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1. Introduction

We would like to use the information below to provide you “data subject” with an overview of our processing of your personal data and your rights under data protection law. It is generally possible to use our website without entering personal data. However, if you wish to make use of special services offered by our company through our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If it is necessary to process personal data and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will generally obtain your consent.

Personal data, such as your name, address or email address, is always processed in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the “abass GmbH”. The aim of this Privacy Notice is to inform you about the scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process.

As the data controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete possible protection of the personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to submit personal data on alternative ways, such as by phone or by post to us.

2. Data controller

The data controller, as defined by the GDPR, is:

abass GmbH

Moselstraße 11, 63225 Langen, Deutschland

Phone: 06103-40456-60

Fax: 06103-40456-66

E-mail: zentrale@abass.de

Data controller’s representative: Konrad Delp

3. Data protection officer

You can reach the data protection officer under datenschutzbeauftragter@abass.de or under our postal address with the addition “Data protection officer”.

4. Definitions

This Privacy Notice is based on the terminology used by the European legislature and legislature in the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand, both for the public and for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain in advance the terminology used. Among other things, we use the following terms in this privacy policy.

We use the following terms in this Privacy Notice, among others:

1. Personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who 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 factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, 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 by the controller (our company).

3. Processing
Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

4. Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.

5. Profiling
Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data which consists in using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or change of location.

6. Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures which ensure that the personal data cannot be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

7. Data processor
Data processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

8. Recepient
A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigative task under Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients.

9. Third party
Third party means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor, are authorised to process the personal data.

10. Consent
Consent means any freely given specific and informed indication of the data subject’s wishes in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject signifies his or her agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

5. Legal basis for processing

Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR (icw § 25 (1) Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG) (formerly TTDSG)) serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations where we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose.

If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of another service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of enquiries about our products or services.

If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which the processing of personal data becomes necessary, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. c) GDPR.

In rare cases, the processing of personal data might become necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were to be injured on our premises and as a result their name, age, health insurance data or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. In this case, the processing would be based on Art. 6 (1) lit. d) GDPR.

Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Processing operations which are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary for the protection of a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not overweigh. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European law. In this respect, the legislature took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if you are a customer of our company (Recital 47, Sentence 2 GDPR)..

Our offer is inherently aimed at adults. Persons under 16 years of age may not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children and adolescents, do not collect it and do not pass it on to third parties.

6. Disclosure of data to third parties

Your personal data will not be conveyed to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only share/convey your personal data with third parties if:

you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR,
the disclosure is permissible in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data,
in the event that a legal obligation exists for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. c) GDPR, as well as

In the context of the processing operations described in this privacy statement, personal data may be transferred to the USA. Companies in the USA only have an adequate level of data protection if they have certified themselves under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus the adequacy decision of the EU Commission pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR applies. We have explicitly mentioned this in the privacy policy for the service providers concerned. In order to protect your data in all other cases, we have concluded commissioned processing agreements based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent can serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries in accordance with Article 49 (1) a) of the GDPR. This sometimes does not apply in the case of a data transfer to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 of the GDPR.

Your personal data will not be conveyed to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only share/convey your personal data with third parties if:

you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR,
the disclosure is permissible in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data,
in the event that a legal obligation exists for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. c) GDPR, as well as
this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

In the context of the processing operations described in this privacy statement, personal data may be transferred to the USA. Companies in the USA only have an adequate level of data protection if they have certified themselves under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus the adequacy decision of the EU Commission pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR applies. We have explicitly mentioned this in the privacy policy for the service providers concerned. In order to protect your data in all other cases, we have concluded commissioned processing agreements based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent pursuant to Article 49 (1) a) of the GDPR may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries. This sometimes does not apply in the case of a data transfer to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Article 45 of the GDPR.

7. Technology

7.1 SSL/TLS-encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to guarantee the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact enquiries that you send to us as the operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser contains a “https://” instead of a “http://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.

7.2 Data collection when visiting the website

If you only use our website for informational purposes, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information or do not give your consent to processing that requires consent, we only collect data that is technically necessary for the provision of the service. This is regularly data that your browser transmits to our server (in so-called “server log files”). Our website collects a series of general data and information each time you or an automated system accesses a page. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following can be recorded:

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-pages accessed via an accessing system on our website,
the date and time of access to the website,
an abbreviated internet protocol address (anonymised IP address) and,
the Internet service provider of the accessing system.

