Privacy Statement

5. provision of the website and creation of log files

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. This includes information about the browser type and version, operating system of the visitor's terminal device, name of the Internet service provider used by the visitor, the user's IP address, date, time and duration of access as well as the website from which the visitor accessed our website (so-called referrer URL). This data is stored in the log files of our system and can be used and stored for the purpose of statistical evaluation of this website. The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in processing for the following purposes:
- to establish the connection to our website quickly,
- to enable a user-friendly application of our website,
- to recognise and ensure the security and stability of the systems, and
- to facilitate and improve the administration of our website.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.

6. technically necessary cookies

Our website uses technically necessary cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user calls up a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. Some functions of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change. In addition, we collect data on language settings; data to identify whether a user has agreed to the cookie message and whether the user has activated Java script.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to enable the use of our internet pages.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The user data collected through technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.
As the cookies are stored on your computer, only you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your internet browser. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.

7. contact form

Our website contains a contact form which can be used to contact us electronically. If you use this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. This data includes your name, e-mail address and message, as well as your telephone number if you choose to enter it voluntarily. At the time the message is sent, the user's IP address and the date and time of contact are also stored. In this context, the data is not passed on to third parties. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation. The legal basis for the processing of this personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. This is also our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
The data from the contact form is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, i.e. the respective conversation with you has ended. The conversation is ended when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of six months at the latest.

You have the possibility to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. To exercise the objection, please send an e-mail to the following e-mail address: dguard [at] digades.de (dguard[at]digades[dot]de)

8. contacting us by e-mail

Our website contains an e-mail address that you can use to contact us. In this case, the personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored. In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If the e-mail contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO. The processing of the personal data from the email serves us solely to process the contact. This also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, i.e. the respective conversation has ended. The conversation is terminated when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified.

You have the possibility to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. To exercise the objection, please send an e-mail to the following e-mail address: dguard [at] digades.de (dguard[at]digades[dot]de)

9. links to other Digades Internet sites and third party Internet sites

On our website you will find various links that lead to other websites provided by us or by third parties, e.g. dealers. No personal data is processed through the links. When you open the new Internet pages, the data protection regulations there apply to the processing of personal data.

10. Hosting

For the purpose of operating this website, we use the following services from a hosting service provider based in Germany: infrastructure and platform, computing capacity, storage space and database services, IT security and technical maintenance.
The legal basis for processing the data for this purpose is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f in conjunction with. Art. 28 DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the provision of this website. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.

You have the possibility to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. To exercise the objection, please send an e-mail to the following e-mail address: dguard [at] digades.de (dguard[at]digades[dot]de)

11. social media presences

On our website, we provide you with various links to social media sites. We have our own social media pages with the third-party providers that can be reached via the links. By using the links, you can access the respective websites of the third-party providers and also share our content. As soon as you have accessed the page of the third-party provider, you are in the area of responsibility of the respective third-party provider, so that their data protection declaration or their declarations on the use of data also apply. We have no influence on this, but we recommend logging out of the respective third-party provider before using a corresponding link in order to avoid unnecessary data transfer, so that usage profiles cannot be created by the third-party provider simply by using the link.
We are represented in the following social networks with our own social media presences and can be reached by you:
- Facebook/ Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/; Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads and http://www.youronlinechoices.com
- Twitter/ Twitter (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; data protection declaration: https://twitter.com/de/privacy; Opt-Out: https://twitter.com/personalization
- YouTube/ Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland); data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

We would like to point out that personal data collected when visiting our social media sites may also be processed outside the European Union. In these so-called third countries, a lower level of data protection may exist than in the European Union (e.g. USA). As a rule, the data collected by means of cookies there is also used for market research and advertising purposes (personalised advertising) and usage profiles are created.
The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is to inform users about our products and our company and to communicate easily and quickly with interested parties. If the users have consented to the processing of the data vis-à-vis the platform provider, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. DSGVO is the legal basis for the processing. Please also note that the most effective way to assert your data subject rights is directly against the platform provider. If you need help with this, please feel free to contact us.

