Privacy Policy
General Information and Mandatory Details
Name of the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Kai Anderson
Blumenstraße 21a,
80331 München
E-Mail Adresse: marketing@promerit.com
Should you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact datenschutz@promerit.com. For general inquiries, please use the contact form on our website.
The responsible party decides alone or jointly with others about the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Some data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for revocation. The lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a data protection violation. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is headquartered. The following link provides a list of data protection commissioners and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.
Right to Information, Rectification, Blocking, Deletion
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, its recipients and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, and also for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact options listed in the imprint.
SSL and TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” in your browser’s address bar and by the padlock icon in the browser bar.
Server Log Files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Visited page on our domain
- Date and time of the server request
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact Form
Data submitted via the contact form, including your contact details, is stored in order to process your inquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.
The processing of data entered in the contact form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for revocation. The lawfulness of data processing operations carried out prior to revocation remains unaffected.
Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When a page with an integrated YouTube plugin is accessed, a connection is established to YouTube’s servers. YouTube is thereby informed which of our pages you have visited.
YouTube can directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile if you are logged into your YouTube account. You can prevent this by logging out beforehand.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Details on how user data is handled can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Vimeo
Our website uses plugins from Vimeo to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
When a page with an integrated Vimeo plugin is accessed, a connection is established to Vimeo’s servers. Vimeo is thereby informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo obtains your IP address even if you are not logged into the video portal or do not have an account there. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to servers of the video portal in the USA.
Vimeo may directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out beforehand.
Details on how user data is handled can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure.
Some cookies are “session cookies.” Such cookies are automatically deleted after your browser session ends. Other cookies, however, remain on your device until you delete them yourself. These cookies help us recognize you when you return to our website.
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the program is closed. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.
The setting of cookies necessary for carrying out electronic communication processes or for providing certain functions requested by you (e.g. shopping cart) is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services. Where other cookies are set (e.g. for analysis functions), these are addressed separately in this privacy policy.
Google Analytics
Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider of the web analytics service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses “cookies.” These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that enable analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to and stored on a Google server. The server is typically located in the USA.
Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our web offering and, if applicable, advertising.
IP Anonymization
We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization feature. This ensures that Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it to the USA. There may be exceptional cases where Google transmits the full IP address to a server in the USA and truncates it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website usage and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Browser Plugin
The setting of cookies by your web browser can be prevented. However, some features of our website may be restricted as a result. You can also prevent the collection of data related to your website usage, including your IP address, and its subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Objection to Data Collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics.
Details on how user data is handled by Google Analytics can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Order Processing
To fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have entered into a data processing agreement with Google.
Demographic Features in Google Analytics
Our website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. It allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising by Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to any specific person. You can disable this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section “Objection to Data Collection.”
XING Plugin
Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
When a page with integrated XING functions is accessed, a connection is established to XING’s servers. To our knowledge, no personal data is stored in the process. IP addresses are not stored, and there is no evaluation of usage behavior.
Details on data protection and the XING Share button can be found in XING’s privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.
Twitter Plugin
Our website uses functions of the Twitter service. The provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
When using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and published in your Twitter feed. In doing so, data is transmitted to Twitter. We have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Details can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy.
You can change your privacy settings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/account/settings
Google AdSense
Our website uses Google AdSense. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google AdSense is used to integrate advertisements and sets cookies. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device to analyze website usage. Google AdSense also uses web beacons. Web beacons are invisible graphics that enable analysis of visitor traffic on our website.
Information generated by cookies and web beacons is transmitted to and stored on Google’s servers, which are located in the USA. Google may share this information with contractual partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored about you.
AdSense cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our web offering and our advertising.
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict and prevent the setting of cookies. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes described above.
Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
Our website uses Google AdWords. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.
AdWords is an online advertising program. As part of the online advertising program, we use conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Google AdWords cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification of users. Google and we can recognize from the cookie that you clicked on an ad and were redirected to our website.
Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across AdWords customers’ websites. Conversion cookies are used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who use conversion tracking. AdWords customers learn how many users clicked on their ad and were redirected to pages with a conversion tracking tag. However, AdWords customers do not receive information that enables personal identification of users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object. The conversion cookie can be disabled in the user settings of the browser, which will also prevent inclusion in conversion tracking statistics.
“Conversion cookies” are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our web offering and our advertising.
Details on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.
Google Web Fonts
Our website uses Web Fonts provided by Google. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
The use of these Web Fonts makes it possible to present our website in the way we intend, regardless of which fonts are locally available to you. This is done by retrieving Google Web Fonts from a Google server in the USA and the associated transfer of your data to Google. This includes your IP address and which page you visited on our site. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the optimal display and transmission of our web presence.
Google is certified under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield.” This data protection agreement is intended to ensure compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
Details about Google Web Fonts can be found at: https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and further information in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de