When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about your person. This information is rather required to:

deliver the contents of our website correctly,
optimise the contents of our website as well as to advertise it,
ensure the permanent operability of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and
provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary to prosecute in the event of a cyber-attack.

This collected data and information is therefore statistically analysed and further analysed by us with the aim of increasing data protection and data security within our company to ultimately ensure an optimum level of protection for the personal data being processed by us. The anonymous data from the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above.

8. Cookies

8.1 General information about cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website.

Information generated from the specific device used is stored in cookies. This does not mean, however, that we will gain immediate knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies helps us make it more convenient for you to use our website. For example, we use session cookies to detect whether you have already visited individual pages on our website. These are erased automatically when you leave our website.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognised that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

We also use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offer for you for the purpose of optimisation. These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The respective storage period of the cookies can be found in the settings of the consent tool used.

8.2 Legal basis for the use of cookies

The data processed by the cookies, which are required for the proper functioning of the website, are thus necessary to protect our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR.

For all other cookies, the following applies: You have given your consent to this within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR via our opt-in cookie banner.

8.3 Tips for avoiding cookies in common browsers

You can delete cookies, allow only selected cookies or completely deactivate cookies at any time via the settings of the browser you are using. You can find more information on the support pages of the respective providers:

l Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?tid=311178978.

l Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-at/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac?tid=311178978.

l Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-und-website-daten-in-firefox-loschen?tid=311178978.

l Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-l%C3%B6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09.

8.4 Borlabs Cookie (Consent Management Tool)

We use the WordPress cookie plugin “Borlabs Cookie” from Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany. This service enables us to obtain and manage the consent of website users for data processing.

Borlabs Cookie uses cookies to collect data generated by end users who use our website. When an end user provides consent, the plugin automatically logs the following data, among other things, to Borlabs:

l Cookie duration,

l Cookie version,

l Domain and path of the wordpress page,

l Selection in cookie banner,

l UID (a randomly generated ID),

The consent status is also stored in the end-user’s browser so that the website can automatically read and follow the end-user’s consent in all subsequent page requests and future end-user sessions for up to 12 months. Consent data (consent and withdrawal of consent) is stored for three years. The retention period corresponds to the regular limitation period according to § 195 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch [BGB]). The data is then deleted immediately.

The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the described processing. There is no possibility for the user to object as long as there is a legal obligation to obtain the user’s consent to certain data processing operations, Art. 7 (1), 6 (1) lit. c) GDPR.

The data collected is neither forwarded to Borlabs GmbH nor does it receive access to it.

Additional information on the service can be found at the following link: https://de.borlabs.io/borlabs-cookie/.

9. Contents of our website

9.1 Contact support / Contact form

Personal data is collected when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Which data is collected in the case of the use of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and the deletion does not conflict with any legal obligations to retain data.

9.2 Services / Digital Goods

We only transmit personal data to third parties if this is necessary within the framework of the Data Protection Agreement, for example to the credit institution commissioned with the payment processing.

No further transmission of data will take place unless you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be disclosed to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

9.3 Application Management / job exchange

We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. The processing may also take place electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits the relevant application documents to us electronically, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website. If we conclude an employment or service contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If we do not conclude a contract with the applicant, the application documents are automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests on our part oppose deletion. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the German Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz [AGG]).

The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR, Art. 88 GDPR icw § 26 (1) German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz [BDSG]).

10. Newsletters

10.1 Newsletter for regular customers (without registration)

If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we may periodically email you offers for similar goods or services to those you have already purchased from our range. In accordance with § 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb, UWG), we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. In this respect, the data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, no e-mails will be sent by us. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the responsible person named at the beginning. For this, you will only incur transmission costs according to the prime rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.

10.2 Rapidmail

For the purpose of analysis, the e-mails sent with Rapidmail, a service of rapidmail GmbH, Wentzingerstraße 21, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, contain a so-called. “Tracking-Pixel”, which connects to the servers of Rapidmail when the e-mail is opened. In this way, it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened.

Furthermore, with the help of Rapidmail, we can determine whether and, if so, which links in the newsletter message have been clicked. All links in the e-mail are so-called tracking links, with which your clicks can be counted.

For more information about the analysis functions of Rapidmail, see the following link: https://de.rapidmail.wiki/kategorien/statistiken/.

