Data protection

In the following, you can read an automatically translated version of the German data protection declaration. In case of doubt, however, the wording of the German version applies.

We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is particularly important to us. It is generally possible to use the WorldData.info website without providing any personal data. However, if you would like to use special services via our website, processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, email address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to WorldData.info. With this data protection declaration we would like to inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed about the rights to which they are entitled using this data protection declaration.

We have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for the personal data processed via this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

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Further contents

Definitions
The data protection declaration for WorldData.info is based on the terms used by the European legislator for directives and regulations when issuing 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 terms used in advance. We use the following terms, among others, in this data protection declaration:
1. Personal data
  Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject” or “you”). A natural person is considered to be identifiable if he or she can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
2. Data subject
  A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed. For the sake of simplicity, we will also refer to the person concerned as “you” below.
3. The person responsible for the processing
  The person responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. If the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law. If the person responsible for processing is also the operator of the WorldData.info website, the words “we” and “us” are also used.
4. Processor
  Processor is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on our behalf.
5. Recipient
  Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether it is a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigative task under Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients.
6. Third party Third party
  is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor.
7. Computer
  We refer to all information technology systems that can be used to access our website as computers. These include classic desktop computers as well as smartphones, tablet PCs, iPads, smart TVs and other devices that are suitable for this purpose.
8. Processing
  Processing is any operation or series of operations carried out on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collecting, recording, organizing, classifying, storing, adapting or modifying, reading, querying, using, disclosure by transmission, distribution or other form of provision, alignment or association, restriction, deletion or destruction.
9. Restriction of processing Restriction
  of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing.
10. Profiling
  Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data which consists in using that personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to assess aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health, to analyze or predict the personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movement of that natural person.
11. Pseudonymization
  Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a way that 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 kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data Data is not assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.
12. Consent
  Consent is any voluntary, informed and unambiguous expression of the data subject's wishes in the specific case, in the form of a statement or other clear affirmative action, by which he or she indicates that he or she agrees to the processing of personal data concerning him or her is.
Name and address of the person responsible for the 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:

eglitis-media, Inh. Lars Eglitis
Bloherfelder Straße 127A
26129 Oldenburg
Germany
Tel. : +49-441-99890071
Email: info@eglitismedia.com
Collection of general data and information
To provide our websites, we use the Amazon Cloudfront content delivery network (Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855, Luxembourg). A content delivery network is a service that makes websites available in parallel on numerous servers in many countries around the world. Depending on where or from which country you access one of our websites, these pages are delivered from the nearest and therefore fastest accessible data center with a very high level of reliability. Amazon Cloudfront, as the operator of our servers, is the recipient of our visitors' personal data and acts as a processor for us. This is done on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSVGO), as we do not operate a content delivery network ourselves. In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, a contract for order processing is part of our service agreement with Amazon Web Services.

When you or an automated system access one of our pages, a series of general data and information is usually transmitted to the server - in this case to an Amazon Web Services data center. What can be recorded are the browser types and versions used, the operating system used by the accessing system, the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrer), the sub-websites that are accessed via an accessing system on our website, the date and the time of access to the website, an Internet protocol address (IP address), the Internet service provider of the accessing system and other similar data and information that serves to avert danger in the event of attacks on our technical systems.

This transmitted data is technically necessary so that the web server can return the website you have accessed. For example, if your browser did not transmit an IP address, there would be no destination to which the website could be sent back. When using this general data and information, no conclusions are drawn about your identity. Rather, this information is needed to correctly deliver the content of our website and to ensure the long-term functionality of our technical systems and the technology on our website. We only use Amazon Cloudfront as temporary storage (“caching”) without personally storing any personal data there. All personal data is only stored by Amazon Cloudfront for as long as is necessary for the technically necessary purposes.

Under the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, GDPR data transfers are applied in all EU Member States, allowing the lawful transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area that have not received an adequacy decision from the European Commission (third countries).

The Amazon Web Services data protection notice can be found at https://d1.awsstatic.com/legal/privacypolicy/AWS_Privacy_Notice__German_Translation.pdf. Amazon provides further information on the European General Data Protection Regulation at https://aws.amazon.com/de/compliance/gdpr-center/.
Cookies
The WorldData.info website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored and stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of a data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.

