Impressum Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH Hilpertstrasse 12 64295 Darmstadt Tel: +49 (6151) 13029-0 Fax: +49 (6151) 13029-10 Email: info@accso.de Managing Directors Jürgen Artmann Tim Boelsche Prof. Dr. Markus Voss Commercial Register HRB 89212, Darmstadt District Court VAT Identification Number DE272135288 Content Responsibility Marc Riedinger, Hilpertstrasse 12, 64295 Darmstadt

Thank you for your interest in our company. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH. It is generally possible to use the Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH website without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to make use of our company's special services via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, email address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH. By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed about their rights by means of this data protection declaration. As the controller, Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to transmit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone. Legal basis for processing Existence of automated decision-making Definitions The data protection declaration of Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance. We use the following terms in this data protection declaration: A) PERSONAL DATA Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). A natural person is regarded as identifiable who, directly or indirectly, in particular by means of assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person can be identified. B) AFFECTED PERSON Affected person is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the person responsible for processing. C) PROCESSING Processing is any process carried out with or without the help of automated processes or any such series of processes in connection with personal data such as the collection, recording, organization, ordering, storage, adaptation or change, reading, querying, use, Disclosure through transmission, distribution or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction. D) RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing. E) PROFILING Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data that consists of using this personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health, personal To analyze or predict the preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation of this natural person. F) PSEUDONYMIZATION Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in a way in which the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is stored separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data not an identified or identifiable natural person be assigned to. G) RESPONSIBLE OR FOR THE PROCESSING The person responsible or the person responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. If the purposes and means of this processing are specified by Union law or the law of the member states, the person responsible or the specific criteria for his appointment can be provided for in accordance with Union law or the law of the member states. H) CONTRACT PROCESSER Processor is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the person responsible. I) RECIPIENT Recipient is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body to which personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether it is a third party or not. However, authorities that may receive personal data as part of a specific investigation according to Union law or the law of the member states are not considered recipients. J) THIRD PARTY A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the person responsible, the processor and the persons who are authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the person responsible or the processor. K) CONSENT Consent is any declaration of intent voluntarily given by the data subject in an informed manner and unequivocally in the form of a declaration or other unequivocal affirmative action with which the data subject indicates that they consent to the processing of their personal data is. Name and address of the person responsible for processing The person responsible 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: Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH Hilpertstrasse 12 64295 Darmstadt Email: info@accso.de Website: www.accso.de Name and address of the data protection officer The data protection officer of the controller is: Data protection officer Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH Hilpertstrasse 12 64295 Darmstadt Email: dsb_extern@accso.de Any person concerned can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection. Collection of general data and information The website of Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. These general data and information are stored in the server's log files. The (1) 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 referrer), (4) the sub-websites that 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, Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is needed to (1) to correctly deliver the content of our website, (2) to optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website as well (4) To provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyber attack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated statistically by Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH on the one hand and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data in the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject. Routine deletion and blocking of person related data vitamin.value can be used without providing personal data. Providing an e-mail address, e.g. to send the links generated by vitamin.value, is completely voluntary. If you choose to send links to your mail account, we will use your personal data exclusively for this purpose. The person responsible for the processing processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period of time that is necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this is specified by the European directives and regulations or another legislator in laws or regulations, which the person responsible for the processing is subject to, was provided. If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European directives and regulations or another responsible legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions. Rights of the data subject A) RIGHT TO CONFIRMATION Every person concerned has the right granted by the European directive and regulation giver to request confirmation from the person responsible for the processing as to whether personal data concerning them are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time. B) RIGHT TO INFORMATION Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation giver to receive free information about the personal data stored about him and a copy of this information from the person responsible for the processing at any time. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information: the purposes of processing the categories of personal data that are processed The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration the existence of a right to correction or deletion of the personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the person responsible or a right to object to this processing the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information on the origin of the data the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject Furthermore, the data subject has a right to information as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to receive information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transmission. If a person concerned wishes to exercise this right to information, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time. C) RIGHT TO CORRECTION Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directives and regulations to request the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data - including by means of a supplementary declaration. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time. D) RIGHT TO DELETION (RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN) Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to demand that the person responsible delete the personal data concerning them immediately, provided that one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary: The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary. The data subject revokes their consent, on which the processing was based in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR or Art. 9 Paragraph 2 Letter a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing. The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Paragraph 1 GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects in accordance with Art. 21 Paragraph 2 GDPR to the Processing a. The personal data was processed unlawfully. The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the member states to which the person responsible is subject. The personal data was collected in relation to the information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 Para. 1 GDPR. If one of the above-mentioned reasons applies and a person concerned would like to have personal data stored at Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH deleted, they can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH will arrange for the deletion request to be complied with immediately. If the personal data has been made public by Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH and our company, as the person responsible, is obliged to delete the personal data in accordance with Art. 17 Paragraph 1 GDPR, Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH takes into account the available technology and Measures appropriate to the implementation costs, including technical measures, in order to inform other data processors who process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or from these other data processors Has requested copies or replications of this personal data, insofar as the processing is not necessary. The data protection officer of Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH will arrange the necessary in individual cases. E) RIGHT TO RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to require the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met: The correctness of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period that enables the person responsible to check the correctness of the personal data. The processing is unlawful, the person concerned refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests that the use of the personal data be restricted. The person responsible no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. The person concerned has lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Paragraph 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh those of the person concerned. If one of the above conditions is met and a person concerned would like to request the restriction of personal data stored at Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH, they can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH will arrange for the processing to be restricted. F) RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to receive the personal data relating to them, which have been made available to a person responsible by the person concerned, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to another person responsible without hindrance from the person responsible to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter a GDPR or Art. 9 Para . 2 letter a DS-GVO or on a contract according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter b DS-GVO and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or takes place in the exercise of official authority, which has been assigned to the person responsible. Furthermore, when exercising their right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 (1) GDPR, the person concerned has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one person responsible to another, insofar as this is technically feasible and if of this the rights and freedoms of other persons are not impaired. To assert the right to data portability, the person concerned can contact the data protection officer appointed by Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH at any time. G) RIGHT TO OBJECT Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to them, which is based on Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter e or f DS-GVO takes place to object. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, Exercise or defense of legal claims. If Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH processes personal data in order to operate direct mail, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH processing for direct marketing purposes, Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH 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 that is carried out by Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 Para. 1 GDPR, to object, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task in the public interest. To exercise the right to object, the person concerned can contact the data protection officer of Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH or another employee directly. The data subject is also free, in connection with the use of information society services, regardless of Directive 2002/58 / EC, to exercise their right of objection by means of automated procedures in which technical specifications are used. H) AUTOMATED DECISIONS IN INDIVIDUAL CASES, INCLUDING PROFILIN Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which has legal effects on them or similarly significantly affects them, provided the decision (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible, or (2) is permissible on the basis of legal provisions of the Union or of the member states to which the person responsible is subject and these legal provisions contain appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject (3) takes place with the express consent of the data subject Is the decision (1) necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible or (2) it takes place with the express consent of the data subject, Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH takes appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to obtain intervention by a person on the part of the person responsible, to express their own point of view and to contest the decision . If the person concerned wishes to assert rights with regard to automated decisions, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the person responsible for processing at any time. I) RIGHT TO REVOCATION OF DATA PROTECTION CONSENT Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the person concerned wishes to assert their right to withdraw consent, they can contact our data protection officer at any time. Contact possibility You have the option to contact her via email. In this case, the information provided by the user is stored for the purpose of processing his contact. It will not be passed on to third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of the site is also not carried out. Social media plugins This website integrates social media plugins via the c’t project Shariff. In this way, Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH protects your private sphere. Data is only transferred when the user presses the button. If the corresponding button is pressed, data is transmitted to the social media operator that is linked. The individual social media operators are therefore listed and explained below. Accso - Accelerated Solutions