Privacy
§ 1 Information about the Collection of Personal Data
(1) In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data within our services. Personal data are all data that can be related to you personally, e.g., name, address, email addresses, user behavior.
(2) Responsible according to Art. 4 Para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
B&R Continental UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
Represented by: Brian Kaul, Richard Gogolski
Am Wiesenweg 10
38524 Sassenburg
Germany
Phone: (+49) 5371 1705004
Fax: (+49) 5371 1705005
Email: kontakt@b-r-continental.com
Website: www.richardgogolski.com
You can reach our data protection officer at support@richardgogolski.com
(3) When you contact us by email or via a form, the data you provide (name, first name, email address, age, address, information on financial circumstances, information on professional goals, your phone number) will be stored by us to answer and process your request or application as best as possible. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if there are legal retention obligations. If you do not use the services of our company after applying and do not become a contractual partner of our company, the data you provided via the contact form will be deleted after a maximum of 4 weeks. The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a, b, and f GDPR.
(4) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offer or want to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. We will also specify the criteria for the storage duration.
§ 2 Your Rights
(1) You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
– Right to information,
– Right to rectification or deletion,
– Right to restriction of processing,
– Right to object to the processing,
– Right to data portability.
(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data. The responsible authority for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Rhineland-Palatinate.
§ 3 Collection of Personal Data When Using Our Services
(1) When using our websites for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you want to view our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR):
– IP address
– Date and time of the request
– Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
– Content of the request (specific page)
– Access status/HTTP status code
– Amount of data transferred in each case
– Website from which the request comes
– Browser
– Operating system and its interface
– Language and version of the browser software.
(2) On our websites, we use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are assigned and stored on your hard drive by the browser you are using through a characteristic string of characters and through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer and therefore cannot cause any damage. They are used to make the internet offer overall more user-friendly and effective, thus more pleasant for you. Cookies may contain data that allows the device used to be recognized. However, cookies may also only contain information about certain settings that are not personally identifiable. Cookies cannot directly identify a user.
There is a distinction between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored beyond the individual session. In terms of their function, cookies are further differentiated between:
– Technical Cookies: These are absolutely necessary to navigate the website, use basic functions, and ensure the security of the website; they do not collect information about you for marketing purposes nor do they store which websites you have visited;
– Performance Cookies: These collect information about how you use our website, which pages you visit, and, for example, if errors occur during website usage; they do not collect information that could identify you – all collected information is anonymous and only used to improve our website and understand what interests our users;
– Advertising Cookies, Targeting Cookies: These are used to offer the website user tailored advertising on the website or offers from third parties and to measure the effectiveness of these offers; Advertising and Targeting Cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months;
– Sharing Cookies: These are used to improve the interactivity of our website with other services (e.g., social networks); Sharing Cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months.
Any use of cookies that is not absolutely technically necessary constitutes data processing that is only permitted with your explicit and active consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR. This applies in particular to the use of Advertising, Targeting, or Sharing Cookies. Furthermore, we only pass on your personal data processed by cookies to third parties if you have given explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR.
(3) Cookie settings or consents given by you on this website can be revoked or redefined at any time by you at the URL https://www.richardgogolski.com/privacy/ by following the hyperlink "Update Advertising Tracking Settings" at the end of the privacy policy.
§ 4 Further Functions and Offers
(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do this, you usually need to provide additional personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.
(2) We sometimes use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly checked. The following categories of recipients, who are usually processors, may have access to your personal data:
– Service providers for the operation of our website and the processing of the data stored or transmitted by the systems (e.g., for data center services, payment processing, IT security). The legal basis for the transfer is then Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b or lit. f GDPR, unless they are processors;
– State authorities/agencies, insofar as this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation. The legal basis for the transfer is then Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR;
– Persons employed to carry out our business operations (e.g., auditors, banks, insurance companies, legal advisors, supervisory authorities, parties involved in corporate acquisitions or the establishment of joint ventures). The legal basis for the transfer is then Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b or lit. f GDPR.
(3) We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if you have given explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR.
§ 5 Objection or Revocation against the Processing of Your Data
(1) If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke it at any time. Such a revocation influences the permissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have expressed it to us. Please direct your revocation by email or post to the contact details of our company listed above. Cookie settings or consents given by you on this website can be revoked or redefined at any time by you at the URL www.richardgogolski.com/privacy/ by following the hyperlink "Update Advertising Tracking Settings" at the end of the privacy policy.
(2) If we base the processing of your personal data on a balance of interests, you can object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary, in particular, to fulfill a contract with you, which we will explain in the following description of the functions. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either stop or adjust the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate reasons for continuing the processing.
§ 6 Newsletter / Mailings
(1) With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter/mailing, with which we continuously inform you about our services and individual programs.