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

Using a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized for the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their access data each time they visit the website because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in the online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

You can prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by adjusting the appropriate settings on the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If you deactivate the setting of cookies in the Internet browser you are using, not all functions of our website may be fully usable. In particular, logging into user areas is not possible without setting cookies. We have provided

you with a list of the cookies used on WorldData.info on this separate page.
Contact option via the website
Due to legal regulations, the WorldData.info website contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company and direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If you contact us by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted will be saved automatically. Any personal data you provide to us on a voluntary basis will be stored for the purposes of processing or contacting you. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will be deleted as soon as the concern related to the contact has been finally clarified and it is not expected that the specific contact will become relevant again in the future.
Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
We process and store your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or if this has been provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another responsible legislator expires, the personal data will be blocked or deleted routinely and in accordance with legal regulations.
Rights of the data subject
1. Right to confirmation
  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning him or her is being processed. If you would like to exercise this right of confirmation, you can contact us at any time.
2. Right to information
  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive free information from us at any time about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:
  - the processing purposes
  - the categories of personal data that are processed
  - the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
  - if possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that period
  - the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by us or a right to object to such processing
  - the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  - if the personal data is not collected from the data subject: all available information about the origin of the data
  - the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 Paragraphs 1 and 4 DSVGO and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject
  You also have the 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, you also have the right to receive information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transmission.
  
  If you would like to exercise this right to information, you can contact us at any time.
3. Right to rectification
  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement, taking into account the purposes of the processing.
  
  If you would like to exercise this right to correction, you can contact us at any time.
4. Right to deletion (right to be forgotten)
  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request that the personal data concerning him or her be deleted immediately if one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the Processing is not required:
  - The personal data was collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary.
  - Withdraw your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a DSVGO or Article 9 Paragraph 2 Letter a DSVGO and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  - If you object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 DSVGO and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 2 DSVGO.
  - The personal data was processed unlawfully.
  - The deletion of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
  - The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 Para. 1 DSVGO.
  If one of the reasons mentioned above applies and you would like to have personal data stored by us deleted, you can contact us at any time. We will ensure that the deletion request is complied with immediately.
  
  If the personal data has been made public by us and we as the person responsible are obliged to delete the personal data in accordance with Article 17 Para. 1 DSVGO, we will take appropriate measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform other persons responsible for data processing process the published personal data, to inform you that you have requested that these other data controllers delete all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data, to the extent that the processing is not necessary.
5. Right to restriction of processing
  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the restriction of processing if one of the following conditions is met:
  - The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
  - The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data.
  - We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
  - The data subject has objected to the processing in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 1 of the DSVGO and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh those of the data subject.
  If one of the above conditions is met and you would like to request the restriction of personal data stored by us, you can contact us at any time.
6. Right to data portability
  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which the person concerned has provided to a person responsible, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data were provided, provided that the processing is based on consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the DSVGO or Article 9 Paragraph 2 Letter a DSVGO or based on a contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b DSVGO 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 in the exercise of official authority, which was transferred to the person responsible.
  
  Furthermore, when exercising his or her right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 (1) of the DSVGO, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one person responsible to another person responsible, to the extent that this is technically feasible and to the extent that this is not the case the rights and freedoms of other people are impaired.
  
  To assert your right to data portability, you can contact us at any time.
7. Right to object
  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her based on Art. 6 para. 1 letters e or f DSVGO, you have to lodge an objection. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
  
  WorldData.info will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend of legal claims.
  
  If WorldData.info processes personal data in order to conduct direct advertising, you have 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 connected to such direct advertising. If you object to us processing it for direct advertising purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.
  
  In addition, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 (1) DSVGO, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task carried out in the public interest.
  
  To exercise your right to object, you can contact us directly. You are also free, in connection with the use of information society services, to exercise your right to object using automated procedures using technical specifications, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.
8. Automated decisions in individual cases, including profiling
  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which has legal effects on him or her similarly significantly affected, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and these legal provisions contain appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject or (3) takes place with the express consent of the data subject.
  
  If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into or performing a contract between the data subject and the data controller or (2) it is based on the data subject's express consent, we will take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject data subject, which includes at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the person responsible, to express one's own point of view and to challenge the decision.
  
