Privacy Policy.

We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is of particularly high importance for the management of medianautik. The use of the medianautik website is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use special services offered by our company via the website, the processing of personal data may become necessary. 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, email address, or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to medianautik. By means of this privacy policy, our company would like to inform the public about the nature, 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 responsible for processing, medianautik has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible of personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, such as by telephone.

1. Definitions

The privacy policy of medianautik 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 general 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:

• a) Personal data

  Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “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

  A 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, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, 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 is any type of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, particularly to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

• f) Pseudonymization

  Pseudonymization 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 organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

• g) Controller or Controller Responsible for Processing

  Controller or Controller Responsible for 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 under Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

• 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 authorized to process personal data.

• k) Consent

  Consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which they, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them.

• f) Right to data portability

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning them, which was provided by the data subject to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data were provided, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that 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 their right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that the rights and freedoms of others are not adversely affected.

  To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact an employee of medianautik.

• g) Right to object

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning them, which is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

  Medianautik will 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 defense of legal claims.

  If medianautik processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for such marketing. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to medianautik to the processing for direct marketing purposes, medianautik will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

  In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them, which is carried out at medianautik for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

  To exercise the right to object, the data subject may directly contact any employee of medianautik or another employee. The data subject is also free to exercise their right to object in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by automated means using technical specifications.

• h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has 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 them, or similarly significantly affects them, as long as the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a controller, or (2) is not authorized 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, 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 controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, medianautik shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of the data subject, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express their point of view, and to contest the decision.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

• i) Right to withdraw consent

  Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw consent to the processing of their personal data at any time.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw consent, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

j) Third Party

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

k) Consent

Consent 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

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:

medianautik
Michael von der Forst
Rothenburg 43/44
48143 Münster
Germany

Phone: 0251 523431
Email: info@medianautik.com
Website: www.medianautik.de

3. Cookies

The internet pages of medianautik use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on 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 data subject from other internet browsers that contain different cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognised and identified using the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, medianautik can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

Through the use of cookies, the information and offers on our website can be optimised with the user in mind. As mentioned above, cookies allow us to recognise 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 enter their access data again 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 programs. 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.

4. Collection of General Data and Information

The website of medianautik collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. The following may be collected: (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 which are accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, medianautik does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimise the content of our website and its advertising, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber-attack. Therefore, medianautik analyses anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, and ultimately 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. Registration on our Website

The data subject has the possibility to register on the website of the controller by providing personal data. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller is determined by the respective input mask used for the registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for their own purposes. The controller may initiate the transfer to one or more processors, such as a parcel service provider, who also uses the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the controller.

By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address assigned by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) to the data subject, the date, and the time of registration are also stored. The storage of these data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services, and, if necessary, these data make it possible to investigate committed offenses. In this respect, the storage of these data is necessary to secure the controller. A transfer of these data to third parties does not take place unless there is a legal obligation to transmit the data or if the transmission serves the aim of criminal prosecution.

The registration of the data subject, with the voluntary indication of personal data, is intended to enable the controller to offer the data subject contents or services that may only be offered to registered users due to the nature of the matter. Registered persons are free to change the personal data specified during the registration at any time or to have them completely deleted from the database of the controller.

The controller shall, at any time, provide information upon request to each data subject as to what personal data are stored about the data subject. Furthermore, the controller shall correct or erase personal data at the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as there are no statutory storage obligations. The entirety of the controller’s employees is available to the data subject in this respect as contact persons.

6. Contact Possibility via the Website

The website of medianautik contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our company, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller by email 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 controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

7. Routine Erasure and Blocking of Personal Data

The controller processes and stores 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.

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.