(2) To sign up for our newsletter/mailing, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will send you an email to the specified email address after your registration, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration, your information will be locked and automatically deleted. In addition, we store your IP addresses and the times of registration and confirmation. The purpose of the procedure is to prove your registration and, if necessary, to be able to clarify a possible misuse of your personal data.
(3) The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter/mailing is your email address and your first name. Providing further, separately marked data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. After your confirmation, we will save your email address for the purpose of sending the newsletter/mailing. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
(4) You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare the revocation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email, by email to kontakt@b-r-continental.de, or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the imprint.
(5) The data you provided for the newsletter registration will be stored by us until your revocation and will be used exclusively for the purpose of sending the newsletter.
§ 7 Use of Social Media Plugins
(1) We currently use the following social media plugins:
The data mentioned in § 3 of this declaration is transmitted to Facebook. Facebook stores this data for a period of 90 days. Facebook will immediately anonymize your IP address after collection. By activating the plugin, personal data from you is transmitted to the respective plugin provider and stored there (in the case of US providers, in the USA). Since the plugin provider collects data particularly via cookies, we recommend that you delete all cookies via your browser's security settings before clicking on the grayed-out box.
(2) We have no influence on the collected data and data processing operations, nor are we aware of the full scope of the data collection, the purposes of the processing, or the storage periods. We also have no information on the deletion of the collected data by the plugin provider.
(3) Facebook stores the data collected about you as usage profiles and uses these for advertising, market research, and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for non-logged-in users) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the formation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact the respective plugin provider to exercise this right. Through the plugins, we offer you the opportunity to interact with social networks and other users so that we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of plugins is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
(4) The data transfer takes place regardless of whether you have an account with the plugin provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in with the plugin provider, your data collected by us will be directly assigned to your existing account with the plugin provider. If you press the activated button and, for example, link the page, the plugin provider also stores this information in your user account and publicly shares it with your contacts. We recommend that you log out regularly after using a social network, but especially before activating the button, as this way you can avoid an assignment to your profile with the plugin provider.
(5) Further information on the purpose and scope of the data collection and its processing by Facebook can be found in the following data protection declarations. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy.
(6) Address of Facebook and URL with data protection notices:
Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; http://www.facebook.com/policy.php; further information on data collection: http://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084, http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other#applications and http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info#everyoneinfo. Facebook has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
§ 8 Integration of Wistia Videos
(1) We have integrated Wistia videos into our online offerings, which are stored on https://wistia.com/ and can be played directly from our website.
(2) By using our services, Wistia receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned in § 3 of this declaration is transmitted. The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Wistia stores this data for a period of 30 days. This happens regardless of whether Wistia provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in with Wistia, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not wish to be assigned to your profile at Wistia, you must log out before activating the button. Wistia may store your data as usage profiles and use them for advertising, market research, and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for non-logged-in users) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the formation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Wistia to exercise this right.
(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Wistia can be found in the provider's data protection declaration. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy. The Wistia data protection declaration can be accessed at https://wistia.com/privacy.
§ 9 Use of Google AdWords Conversion
(1) We use the Google AdWords offer to draw attention to our services on external websites with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google AdWords). We can determine the success of individual advertising measures in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. We pursue the interest of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.
(2) These advertising materials are delivered by Google via so-called "ad servers". We use ad server cookies for this purpose, through which certain parameters for success measurement, such as the display of ads or clicks by users, can be measured. If you access our website via a Google ad, Google AdWords stores a cookie on your PC. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not intended to personally identify you. The unique cookie ID, the number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), the last impression (relevant for post-view conversions), and opt-out information (indication that the user does not want to be addressed anymore) are usually stored as analysis values for this cookie.
(3) These cookies enable Google to recognize your internet browser. If a user visits certain pages of an AdWords customer's website and the cookie stored on their computer has not expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each AdWords customer is assigned a different cookie. Cookies can thus not be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. We do not collect and process any personal data ourselves in the aforementioned advertising measures. We only receive statistical evaluations from Google. Based on these evaluations, we can recognize which of the used advertising measures are particularly effective. We do not receive any further data from the use of the advertising materials, and in particular, we cannot identify the users based on this information.
(4) Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our knowledge: By integrating AdWords Conversion, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our internet presence or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, it is possible that the provider will obtain and store your IP address.
(5) You can prevent participation in this tracking process in various ways: a) by setting your browser software accordingly, in particular, the suppression of third-party cookies will result in you not receiving ads from third-party providers; b) by deactivating the cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com", https://www.google.de/settings/ads, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies; c) by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulation campaign "About Ads" via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies; d) by permanently deactivating them in your browsers Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome under the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. We point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this offer in full.