GmbH also operates social media presences, which is why the data protection provisions for these social media presences are also listed here. Data protection in applications and in the application process Personal data that is collected as part of the application process is processed by our e-recruiting system provider, Prescreen International GmbH. Prescreen International GmbH, Mariahilfer Straße 17, 1060 Vienna (hereinafter “Prescreen”) operates the e-recruiting system “Prescreen” under the domain * .jobbase.io hereinafter (“jobbase.io”), on which the company places job advertisements and applications receive and manage. In this relationship, Prescreen acts as a processor within the meaning of Art 4 Z 8 GDPR. Of course, the necessary applicant data will only be processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations. In no case will Prescreen pass personal data on to third parties for advertising, marketing or other purposes without authorization. The following data is collected and processed for the automated processing of the application: Salutation, first name, last name, e-mail and, if applicable, address / place, date of birth, telephone number, citizenship Additional questions depending on the respective tender (e.g. certifications) Curriculum vitae, in particular information on professional experience and training Competencies (e.g. Photoshop, MS Office) Application photo Qualifications, awards and language skills Motivation letter Files and documents that you may upload Personal data of rejected applicants will be stored for a maximum of six months, starting on the day the application is rejected. Longer storage periods can also result from the fact that the data is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims before an authority or that there are statutory retention requirements. The data will be stored for as long as is necessary to fulfill these purposes. Prescreen stores the written, electronic communication that takes place between the applicant and Accso. In addition, Prescreen processes comments and ratings that are written about the applicant in the course of the application process. The full data protection declaration for applicants can be viewed here. Data protection provisions on the application and use of Shariff The person responsible for processing has integrated the Shariff component on this website. The Shariff component provides social media buttons that comply with data protection regulations. Shariff was developed for the German computer magazine c’t and is published via GitHub, Inc. The button solutions provided by the social networks usually transfer personal data to the respective social network when a user visits a website into which a social media button has been integrated. By using the Shariff component, personal data is only transmitted to social networks if the visitor to a website actively clicks one of the social media buttons. Further information on the Shariff component is available from the computer magazine c't at http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutz-und-Social-Media-Der-ct-Shariff-ist-im-Einsatz-2470103. html ready. The purpose of using the Shariff component is to protect the personal data of visitors to our website and at the same time to enable us to integrate a button solution for social networks on this website. Further information and GitHub's applicable data protection provisions can be found at https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-policy/. Data protection provisions on the application and use of Facebook The person responsible for the processing has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network. A social network is a social meeting place operated on the Internet, an online community, which usually enables users to communicate with one another and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or enables the Internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Among other things, Facebook enables 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 person responsible for processing personal data is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the person responsible for processing and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically activated by the respective Facebook Component causes a representation of the corresponding Facebook component to be downloaded from Facebook. A complete overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. As part of this technical process, Facebook receives knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned. If the person concerned is logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognizes with each visit to our website by the person concerned and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific subpage of our website the person concerned is visiting. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned to the respective Facebook account of the person concerned by Facebook. If the person concerned activates one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, for example the "Like" button, or if the person concerned makes a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the person concerned’s personal Facebook user account and saves this personal data . Facebook always receives information via the Facebook component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged into Facebook at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the Facebook component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Facebook, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Facebook account before calling up our website. The data guideline published by Facebook, which is 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 which setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the person concerned. In addition, different applications are available that make it possible to suppress data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook. Data protection provisions on the application and use of LinkedIn The controller has integrated components of the LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is an Internet-based social network that enables users to connect with existing business contacts and make new business contacts. More than 400 million registered people use LinkedIn in more than 200 countries. This makes LinkedIn currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the world. LinkedIn is operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible for data protection matters outside the USA. Each time you visit our website, which is equipped with a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in), this component causes the browser used by the person concerned to download a corresponding representation of the LinkedIn component. Further information on the LinkedIn plug-ins can be found at https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. As part of this technical process, LinkedIn gains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned. If the person concerned is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, LinkedIn recognizes which specific sub-page of our website the person concerned is visiting with each visit to our website by the person concerned and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website. This information is collected by the LinkedIn component and assigned to the respective LinkedIn account of the person concerned. If the data subject clicks a LinkedIn button integrated on our website, LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the data subject and saves this personal data. LinkedIn always receives information via the LinkedIn component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the LinkedIn component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to LinkedIn, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their LinkedIn account before calling up our website. At https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls, LinkedIn offers the option of unsubscribing from email messages, SMS messages and targeted advertisements, as well as managing advertisement settings. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua and Lotame, who can set cookies. Such cookies can be rejected at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The applicable data protection provisions of LinkedIn are available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. The LinkedIn cookie policy is available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. Data protection provisions on the application and use of Twitter The controller has integrated components from Twitter on this website. Twitter is a multilingual, publicly accessible microblogging service on which users can publish and distribute so-called tweets, i.e. short messages that are limited to 140 characters. These short messages are available to everyone, including people who are not logged on to Twitter. The tweets are also displayed to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user's tweets. Twitter also enables a broad audience to be addressed via hashtags, links or retweets. Twitter's operating company is Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the person responsible for processing and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically activated by the respective Twitter component causes a representation of the corresponding Twitter component to be downloaded from Twitter. Further information on the Twitter buttons is available at https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons. As part of this technical process, Twitter receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned. The purpose of integrating the Twitter component is to enable our users to redistribute the content of this website, to make this website known in the digital world and to increase our visitor numbers. If the person concerned is logged in to Twitter at the same time, Twitter recognizes which specific subpage of our website the person concerned is visiting each time our website is accessed by the person concerned and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned to the respective Twitter account of the data subject. If the person concerned clicks one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transferred with it are assigned to the personal Twitter user account of the person concerned and stored and processed by Twitter. Twitter always receives information via the Twitter component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged into Twitter at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the Twitter component or not. If you do not want the data subject to be transmitted, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Twitter account before calling up our website. The applicable data protection provisions of Twitter can be found at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de. Data protection provisions on the application and use of Xing The person responsible for processing has integrated components from Xing on this website. Xing is an internet-based social network that enables users to be connected to existing business contacts and to establish new business contacts. The individual users can create a personal profile of themselves on Xing. Companies can, for example, create company profiles or publish job offers on Xing. Xing is operated by XING SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the person responsible for processing and on which a Xing component (Xing plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically activated by the respective Xing Component causes a representation of the corresponding Xing component to be downloaded from Xing. Further information on the Xing plug-ins can be found at https://dev.xing.com/plugins. As part of this technical process, Xing receives knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned. If the person concerned is logged in to Xing at the same time, Xing recognizes which specific sub-page of our website the person concerned is visiting every time the person concerned visits our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the Xing component and assigned to the respective Xing account of the person concerned by Xing. If the person concerned activates one of the Xing buttons integrated on our website, for example the “Share” button, Xing assigns this information to the personal Xing user account of the person concerned and saves this personal data. Xing always receives information via the Xing component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged in to Xing at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the Xing component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Xing, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Xing account before calling up our website. The data protection regulations published by Xing, which are available at https://www.xing.com/privacy, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Xing. Xing has also published data protection information for the XING share button at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection. Data protection provisions on the application and use of YouTube The person responsible for processing has integrated components from YouTube on this website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to post video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television programs, as well as music videos, trailers or videos made by users themselves can be accessed via the Internet portal. YouTube is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the person responsible for processing and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically replaced by the respective YouTube component prompts you to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information on YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned. If the person concerned is logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes which specific subpage of our website is by calling up a subpage containing a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the person concerned. YouTube and Google always receive information via the YouTube component that the person concerned has visited our website if the person concerned is logged in to YouTube at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on a YouTube video or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to YouTube and Google, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their YouTube account before calling up our website. The data protection regulations published by YouTube, which are available at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google. Data protection provisions on the application and use of Matomo The person responsible for processing has integrated the Matomo component on this website. Matomo is an open source software tool for web analysis. Web analysis is the collection, collection and evaluation of data on the behavior of visitors to Internet pages. A web analysis tool collects, among other things, data on the website from which a person concerned came to a website (so-called referrer), which sub-pages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a sub-page was viewed. A web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for a cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising. The software places a cookie on the user's computer (see above for cookies). If individual pages of our website are called up, the following data is stored: Two bytes of the IP address of the calling system of the user The accessed website The website from which the user came to the accessed website (referrer) The sub-pages that are accessed from the accessed website The length of stay on the website The frequency with which the website is accessed The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website. The user's personal data is only stored there. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The purpose of the Matomo component is to analyze the flow of visitors to our website. The person responsible for processing uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of this website in order to compile online reports showing the activities on our website. Matomo places a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are has already been explained above. The setting of the cookie enables us to analyze the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is called up, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically prompted by the Matomo component to transmit data to our server for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, we gain knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which, among other things, enables us to understand the origin of the visitors and clicks. The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access was made and the frequency of visits to our website. Each time you visit our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the person concerned, is transferred to our server. This personal data is saved by us. We do not pass this personal data on to third parties. The person concerned can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as already shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting in the internet browser used would also prevent Matomo from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Matomo can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to the collection of data generated by Matomo relating to the use of this website and of preventing such collection. To do this, the person concerned must set an opt-out cookie. If a person is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later point in time, the person concerned must set an opt-out cookie again. With the setting of the opt-out cookie, however, there is the possibility that the website of the person responsible for processing can no longer be fully used by the person concerned. Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Matomo can be found at https://matomo.org/privacy/. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Akismet This website uses "Akismet" from Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street # 343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA, for spam detection. The use is based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f) GDPR. With the use of this service, spam comments are distinguished from human comments. For this purpose, the entered comment is sent to an Automattic Inc. server, where it is examined and stored for four days for the purpose of comparison. Detected spam is stored beyond the specified period of time. This information includes the name entered, the email address, the IP address, the comment content, the referrer, information on the browser used and the computer system and the time of the entry. Information on the collection and use of data by Akismet can be found in Automattic's data protection information: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Users can use pseudonyms or do not need to enter their name or email address. The transmission of the data can be completely prevented by not using the comment function Data protection provisions on the application and use of DISQUS This website also uses the DISQUS comment system provided by DISQUS, Inc., 301 Howard St, Floor 3 San Francisco, California- 94105, USA. DISQUS 'data protection information can be found here: http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466259-privacy-policy. DISQUS allows you to log in either via your own DISQUS user account (“Account”) or via existing user accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus. If a registration with an account of the social media offers is used for the DISQUS function on this website, these service providers will also collect and process information on the use of the DISQUS functions. Please take note of the data protection information of the respective provider, which has already been mentioned. It is also possible to comment as a guest, but then some functions are not available. DISQUS is an international platform. By registering, you can comment on any website that DISQUS uses. DISQUS transmits the e-mail address of the user and the IP address that was used when entering a comment to Accso - Accelerated Solutions. Accso - Accelerated Solutions uses this information exclusively for the purpose of establishing contact in connection with the use of DISQUS if there are any questions about a comment. It will of course not be passed on to third parties. In addition to the content of the comment, DISQUS also saves the IP address of the person making the comment and the time of the comment, as well as cookies on the user's computer and can use these to display advertising. Users can object to the processing of their data for the purpose of displaying advertisements via the following website: https://disqus.com/data-sharing-settings Legal basis for processing Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves our company 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 to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, for example to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, it may be necessary to process personal data in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our company were injured and his name, age, health insurance data or other live data important information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person concerned do not prevail. We are particularly permitted to carry out such processing operations because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, he took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the person concerned is a customer of the person responsible (recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR). Legitimate interests in the processing that are being 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 the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of all our employees and our shareholders. Duration for which the personal data is stored The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the period has expired, the relevant data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; Necessity for the conclusion of the contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision We explain to you that the provision of personal data is in part required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual regulations (e.g. information on the contractual partner). In order to conclude a contract, it may sometimes be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data that we subsequently have to process. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data when our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide personal data would mean that the contract could not be concluded with the person concerned. Before the person concerned provides personal data, the person concerned must contact our data protection officer. Our data protection officer informs the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what consequences the failure to provide the personal data would have. Existence of automated decision-making As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling. Parts of this data protection declaration were created and partially adapted by the data protection declaration generator of DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which works as the external data protection officer Augsburg, in cooperation with the Cologne IT and data protection lawyer Christian Solmecke. The reCaptcha section comes from the sample data protection declaration of the law firm Weiß & Partner.