  If you would like to assert your rights with regard to automated decisions, you can contact us at any time.
9. Right to revoke consent under data protection law
  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
  
  If you would like to exercise your right to revoke your consent, you can contact us at any time.
Data protection provisions on the application and use of Google Web Fonts
Not we, but possibly some advertisers use Google Web Fonts, i.e. fonts provided by Google. When you access an ad that uses these web fonts, your browser loads the required fonts from a Google server in the United States of America in order to display texts and fonts correctly. For technical reasons, your IP address is transferred to this Google server. In this way, Google can associate your IP address with a visit to our and possibly other sites you visit. As described in the FAQ, Google logs these accesses, but guarantees that it does not use cookies.

The operating company of Google Web Fonts is Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. Alphabet Inc. may pass on the data collected to third parties. Alphabet Inc.'s privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Privacy and Consent Tool from inMobi
We have integrated the privacy and consent tool from inMobi on our pages. This asks users of our website at the beginning of their visit, which data protection-related techniques we may use during their visit. Your decisions are stored with cookies in your browser and can be read out again during subsequent page views and visits. InMobi can record when and which pages you have accessed through this insert.

The operating company of this component is inMobi Technology Services Pte Ltd., 6th, 7th and 8th Floor, Block Delta (Block B), Embassy Tech Square, Kadubeesesanahalli Village Outer Ring Road in Bangalore (India), inMobi, it is not within the scope of GDPR, but a third country.

For more information and inplexon's applicable privacy policy, please visit https://advertising.inmobi.com/privacy-policy-for-eea.
Data protection regulations on the application and use of functions of the collecting society WORT (VG-Wort)
We use the METIS access count from VG WORT to measure access to online texts that we make available to you via our offering. We do this so that the likelihood of these texts being copied can be recorded. The likelihood of a text being copied forms the basis for a legal distribution of remuneration under the Copyright Act (UrhG) by VG WORT to the authors and publishers of these texts.

For this purpose, as part of the METIS access count, a “counter mark” is integrated into the source code of the respective online text. This counting mark is an ID that is clearly assigned to this respective text and means that access to this text can be counted when a text marked in this way is visited. In addition, as part of the METIS access counting, a client ID is created and a so-called “METIS session cookie” is set for the user of the marked text. This client ID and the session cookie can be used to identify whether or not the text has already been accessed by this user within a browser session. This is intended to avoid unlawful multiple counting of this text when determining its likelihood of being copied. Personal data is not processed either through the session cookie that is played out or at any other time as part of the METIS access counting.

The METIS access count is carried out for VG WORT by Kantar GmbH, Landsberger Straße 284, Munich 80687.
Data protection regulations for PayPal as a payment method
We have integrated PayPal components on this website. PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via so-called PayPal accounts, which represent virtual private or business accounts. PayPal also offers the option of processing virtual payments via credit cards if a user does not have a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an email address, which is why there is no traditional account number. PayPal makes it possible to initiate online payments to third parties or to receive payments. PayPal also assumes trustee functions and offers buyer protection services.

The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.rl & Cie. SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

If you use PayPal during an ordering process, data about the ordered product will be automatically transmitted to PayPal, but no personal data. Instead, the payment process opens in a separate browser window on the PayPal website.

If you pay for an item you want via PayPal in the system there, data for this paid item and the buyer's personal data will be automatically transmitted to us after the payment process has been completed. The personal data transmitted to us by PayPal includes first name, last name, address, email address and other organizational data that is necessary to process the purchase contract and prevent fraud. We will then use your email address in an automated process to send the ordered item. The purpose of transmitting the data is solely to process payments.

Your name, email, address and transaction ID of the payment concerned will be used by us for proper accounting after the purchase and stored for 6 years in accordance with the statutory retention periods. We do not store any other information transmitted by PayPal to WorldData.info. By using Paypal as a payment option, you consent to the transmission of the data required for payment processing.

PayPal may pass on the personal data to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors to the extent that this is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or the data is to be processed in the order. What data this is is not our responsibility and we have no influence on it. If PayPal passes on personal data, it is data that you have stored with PayPal yourself. You have the option to revoke your consent to the handling of personal data to PayPal at any time. A revocation does not affect personal data that must be processed, used or transmitted for (contractual) payment processing.