(6) The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Further information on data protection at Google can be found here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy and https://services.google.com/sitestats/en.html. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at http://www.networkadvertising.org. Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
§ 10 Google Remarketing
In addition to Google AdWords Conversion, we use the Google Remarketing application. This is a procedure with which we would like to address you again. Through this application, you can be shown our ads after visiting our website during your further internet usage. This is done using cookies stored in your browser, through which your usage behavior when visiting various websites is recorded and evaluated by Google. This way, Google can determine your previous visit to our website. According to Google, no association of the data collected during remarketing with your personal data, which may be stored by Google, takes place. In particular, according to Google, pseudonymization is used during remarketing. Cookies in the context of Google Remarketing are stored for a period of 24 months. The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
§ 11 DoubleClick by Google
(1) This website also uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google. DoubleClick uses cookies to display ads relevant to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. With the help of a cookie ID, Google records which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being shown multiple times. Furthermore, DoubleClick can use cookie IDs to track so-called conversions related to ad requests. This happens, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later visits the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information.
(2) Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and inform you according to our knowledge: By integrating DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or are not logged in, it is possible that the provider will obtain and store your IP address.
(3) You can prevent participation in this tracking process in various ways: a) by adjusting your browser software accordingly, in particular by suppressing third-party cookies, so that you do not receive ads from third-party providers; b) by disabling the cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com", https://www.google.de/settings/ads, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies; c) by disabling the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulation campaign "About Ads" via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies; d) by permanently disabling them in your browsers Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome under the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. We point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this offer in full.
(4) The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Further information about DoubleClick by Google can be found at https://www.google.de/doubleclick and http://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090, as well as general information on data protection at Google: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at http://www.networkadvertising.org. Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
(5) Cookies in the context of DoubleClick by Google are stored for a period of 24 months.
§ 12 TikTok
We use the so-called pixel from the provider TikTok on our websites. TikTok is a service of TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland.
The TikTok pixel allows us to identify visitors to our online offerings as target groups for ads within the TikTok service. The TikTok pixel enables us to display ads only to those users who are also interested in our offers and services. Furthermore, we can measure the effectiveness of the ads we place on TikTok and evaluate them for statistical and market research purposes by seeing if users are redirected to our online offerings after clicking on a TikTok ad.
The TikTok privacy policy, which also contains more information about the TikTok pixel and its functions, applies. The TikTok privacy policy is available at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy-eea?lang=de.
The use of the TikTok pixel and the storage of any cookies are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent of the data subject).
We have also concluded a data processing agreement with TikTok to ensure that TikTok protects the data of our website visitors and does not pass it on to third parties.
You can object to the collection by the TikTok pixel and the use of your data for TikTok ads at any time by following the link "Update advertising tracking settings" at the end of the privacy policy and adjusting your settings as desired.
§ 13 Salesviewer
We use a pixel from the provider Salesviewer on our websites. Salesviewer is a service of Salesviewer GmbH, Huestr. 30, 44787 Bochum, HRB 16602 at the District Court of Bochum. The Salesviewer pixel allows us to use data measurements for marketing, market research, and optimization purposes. A JavaScript-based code is used to collect company-related data and the corresponding use. The data collected with this technology is encrypted using a non-reversible one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymized and not used to personally identify the visitor of this website. The data stored in the context of Salesviewer will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose, and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements.
The Salesviewer privacy policy is available at https://www.salesviewer.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/. Further information about the provider's compliance with applicable data protection regulations can also be found at https://www.salesviewer.com/de/plattform/datenschutz/.
The use of the Salesviewer pixel and the storage of any cookies are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent of the data subject).
We have also concluded a data processing agreement with Salesviewer to ensure that Salesviewer protects the data of our website visitors and does not pass it on to third parties.
You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking this link https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out to prevent the collection by SalesViewer® within this website in the future. An opt-out cookie for this website will be stored on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.
§ 14 Webflow
(1) We use the tool Webflow on our websites. Webflow stores cookies that are necessary for the presentation and function of our website. The provider is Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. The Webflow privacy policy is available at https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy. Webflow has submitted to the EU Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. We have concluded an agreement with Webflow pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.
(2) The use of Webflow and the storage of any cookies are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent of the data subject). Another authorization for the use of Webflow is derived from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Any consent given to us can be revoked at any time via the advertising tracking settings.
§ 15 Additional
(1) Our websites also use the remarketing function "Custom Audiences" of Facebook Inc. ("Facebook"). This allows users of the website to be shown interest-based ads ("Facebook ads") when visiting the social network Facebook or other websites that also use the procedure. We pursue the interest of showing you advertisements that are of interest to you to make our offers more interesting for you.
(2) Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Facebook's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Facebook through the use of this tool and inform you according to our knowledge: By integrating Facebook Custom Audiences, Facebook receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding website of our internet presence or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Facebook service, Facebook can associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or are not logged in, it is possible that the provider will obtain and store your IP address and other identifying characteristics.
(3) The deactivation of the "Facebook Custom Audiences" function is possible for logged-in users at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_.
(4) The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Further information on data processing by Facebook can be found at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.