12. Google Analytics (Third-Party Cookie)

This website uses Google Analytics (with anonymisation function). Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). A web analysis service collects, among other things, data about the website from which a data subject has accessed a website (so-called referrer URL), which sub-pages of the website have been accessed or how often and for how long a sub-page has been viewed. Google Analytics sets a cookie for this purpose on the end device you use. Setting the cookie enables Google to analyse the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is called up, the internet browser on the end device of the person concerned is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. By means of the cookie, personal information, such as the access time, the location from which an access originated and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject, is stored. Each time the data subject visits our website, this personal data, including the (anonymised) IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google and stored there. Google may pass this data on to third parties. Personal data may be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
We use the add-on "_gat._anonymizeIp" for web analysis via Google Analytics. By means of this add-on, the IP address of the user's Internet connection is shortened and anonymised by Google if access to our website is from a member state of the European Union or from another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.  
The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time within our cookie consent tool. We have concluded an order processing contract with Google and implement the specifications of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics. The data will be deleted 24 months after collection.
You can prevent the setting of cookies 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 of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the user's terminal device. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programmes.  
Furthermore, you have the option to object to the collection of data generated by Google Analytics and related to the use of this website as well as the processing of this data by Google and to prevent such processing. To do so, you must download and install a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information on website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered by Google as an objection.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be found at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html.

13. Facebook Pixel

Furthermore, the website uses the Facebook Pixel of Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"). This enables users of the website to be shown interest-based advertisements when visiting the social network Facebook or other websites that also use this method. If an internet user clicks on a Facebook advertisement, a JavaScript code snippet is inserted into the html code in the user's browser (first-party cookie). In this way, various functions that enable the tracking of user actions are inserted. The cookies store user behaviour on our website; the text and name of a user who leaves a comment; the URL of the website that the user enters in a text field on our website; and a user's email address, if the user has provided it on our website.
The following additional data may be collected:

• Browser information
• Facebook user ID
• Usage data and user behaviour
• Device information
• Pixel information
• Location information
• Interactions with ads, services and products
• marketing information.

The processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time within our cookie consent tool or use the following links: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads and https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_scr… as well as http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
The data will be deleted 12 months after collection.
You can access Facebook's privacy policy at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

14. Web-Analyse Tool etracker

We use the service of etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany, www.etracker.com for marketing and optimisation purposes. The service is used to collect, process and store data, characteristics and activities of users with regard to the use of our website. The following data is processed:

• Pseudonymous user ID: a randomly generated value (example: 108bf9a85547edb1108bf9a85547edb1), which is stored in a tracking cookie ID.
• Pseudonymous digital fingerprints
• Pseudonymous mobile device identifiers
• Pseudonyms cross-device identifiers, provided these are passed for anonymous visitor aggregation across multiple devices.

Usage profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. We use the extended version, which means that analysis and optimisation cookies are used, which enable a statistical range analysis of our website as well as a measurement of the success of our online marketing measures and test procedures.
In the event that you have given your consent, this is the legal basis for the processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time within our cookie consent tool.
Without the user's consent, the user's data collected using etracker technologies will not be used to identify the user personally. They are also not merged with the user's personal data.

In this case, the data processing is carried out to protect legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para.1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is the optimisation of our online offer and our internet presence. Data that could possibly be related to a user, such as the IP address, login or device IDs, are anonymised or pseudonymised as soon as possible. We do not use the data in any other way, combine it with other data or pass it on to third parties.

You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by following this link:

etracker Widerspruch

The data is deleted after 24 months at the latest.
The data collected with etracker is processed and stored exclusively in Germany. etracker has been independently audited, certified and awarded the ePrivacyseal data protection seal of approval.

17.  Google-ReCaptcha (Third-Party Cookie)

We use the Goolge reCaptcha function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). The reCaptcha function can be used to identify bots and spam and thus ensure that entries are only made by natural persons. We use this service if you wish to use our form for contacting us. reCAPTCHA also sets an additional cookie. When using the reCaptcha function, the following data can be transmitted to Google by means of a cookie set by Google: Referrer URL, IP address, information about the operating system, user behaviour, date and language settings, screen resolution.
The use of Google reCAPTCHA may involve the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. The data is transmitted to Google as soon as you use our website. The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest in preventing abuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO.
You can find out more about reCAPTCHA and the corresponding privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