The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

You can revoke the consent you have given at any time. You can also prevent the processing at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. You can also prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your web browser. You can also prevent the storage and transmission of personal data by deactivating JavaScript in your web browser or installing a JavaScript blocker (z.B. https://noscript.net or https://www.ghostery.com). We would like to point out that these measures may mean that not all functions of our website are available.

The data you provide to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from our servers as well as from the servers of Rapidmail after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.

You can view Rapidmail’s privacy policy at: https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit.

11. Our activities in social networks

To allow us to communicate with you on social networks and inform you about our services, we run our own pages on these social networks. If you visit one of our social media pages, we and the provider of the social media network are joint controllers (Art. 26 GDPR) regarding to the processing operations triggered thereby, which concern personal data.

We are not the original provider of these pages, but only use them within the scope of the options offered to us by the respective providers

We would therefore like to point out as a precautionary measure that your data may also be processed outside of the European Union or the European Economic Area. Use of these networks may therefore involve data protection risks for you since the protection of your rights may be difficult, e.g. your rights to information, erasure, objection, etc. Processing on social networks frequently takes place directly for advertising purposes or for the analysis of user behaviour by network providers, and we have no control over this. If the provider creates user profiles, cookies are often used or user behaviour may be assigned directly to your own member profile on the respective social network (if you are logged in).

The processing operations of personal data described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of the respective provider in order to communicate with you in a timely manner or to inform you about our services. If you have to grant your consent to the respective providers to process your data as a user, the legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7 GDPR.

Since we have no access to these providers? databases, we would like to point out that you would be best placed to exercise your rights (e.g. to information, rectification, erasure, etc.) directly with the respective provider. More information on the processing of your data on social networks and your options for exercising your right to object or your right of revocation (opt out) is listed below for each of the social network providers we use:

11.1 Facebook

(Joint) Data controller responsible for data processing in Europe:

Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Privacy Notice (Data Policy):

https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

11.2 Instagram

(Joint) Data controller responsible for data processing in Europe:

Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy Notice (Data Policy):

http://instagram.com/legal/privacy/

Opt-out and advertising settings:

https://www.instagram.com/accounts/privacy_and_security/

11.3 LinkedIn

(Joint) Data controller responsible for data processing in Europe:

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy Notice:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

11.4 XING (New Work SE)

(Joint) Data controller responsible for data processing in Germany:

New Work SE, Dammtorstrasse 29?32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany

Privacy Notice:

https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

Requests for information for XING members:

https://www.xing.com/settings/privacy/data/disclosure

11.5 YouTube

(Joint) Controller responsible for data processing in Europe:

Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

Privacy Notice:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

12. Social media plugins

12.1 Shariff-Solution

We offer you the possibility of using so-called “Social-Media-Buttons” on our website. To protect your data, we rely on the “Shariff” solution for the implementation. This means that these buttons are only integrated on the website as a graphic, which in turn contains a link to the corresponding website of the button provider. By clicking on the graphic, you are thus redirected to the services of the respective provider. Only then will your data be sent to the respective providers. Unless you click on the graphic, no exchange of any kind takes place between you and the providers of the social media buttons. Information about the collection and use of your data in the social networks can be found in the respective terms of use of the corresponding providers. You can find more information about the Shariff solution here: https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html

The social media buttons of the following companies may be integrated on our website:

l YouTube Plugin

The use of Shariff is based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR) in integrating social media buttons for the purpose of visibility and communication with groups of interested parties, while ensuring the legality of the integration. A processing of personal data by means of the social media buttons takes place exclusively after your explicit consent according to Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR by means of the Shariff – solution

13. Plugins and other services

13.1 Google Maps

We use Google Maps (API) on our website. The operating company of Google Maps is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps in order to visually present geographical information. By using this service, for example, our location can be displayed to you and a possible approach can be facilitated.

Already when calling up those sub-pages in which the map of Google Maps is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there, as long as you have given your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR. In addition, Google Maps reloads the Google Web Fonts and Google Photo (as well as google stats). The provider of these services is also Google Ireland Limited. When you call up a page that embeds Google Maps, your browser loads the web fonts and photos required to display Google Maps into your browser cache. Also for this purpose, the browser you are using establishes a connection to Google’s servers. Through this, Google obtains knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment with your profile at Google, you must log out of your Google user account. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and to exercise this right you must contact Google as follows.

