive's servers. When you enter our website, a connection to OneDrive is also established so that OneDrive can recognise that you have visited our website.

OneDrive is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a reliable upload area on its website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The company is certified in accordance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/6474.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

8. Data protection provisions about the application and use of LeadInfo

We use the lead generation service of Leadinfo B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands. This recognises visits from companies to our website based on IP addresses and shows us publicly available information, such as company names or addresses. In addition, Leadinfo sets two first-party cookies to evaluate user behaviour on our website and processes domains from form entries (e.g. "leadinfo.com") in order to correlate IP addresses with companies and improve the services. Further information can be found at www.leadinfo.com. On this page: www.leadinfo.com/en/opt-out you have an opt-out option. If you opt out, your data will no longer be collected by Leadinfo."

9. Data protection provisions about the application and use of etracker

On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise etracker. Etracker is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, gathering and evaluation of data about the behaviour of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data on the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimise a website and for cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.

The operating company of etracker is etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany.

Etracker places a cookie on the data subject's information technology system. What cookies are has already been explained above. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the controller and on which an etracker component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective etracker component to transmit data to etracker for marketing and optimisation purposes. As part of this technical process, etracker obtains knowledge of data that is subsequently used to create pseudonymised user profiles. The usage profiles obtained in this way are used to analyse the behaviour of the data subject who has accessed the controller's website and are evaluated with the aim of improving and optimising the website. The data collected via the etracker component will not be used to identify the data subject without the prior separate and explicit consent of the data subject. This data is not merged with personal data or with other data containing the same pseudonym.

The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time 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 etracker from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already set by etracker can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programmes.

Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to and preventing the collection of data generated by the etracker cookie, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by etracker. To do this, the data subject must press the Set cookie button under the link www.etracker.de/privacy, which sets an opt-out cookie. The opt-out cookie set with the objection is stored on the information technology system used by the data subject. If the cookies on the data subject's system are deleted after an objection, the data subject must call up the link again and set a new opt-out cookie.

With the setting of the opt-out cookie, however, there is the possibility that the Internet pages of the controller are no longer fully usable for the data subject.

The applicable data protection provisions of etracker may be accessed under www.etracker.com/de/datenschutz.html.

10. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Facebook (Meta)

Functions of the social network Facebook (provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) - e.g. in the form of buttons or plugins ("Like", share, etc.).

When you visit a page with such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and Meta's servers. Meta may receive information about your visit, especially if you are logged in to Facebook. This information can be assigned to your personal Facebook profile. We have no influence on the scope of the data that Meta collects in this way.

The legal basis for the integration is your voluntary consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, which you can give via our cookie consent banner. Without your consent, the connection to Facebook will not be established.

You can find further information on data protection on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/

11. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Maps

A map from the Google Maps service is integrated on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

Google Maps is integrated to present our location in an appealing way and to make it easier to find the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. via a cookie banner), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google is certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which guarantees an adequate level of data protection for data transfers to the USA. You can find details on this at: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

12. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Tag Manager is used to manage website tags via an interface. The tool itself (which implements the tags) does not process any personal user data. However, the Tag Manager triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data - especially if consent is activated via the cookie banner.

You can find further information at: https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/9323295?hl=de

Google is certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which guarantees an adequate level of data protection for data transfers to the USA. You can find details on this at: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

13. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies or local storage, which enable your use of the website to be analysed. The information collected about your use of this website (e.g. IP address, page views, region, technical characteristics of the end device) is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

We use Google Analytics in the GA4 version, in which IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form by default and no complete user profiles are created. The data is only processed further on the server side in anonymised form.

The use is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. You can revoke your consent at any time.

You can find further information at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362?hl=de
Privacy policy of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google is certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which guarantees an adequate level of data protection for data transfers to the USA. You can find details on this at: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

14. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Ads

We use Google Ads to place targeted adverts in the Google search engine and in the Google advertising network. We use Google Ads conversion tracking and remarketing functions.

With conversion tracking, a cookie is set if you have reached our website via a Google advert. This cookie loses its validity after 30 days and is not used for personal identification. We only find out the total number of users who clicked on an advert and were redirected to a page with a conversion tag.

The remarketing function allows visitors to the website to be shown interest-based adverts on other websites within the Google advertising network. For this purpose, the usage behaviour on our website is analysed, e.g. which products you have viewed.

Google Ads will only be used with your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.

You can find more information here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de
Opt-out option: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

Google is certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which guarantees an adequate level of data protection for data transfers to the USA. You can find details on this at: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

15. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Matomo

The data controller has integrated the Matomo component on this website. Matomo is an open source software tool for web analysis. Web analysis is the collection, gathering and evaluation of data about the behaviour of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis tool collects data on the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimise a website and for cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The software is operated on the server of the controller and the log files, which are sensitive under data protection law, are stored exclusively on this server.

The purpose of the Matomo component is to analyse the flow of visitors to our website. The controller uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to analyse the use of this website in order to compile online reports that show the activities on our website.

Matomo places a cookie on the data subject's IT system. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, we are able to analyse the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, the Internet browser on the data subject's IT system is automatically prompted by the Matomo component to transmit data to our server for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, we obtain knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which serves us, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks.

Cookies are used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access originated and the frequency of visits to our website. Each time our website is visited, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to our server. This personal data is stored by us. We do not pass this personal data on 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 a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Matomo from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Matomo can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programmes.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to and preventing the collection of data generated by Matomo relating to the use of this website. To do this, the data subject must set "Do Not Track" in their browser.

By setting the opt-out cookie, however, it is possible that the data subject will no longer be able to use the controller's website to its full extent.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Matomo may be retrieved under matomo.org/privacy/

16. Link to LinkedIn

On our website you will find a symbol (icon) with a link to our company profile on LinkedIn. The provider of this network is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is merely a static link. You will only be redirected to the LinkedIn page if you actively click on the link. LinkedIn may collect personal data about your user behaviour, especially if you are logged in there. We have no influence on this data processing. Further information on data processing by LinkedIn can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

17. Link to Instagram

On our website, you will find an icon with a link to our company profile on Instagram. The provider of the service is Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

When you click on the link, a direct connection is established between your browser and Meta's servers. Personal data (e.g. IP address, usage behaviour) may be transmitted to Meta - especially if you are logged in to Instagram. We have no influence on this data processing by Meta. Further information can be found in the Instagram/Meta privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy

18. Data protection for applications and in the application process

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits relevant application documents to the controller electronically, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, unless deletion conflicts with any other legitimate interests of the controller. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).