18. Google Maps

We use the Google Maps function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). The integration serves the purpose of incorporating maps into our website, e.g. to show you our locations. When you access the sub-page that provides this service, data about the use of our website is transmitted to Google. Your IP address and your location data are collected, provided you have allowed this in the browser of your end device. A transmission of data to Google LLC in the USA cannot be ruled out. The data is collected regardless of whether you are logged into a Google service. If you are logged in to Google, your data can be assigned to your account. If you would like to prevent this, please log out of your Google account before using the map.
The legal basis for the processing of the data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time within our cookie consent tool.
The terms of use of the Google service Google Maps as well as information on data protection can be found at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/product-privacy?hl=de.
If you do not consent to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can then not be used.
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website ("Google Privacy Policy"): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. Further information on data protection can be found at the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de.

19. Sales Viewer

On this website we use the SalesViewer® service of SalesViewer® GmbH, Bongardstraße 29, 44787 Bochum. We use SalesViewer for marketing, market research and optimisation purposes in order to constantly improve our website.
For this purpose, a javascript-based code is used to collect company-related data and the corresponding usage. The data collected with this technology is encrypted via a non-reversible one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymised and not used to personally identify the visitor to this website.
The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in marketing, market research and optimisation pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest outweighs the data protection-related interests on the basis of the following circumstances:

• limited processing purpose
• pseudonymous data processing
• exclusive collection of company data
• simple possibility to object.

The data stored within the framework of Salesviewer will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.
You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking on this link https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out in order to prevent the collection of data by SalesViewer® within this website in the future. This will place an opt-out cookie for this website on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.
Further data protection information on the SalesViewer® service can be found at the following link: https://www.salesviewer.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

20. Youtube (including Google Double Click)

We include videos on our website that are stored on YouTube, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). The purpose of the integration is to enable you to easily play the videos.
We use the extended data protection mode for the integration, i.e. cookies are only set when a user actively activates the playback of an embedded video.
After clicking on a video, the following data is collected, among others:
- unique ID
- user settings.

DoubleClick" cookies are also set when a video is clicked on. These serve the purpose of recording the user's actions after displaying or clicking on an advertisement in order to determine the effectiveness of an advertisement and the display of targeted advertising for the user. If you are logged into a Google service, this data can be assigned to your Google account. In principle, it is possible that your IP address will be collected and stored.
The processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time within our cookie consent tool.
The data will be deleted once the purpose has been achieved.  Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

21. change of our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy if this becomes necessary due to changes in processing procedures, legal changes or current case law.

22. rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights against the responsible person:

1. Right to information

You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing is taking place, you may request the controller to provide you with the following information:

(1) the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
(2) the categories of personal data which are processed;
(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
(4) the envisaged duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
(5) the existence of a right to obtain the rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to obtain the restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
(6) the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
(7) any available information on the origin of the data, if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
(8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) of the 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.

You have the right to request information on whether personal data concerning you are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. right to correction

You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the personal data processed concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must carry out the rectification without delay.

3. right to restriction of processing

You may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you under the following conditions:
(1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
(2) the processing is unlawful and you object to the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of the use of the personal data;
(3) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
(4) if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) DSGVO and it is not yet clear whether the controller's legitimate grounds override your grounds.
Where the processing of personal data relating to you has been restricted, such data may only be processed - apart from being stored - with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of substantial public interest of the Union or a Member State.
If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

4. right to deletion

a) Obligation to delete
You may request the controller to erase the personal data concerning you without undue delay and the controller is obliged to erase such data without undue delay if one of the following reasons applies:
(1) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
(2) You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a or Art. 9 (2) a DSGVO and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
(3) You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
(4) The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully.
(5) The erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
(6) The personal data concerning you has been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

b) Information to third parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, it shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, having regard to the available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested them to erase all links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.

c) Exceptions

The right to erasure does not apply to the extent that the processing is necessary to
(1) for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
(2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
(3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3) of the GDPR;
(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section (a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing; or
(5) for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

5. right to information

If you have exercised the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing towards the responsible person, the responsible person is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves to be impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipients by the responsible person.

6. right to data transferability

You have the right to obtain the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, if
(1) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and
(2) the processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. This must not affect the freedoms and rights of other persons. The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.