8. Rights of the Data Subject

• a) Right to Confirmation

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

• b) Right to Access

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain at any time from the controller, free of charge, information about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator grants the data subject access to the following information:

  • the purposes of the processing
  • the categories of personal data being processed
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed, particularly recipients in third countries or international organisations
  • if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine this duration
  • the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data, or to object to such processing
  • the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • if the personal data is not collected from the data subject: all available information about the source of the data
  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) 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 is 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 exercise this right of access, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

• c) Right to Rectification

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them without undue delay. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject also has 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, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

• d) Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten)

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning them without undue delay, where one of the following grounds applies and the processing is not necessary:

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

  If one of the above reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by medianautik, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time. An employee of medianautik shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

  Where medianautik has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Art. 17(1) GDPR to erase the personal data, medianautik, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, insofar as processing is not required. An employee of medianautik will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

• e) Right to Restriction of Processing

  Every data subject has 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 the restriction of its 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 Art. 21(1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

  If one of the above conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by medianautik, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time. The employee of medianautik will arrange the restriction of the processing.

• f) Right to Data Portability

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning them, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. They have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) 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 their right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and where this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

  To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may contact any employee of medianautik at any time.

• g) Right to Object

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

  medianautik 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 medianautik processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning them for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to medianautik to the processing for direct marketing purposes, medianautik will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

  In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning them by medianautik for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

  To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of medianautik or another employee directly. Furthermore, the data subject is free to exercise their right to object in the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by automated means using technical specifications.

• h) Automated Decisions in Individual Cases Including Profiling

  Every data subject has 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 them, or similarly significantly affects them, unless the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is 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 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, medianautik 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 their point of view and to contest the decision.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise rights concerning automated decisions, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

• i) Right to Withdraw Data Protection Consent

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw their consent to processing of their personal data at any time.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

9. Privacy Policy for the Use and Application of Facebook

The data controller has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.

A social network is an Internet-operated social meeting place, an online community that usually allows users to communicate and interact with each other in a virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for sharing opinions and experiences or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows users of the social network to create private profiles, upload photos, and network via friend requests.

The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. If a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada, the controller is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

With each visit to one of the individual pages of this website, on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the data subject’s IT system is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. An overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be accessed at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. In the course of this technical procedure, Facebook becomes aware of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognizes which specific subpage our website the data subject visits during each visit to our website for the entire duration of the respective stay. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, such as the “Like” button, or submits a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores this personal data.

Facebook receives information via the Facebook component that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the time of calling up our website, regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the data subject, they can prevent this transmission by logging out of their Facebook account before accessing our website.

The data policy published by Facebook, available at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains what settings Facebook offers to protect the data subject’s privacy. Various applications are also available that allow data transmission to Facebook to be suppressed. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.

10. Privacy Policy for the Use and Application of Google Analytics (with Anonymization Function)

The data controller has integrated the component Google Analytics (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, gathering, and evaluation of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrers), which subpages were accessed, or how often and for which duration a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. The data controller uses the addition “_gat._anonymizeIp” for web analysis via Google Analytics. This addition ensures that the IP address of the data subject’s Internet connection is truncated and anonymized by Google 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 visitor flows on our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports that show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.

Google Analytics sets a cookie on the IT system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the data controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, is accessed, the Internet browser on the data subject’s IT system is automatically triggered by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data for online analysis to Google.

In the course of this technical procedure, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which Google uses, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission settlements. Personal information such as access time, the location from which an access originated, and the frequency of visits to our website is stored via the cookie. Each time our websites are visited, this personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America, where it is also stored. Google may pass on these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time, as described above, by adjusting the settings of their Internet browser and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a browser setting would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the data subject’s IT system. In addition, cookies already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs.

The data subject also has the option to object to and prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics related to the use of this website as well as the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is regarded as an objection by Google. If the IT system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or reinstalled, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person within their sphere of control, there is the possibility of reinstalling or reactivating the browser add-on.

Further information and Google’s applicable data protection provisions can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is further explained under https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

11. Privacy Policy on the Use of Instagram

The controller has integrated components of the service Instagram on this website. Instagram is a service that qualifies as an audiovisual platform and enables users to share photos and videos, as well as disseminate such data on other social networks.

Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, USA, is the operating company of Instagram’s services.

Each time a user accesses one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which an Instagram component (Insta-Button) is integrated, the user’s browser is automatically prompted by the respective Instagram component to download a representation of the corresponding component from Instagram. Through this technical procedure, Instagram gains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is simultaneously logged into Instagram, Instagram recognizes which specific subpage the data subject visits every time they access our website for the entire duration of their stay. This information is collected through the Instagram component and associated with the respective Instagram account of the data subject. If the data subject presses one of the integrated Instagram buttons on our website, the transmitted data and information will be assigned to the personal Instagram account of the data subject and stored and processed by Instagram.

Instagram receives information via the Instagram component whenever the data subject is logged into Instagram at the time of accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the Instagram component or not. If such transmission of information to Instagram is not desired, the data subject can prevent this by logging out of their Instagram account before accessing our website.

Further information and Instagram’s applicable data protection provisions may be retrieved from https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

12. Privacy Policy on the Use of Pinterest

The controller has integrated components of the Pinterest Inc. service on this website. Pinterest is a social network that allows users to communicate and interact with each other in a virtual space.

The operating company of Pinterest is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

By accessing one of the individual pages of this website, where a Pinterest component (Pinterest plug-in) is integrated, the user’s browser is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding Pinterest component from Pinterest. Further information about Pinterest is available at https://pinterest.com/.

If the data subject is logged into Pinterest at the same time, Pinterest recognizes with each visit to our website which specific subpage is visited. This information is collected by the Pinterest component and assigned to the respective Pinterest account of the data subject. If the data subject activates a Pinterest button integrated on our site, Pinterest assigns this information to the personal Pinterest user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.

Pinterest receives information via the Pinterest component whenever the data subject is logged into Pinterest when accessing our website. If such a transmission is not desired by the data subject, they can prevent it by logging out of their Pinterest account before accessing our website.

The privacy policy published by Pinterest, which is available at https://about.pinterest.com/privacy-policy, provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by Pinterest.

13. Privacy Policy on the Use of YouTube

The controller has integrated YouTube components on this website. YouTube is an internet video portal that enables video publishers to post video clips and other users to watch, rate, and comment on them for free.

YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, is operated by a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

By accessing a page on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the user’s browser automatically downloads a representation of the YouTube component from YouTube. Further information about YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/.

If the data subject is logged into YouTube, YouTube recognizes which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits when a YouTube video is accessed. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account.

YouTube and Google receive information via the YouTube component whenever the data subject is logged into YouTube at the time of visiting our website, regardless of whether they click on a YouTube video or not. If such transmission is not desired, the data subject can prevent this by logging out of their YouTube account before accessing our website.

YouTube’s published privacy policy, available at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

14. Legal Basis for Processing

Art. 6 I 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, such processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual measures. If our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as for tax obligations, processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, processing may be necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations may be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR if processing is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest pursued by our company or a third party, provided that the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject are not overridden.

15. Legitimate Interests Pursued by the Controller or a Third Party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business activities in favor of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

16. Period for Which the Personal Data Will Be Stored

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted if it is no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.

17. Legal or Contractual Requirements for Providing Personal Data

We inform you 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 that must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is obliged to provide personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded.

18. Collection and Processing of HTTP Log Data

The websites of medianautik are hosted on servers of an external service provider, ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich. Log data are collected by ALL-INKL.COM servers when our websites are accessed. Log data may include the IP address of the accessing device, the type of browser used, the website previously visited, system configuration, and date and time information. IP addresses are anonymized shortly after the connection ends. For more information, please refer to the ALL-INKL.COM privacy policy at https://all-inkl.com/datenschutzinformationen/.

19. Existence of Automated Decision-Making

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.

This privacy policy was generated by the DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as an external data protection officer, in cooperation with lawyer Christian Solmecke from WBS Law.