PayPal's applicable data protection regulations can be accessed at https://www.paypal.com/en/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full.
Advertising
We use several advertising networks on this website to place advertisements. These networks are explained in more detail below. What all advertising networks have in common is that they use cookies on your computer to deliver ads that are as relevant as possible. These cookies are used to create individual user profiles to which we do not have access.

Advertisements from these advertising networks are only integrated on this website for visitors from the European Union and the United Kingdom after the visitor has selected whether or not personal data may be used for these advertisements.

You can prevent the setting of cookies, as described 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 of the Internet browser used would also prevent advertising networks from placing cookies on your computer. In addition, the previously set cookies can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

You can object to the creation of user profiles by these advertising networks individually, as explained in the following sections. In addition, this website offers the option of objecting to the creation of user profiles by all advertising networks at the same time with a single setting. This is possible at any time in our data protection settings. You can also access these settings by clicking on the “Cookie settings” button at the bottom of every page on which advertising is displayed. Visitors to the European Economic Area, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland and the United Kingdom will also be asked to make a decision about these settings before the first advertisement is displayed. When this link is called up, an anonymous cookie with a maximum duration of 365 days is set on your system, which serves exclusively to transmit this decision each time a subpage of our website is called up and subsequently displays or prevents personalized advertising. If you delete the cookies on your computer, the transmission of the decision made will also expire and you will be informed again about the use of cookies and personalized advertising.

If you object to the use of cookies, advertisements will continue to be displayed, but without the creation and use of user profiles.

Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD)
Visitors from Brazil are shown advertisements in accordance with the “Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais” (LGPD). The data collected and processed in this process corresponds to the data specified in this privacy policy. However, only ads from certified advertising networks or ad technology providers are used.

US data protection laws (CPA)
Visitors from US states that have their own Consumer Privacy Acts are shown advertisements in accordance with these regional data protection laws. These include in particular the CCPA, COPPA, CDPA, CPL, NYPA, UCPA, VCDPA, WPA and the TDPSA. At the bottom of each page you can also object to the sale of your personal data. Where required by local law, only ad technology providers that support this feature will be used.
1. Data protection provisions about the use of Google Advertising
  We have integrated advertisements via the Google ad network on this website. This consists of Google Adsense, Google AdX and the connection to international advertising networks that are accessed via the Google Ad Manager and integrated into our pages. This advertising is based on an algorithm that selects the advertisements to match the content of the respective third-party site. In addition, the Internet user is targeted interest-based, which is implemented by generating individual user profiles.
  
  Google sets cookies on the computer of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. Google's tracking cookies store, among other things, a clear identification of the advertiser and the accessing visitor, as well as the websites accessed on which this advertising was played out. This includes the IP address, information on the computer system of the data subject (device type, browser, version), the service provider and data on online behavior. The purpose of storage of this data is the statistical analysis, billing and control of the advertisements: By calling up one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by us and on which advertising was integrated via a Google component, the Internet browser on your computer is automatically prompted by the respective Google component to transmit data to Alphabet Inc. for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions. Under this technical process, Alphabet Inc. receives Knowledge of personal data, such as your IP address, which serves the Alphabet Inc., among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently enable commission settlements.
  
  The operating company of Google components is Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
  
  As already described above, you can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Alphabet Inc. from setting a cookie on your computer. In addition, a cookie already set by Alphabet Inc. can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
  
  Google also uses so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in websites to enable a log file recording and a log file analysis, which allows statistical analysis to be performed. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, Alphabet Inc. can see if and when you have opened a website and which links you have clicked on. Among other things, tracking pixels are used to evaluate the flow of visitors to a website.
  
  Via Google, personal data and information, which also includes the IP address and is necessary for the collection and billing of the displayed advertisements, are transmitted to Alphabet Inc. to the United States of America. This personal data is stored and processed in the United States of America. Alphabet Inc. may pass on these personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
  
  Google-AdSense is explained in more detail at this link https://adsense.google.com/intl/en/start/. Information about Google Ad Manager can be found at https://transparency.google/intl/en/our-policies/product-terms/google-ad-manager/. The Google advertising network provides more information and the ability to disable these functions at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
  
  You can manage many online ad cookies from companies through the US site https://optout.aboutads.info or the EU site https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices page. The Google advertising network provides more information and the ability to disable these functions at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en. More information about this procedure and the possibilities of not allowing your data to individual of these providers can be found at https://thenai.org/how-to-opt-out/.
  
