Privacy policy

1) Information on the collection of personal data and contact details of the data controller

1.1 We are delighted that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we provide information on how your personal data is handled when you use our website. Personal data refers to any data that can be used to identify you personally.

 

1.2 The data controller for this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

 

Export-Akademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 13, 72072 Tübingen, Germany, Tel.: +49 (0)7071 5499920, Email: contact@eabw.org.

 

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data

2) Data collection when visiting our website

When you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called ‘server log files’). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

 

> The page you visited

> Date and time of access

> Amount of data sent in bytes

> Source/referrer from which you accessed the page

> Browser used

> Operating system used

> IP address used (where applicable: in anonymised form)

 

Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

3) Cookies

To make visiting our website an attractive experience and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognise your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). When cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information to a specific extent, such as browser and location data as well as IP addresses. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.

 

Where individual cookies implemented by us also process personal data, such processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of your visit to the site.

 

We may work with advertising partners who help us make our website more interesting for you. To this end, when you visit our website, cookies from partner companies may also be stored on your hard drive (third-party cookies). Where we work with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in each case in the following paragraphs.

 

Please note that you can configure your browser so that you are notified when cookies are set and can decide individually whether to accept them, or you can exclude the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or generally. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers via the following links:

 

Internet Explorer: windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies

 

Firefox: support.mozilla.org/en-GB/kb/allow-and-block-cookies

 

Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py

 

Safari: support.apple.com/kb/ph21411

 

Opera: help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

 

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contacting us

Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via the contact form or by email). The data collected via the contact form is specified on the form itself. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your enquiry has been fully processed; this is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved and provided that there are no conflicting statutory retention obligations.

5) Registration on the portal or forum

You can register on our website by providing personal data. The personal data processed for registration is specified in the registration form used for this purpose. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, i.e. your registration is only complete once you have confirmed your registration by clicking on the link contained in a confirmation email sent to you for this purpose. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your registration will be automatically deleted from our database. The provision of the aforementioned data is mandatory; you may provide any further information voluntarily through the use of our portal.

 

When you use our portal, we store the data required to fulfil the contract, including any payment details, until you permanently delete your account. Furthermore, we store the voluntary data you have provided for the duration of your use of the portal, unless you delete it beforehand. You can manage and amend all details in the secure customer area. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.


In addition, we store all content you publish (such as public posts, wall entries, guestbook entries, etc.) in order to operate the website. The provision of the website with the full range of user-generated content is our legitimate interest; the legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If you delete your account, your public comments, particularly in the forum, will remain visible to all readers, but your account will no longer be accessible. All other data will be deleted in this case.

6) Use of single sign-on procedures

Facebook Connect

On our website, you can create a customer account or register using the “Facebook Connect” social plugin from the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”), as part of the so-called single sign-on technology, provided you have a Facebook profile. You can recognise the “Facebook Connect” social plugins on our website by the blue button featuring the Facebook logo and the text “Log in with Facebook” or “Connect with Facebook” or “Sign in with Facebook”.

 

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the relevant page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. These data processing operations are carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of Facebook’s legitimate interest in displaying personalised advertising based on browsing behaviour.

 

By using this “Facebook Connect” button on our website, you also have the option of logging in or registering on our website using your Facebook user details. Only if you give your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR prior to the login process, based on a corresponding notice regarding the exchange of data with Facebook, will we receive from Facebook, when using the “Facebook Connect” button, the general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile, depending on the privacy settings you have personally configured on Facebook. This information includes the user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender.

 

Please note that, following changes to Facebook’s privacy policy and terms of service, granting your consent may also result in the transfer of your profile pictures, the user IDs of your friends and your friends list, provided these have been marked as ‘public’ in your privacy settings on Facebook. The data transmitted by Facebook is stored and processed by us to create a user account containing the necessary details, provided you have shared these with Facebook (title, first name, surname, address details, country, email address, date of birth). Conversely, based on your consent, data (e.g. information about your browsing behaviour) may be transferred by us to your Facebook profile.

 

The consent given may be withdrawn at any time by sending a message to the data controller named at the beginning of this statement.

 

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU data protection agreement ‘Privacy Shield’, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

 

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of data by Facebook, and your rights and settings options regarding the protection of your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy:www.facebook.com/policy.php

 

If you do not want Facebook to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Facebook plugins from loading by using add-ons for your browser, e.g. “Adblock Plus” (https://adblockplus.org/de/).

7) Use of your data for direct marketing

Advertising by post

On the basis of our legitimate interest in personalised direct marketing, we reserve the right to store your first name and surname, your postal address and – insofar as we have received this additional information from you within the framework of the contractual relationship – your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, industry or business designation in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR – and to use them to send you interesting offers and information about our products by post.

 

You may object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a message to the data controller.

8) Use of social media: social plugins

8.1 Facebook as a standard plugin

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are identified by a Facebook logo or the text “Facebook Social Plugin” or “Facebook Social Plugin” . An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

 

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the relevant page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

 

If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can directly associate your visit to our website with your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the ‘Like’ button or posting a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends.

 

The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of Facebook’s legitimate interests in displaying personalised advertising, in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to tailor the service to your needs.

If you do not want Facebook to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also prevent the Facebook plugins from loading – and thus the data processing operations described above – in future by using browser add-ons, e.g. the script blocker ‘NoScript’ (http://noscript.net/).