  Ads from Google Adsense are by default only integrated into this website for visitors from the USA, the European Economic Area and other areas with their own data protection restrictions, after the visitor has made a choice of the use of personal advertisements in the privacy settings. Only when you agree to the use of personalised advertisements and the necessary cookies are made personalized ads via WorldData.info. If you wish to revoke this decision, you can make this revocation at any time in our privacy settings. In case of a revocation, advertisements from our advertising partners will continue to be displayed and may continue to use cookies. However, both the advertisements themselves and the cookies are no longer personal.
  
  By accepting personalized advertising or accessing the revocation page, an anonymous cookie with a duration of 30 days is set on your computer, which serves exclusively to transmit this decision when you visit a subpage of our offer, and subsequently displays or prevents personalised advertising. If you delete the cookies on your computer, the decision is also transmitted and you will be informed again about the use of cookies and personalised advertising and asked for a decision.
  
  You also have the option of objecting to the storage and retrieval of cookies on a mobile phone via the DAA (Digital Advertising Alliance) https://youradchoices.com/appchoices page. For users from the EU, there is a corresponding page of the EDAA (Digital Advertising Alliance EU) at https://youronlinechoices.eu/.
  
  As part of the delivery of personalised advertising, Google will use several providers of advertising technologies that have committed to compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation and have been certified by Google for this purpose. The complete and current list is available in our privacy settings.
  
  Visitors from Brazil are displayed by Google Adsense advertisements only according to the "Lei Geral de ProteÃo de Dados Pessoais" (LGPD). A list of all Google display technology providers used and certified by Google can be found here: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/9931967.
Use of our own measuring method for range measurement
We have integrated a tracking pixel for range measurement on this website. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in Internet pages to enable log file recording and log file analysis in order to subsequently carry out a statistical evaluation. The integrated tracking pixels serve a measurement process developed and operated by us. Web beacons are integrated into the website and do not transmit any information to third parties.

Our own measuring procedure for measuring range is used to determine statistical key figures, i.e. measuring range. The embedded tracking pixel is used to track whether, when and by how many users our website was opened and what content was accessed. The screen size, the presence of a touchscreen and the length of stay are also evaluated.

All data obtained is collected anonymously. To record access numbers, a cookie is set for the purpose of recognizing the users of a website, i.e. a signature is created, which is made up of various automatically transmitted information, or alternative methods are used. The IP address of the internet connection you use is only collected and processed in anonymized form. You will not be identified by name at any time.

As already described above, you can prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by adjusting the appropriate settings on the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent our measurement process from setting a cookie on your computer. In addition, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time using an Internet browser or other software programs.

It is also possible to object to, or not allow, data collection using cookies via our data protection settings. If this permission is missing, the setting of a cookie will be prevented for all page views. Your page views will continue to be recorded and counted. However, without the cookie no longer used, it is no longer possible to clearly assign multiple page views to a single visit.
Legal basis for processing
Art. 6 I lit. a DSVGO serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of 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 any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b DSVGO. 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 that requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c DSVGO. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance details or other vital information would then 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 DSVGO.

Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f DSVGO. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the above-mentioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, he was of the opinion that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 DSVGO).
Legitimate interests in processing pursued by us or a third party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f DSVGO, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being 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 technically necessary or legal retention period. After the deadline has expired, the relevant data will be routinely deleted unless it is no longer required to fulfill the contract or initiate a contract.
Legal or contractual requirements 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 would like to clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner).

In order to conclude a contract, it may sometimes be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company enters into a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the person concerned could not be concluded. Before the data subject provides personal data, the data subject must contact us. We inform 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 non-provision of the personal data would have.
Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.

This data protection declaration is based in an adapted, modified and translated form on a template from the data protection declaration generator of the DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as the external data protection officer for Munich, in cooperation with the data protection lawyer Christian Solmecke