 

Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

 

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of data by Facebook, and your rights and settings options regarding the protection of your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy:

www.facebook.com/policy.php

8.2 Google+ plugins with 2-click solution

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network Google+, which is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

 

To enhance the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page using a so-called “2-click” solution. You can recognise deactivated plugins by the fact that they are greyed out. This integration ensures that, when you access a page on our website containing such plugins, no connection is yet established with the Google+ servers. Only when you activate the plugins and thereby give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR does your browser establish a direct connection to the Google+ servers. The content of the respective plugin is transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the page. The plugin then transmits data (including your IP address) to Google+. We have no influence over the scope of the data that Google+ collects via the plugins. To the best of our knowledge, Google+ receives information about which of our websites you are currently visiting and have visited previously. By integrating the plugins, Google+ also receives the information that your browser has accessed the relevant page of our website, even if you do not have a Google+ profile or are not currently logged in. The information collected (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Google+ server in the USA and stored there. If you interact with the plugins, the relevant information is also transmitted directly to a Google+ server and stored there. The information is also published on Google+ and displayed to your contacts there.

 

You can withdraw your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking on it again. However, the withdrawal has no effect on the data that has already been transferred to Google+.

 

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield framework, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

 

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of data by Google, and your rights and settings options regarding the protection of your privacy, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

9) Use of social media: Videos

Use of YouTube videos

This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider “YouTube”, which is part of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

 

The extended privacy mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information once the video(s) is/are played. When the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about user behaviour. According to information from “YouTube”, this serves, amongst other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behaviour. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish this data to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and analyses them. Such analysis is carried out in particular in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in displaying personalised advertising, conducting market research and/or tailoring its website to user needs. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, in which case you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

 

Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google network “DoubleClick” is established every time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations beyond our control.

 

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield framework, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

 

Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

10) Online marketing

Use of Google AdWords conversion tracking

This website uses the online advertising programme “Google AdWords” and, as part of Google AdWords, conversion tracking provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). We use Google AdWords to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites using advertising materials (so-called Google AdWords). We can determine, in relation to the data from the advertising campaigns, how successful the individual advertising measures are. We do this to show you adverts that are of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you, and to ensure a fair calculation of advertising costs.

 

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an AdWords advert placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies generally expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that the user clicked on the advert and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are informed of the total number of users who clicked on their advert and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie via your internet browser’s user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google AdWords on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

 

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield framework, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

 

You can find further information about Google’s privacy policy at the following web address:www.google.de/policies/privacy/

 

You can permanently disable cookies for advertising purposes by adjusting the settings in your browser software or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:

 

www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin

 

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may be limited if you have disabled the use of cookies.

11) Web analytics services

Google (Universal) Analytics

– Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the truncated IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

 

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the “_anonymizeIp()” extension, which ensures the anonymisation of the IP address by truncation and excludes direct personal identification. Through this extension, your IP address is truncated by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes.

 

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

 

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that, in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link:

tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

 

As an alternative to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent future collection by Google Analytics on this website (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain; if you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): Disable Google Analytics

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield framework, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

 

For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

12) Tools and Miscellaneous

12.1 Google Maps

On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to present geographical information visually. By using this service, our location is displayed to you, making it easier for you to find us.

 

As soon as you access the subpages on which the Google Maps map is embedded, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google’s servers in the USA and stored there. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in, or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and analyses them. Such analysis is carried out in particular in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in displaying personalised advertising, conducting market research and/or tailoring its website to user needs. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, in which case you must contact Google to exercise this right.

 

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU data protection agreement ‘Privacy Shield’, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

 

If you do not consent to the future transmission of your data to Google in connection with the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely disabling the Google Maps web service by disabling JavaScript in your browser. Google Maps, and consequently the map display on this website, cannot then be used.

 

You can view Google’s Terms of Service at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html ; the additional Terms of Service for Google Maps can be found at www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html

 

Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on Google’s website (‘Google Privacy Policy’): www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

12.2 Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”) to ensure consistent font display. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache to display text and fonts correctly.

 

To do this, the browser you are using must establish a connection to Google’s servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

 

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield framework, which ensures compliance with the data protection standards applicable in the EU.

 

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: www.google.com/policies/privacy/

13) Rights of the data subject

13.1 Applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller regarding the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below:


  • Right of access pursuant to Article 15 of the GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information regarding your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the envisaged storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected from you by us, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved, the significance for you and the intended consequences of such processing, as well as your right to be informed of the safeguards in place pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries;

 
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR: You have the right to have inaccurate data concerning you rectified without delay and/or to have incomplete data stored by us completed;

 
  • Right to erasure under Article 17 of the GDPR: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data where the conditions set out in Article 17(1) of the GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply in particular where processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;

 
  • Right to restriction of processing under Article 18 of the GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data whilst the accuracy of your data, which you have contested, is being verified; if you object to the erasure of your data on the grounds of unlawful processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data; if you require your data to assert, exercise or defence of legal claims, after we no longer require this data following the fulfilment of the purpose, or if you have lodged an objection on grounds relating to your particular situation, whilst it remains to be determined whether our legitimate grounds override yours;

 
  • Right to be informed pursuant to Article 19 of the GDPR: If you have exercised your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of this rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipients.

 
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 of the GDPR: You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, or to request that it be transmitted to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;

 
  • Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Article 7(3) of the GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data at any time, with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the relevant data without delay, unless further processing can be based on a legal ground that does not require consent. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to withdrawal;

 
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR: If you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR, you have – without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy – the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.


 

13.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT


IF, IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO SUCH PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. 


IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED, HOWEVER, IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS. 


IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THIS RIGHT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE RELEVANT DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

14) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law). Once the retention period has expired, the relevant data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for the performance of a contract or for entering into a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store it.

Status: March 16, 2026