If you do not agree 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 disabling the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can then not be used.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively when explicit consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR.

Additional information on the service can be found at the following links https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. There is hereby an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, so that a transfer of personal data may also take place without further guarantees or additional measures.

The privacy plicy of Google Maps could be found here: (“Google Privacy Policy”): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

13.2 TeamViewer Meeting – video conferences

We use the tool “TeamViewer Meeting” to conduct our communication in the form of telephone conferences, online meetings, video conferences and webinars (hereinafter: “online meetings”). The provider is TeamViewer Germany GmbH, Bahnhofsplatz 2, 73033 Göppingen, Germany.

When using “TeamViewer meeting”, various types of data are processed. The scope of the data also depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an “online meeting”. The following personal data may be the subject of processing:

l User details such as first name, last name, phone number (optional), e-mail address (optional), password (if “Single-Sign-On” is not used), profile picture (optional).

l Meeting metadata such as topic, description (optional), attendee IP addresses, device/hardware information.

l For recordings (optional), all video, audio, presentation recordings and text files of the online meeting chat can be processed.

l When dialing in with the phone, information about the incoming and outgoing phone number, country name, start and end time are processed. If necessary, other connection data such as the IP address of the device can be stored.

l You may have the option of using the chat, question or survey functions in an “online meeting”. The text entries you make are processed in order to display them in the “online meeting” and to log them if necessary. To enable the display of video and the playback of audio, the data from the microphone of your terminal device and from any video camera of the terminal device are processed accordingly during the meeting. You can turn off or mute the camera or microphone yourself at any time via “TeamViewer meeting”.

If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR. In the context of an employee relationship, corresponding data processing is carried out on the basis of § 26 German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz [BDSG]). The legal basis for the use of the service in the context of existing contractual relationships or contractual relationships to be initiated is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR. In all other cases, the legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Here, our interest is in the effective implementation of “online meetings”.

If we record “online meetings”, we will tell you before we start and, if necessary, ask you to consent to the recording. If you do not wish to do so, you may leave the “online meeting”.

The personal data concerning you will be stored until the purpose of the data processing no longer applies. The storage period of recorded online meetings will be communicated to you prior to the start of recording. You have the option to revoke your consent to the recording at any time, with the consequence that we will delete the recording.

The provider of “TeamViewer Meeting” necessarily obtains knowledge of the above-mentioned data, insofar as this is provided for in the context of our data processing agreement (Art. 28 GDPR), with “TeamViewer”. In particular, this includes the purpose of providing, optimizing and securing the service. Your provided participation information will be used for the purpose of identification in “online meeting”. In principle, data is not processed outside the EU / EEA, but we cannot exclude the possibility that data is routed via Internet servers located outside the EU / EEA, which may be the case in particular if participants in “online meetings” are located in a third country. The data is encrypted during transport over the Internet and thus secured against unauthorized access by third parties.

To the extent that “TeamViewer” processes personal data in connection with its legitimate business operations, “TeamViewer” is an independent data controller for such use and, as such, is responsible for compliance with applicable laws and obligations of a data controller. When you visit the Provider’s other websites or install the Provider’s tool on your device, the processing of personal data is governed solely by the Provider’s privacy policy.

Additional information on the service can be found at the following link: https://www.teamviewer.com/de/datenschutzinformation/.

14. Your rights as a data subject

14.1 Right to confirmation

You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data relating to you will be processed.

14.2 Right to information (Article 15 GDPR)

You have the right to obtain information about the personal data stored about you at any time, free of charge, as well as the right to access a copy of such data from us, in accordance with the statutory provisions.

14.3 Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)

You have the right to request the immediate rectification of incorrect personal data relating to yourself. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

14.4 Erasure (Article 17 GDPR)

You have the right to demand that we erase the personal data relating to you be deleted without delay, provided that one of the reasons provided by law applies and if processing or further storage is not required.

14.5 Restriction to processing (Article 18 GDPR)

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data if one of the legal requirements is met.

14.6 Data transferability (Article 20 GDPR)

You have the right obtain personal data relating to you that you provided us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance by us, to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR, and the data are processed using automated procedures, unless processing is necessary to complete a task, is in the public interest or is carried out in the exercise of an official authority assigned to us.

Furthermore, when exercising your right to data transferability pursuant to Art. 20 (1) GDPR, you have the right to have personal data transferred directly from one controller to another, provided this is technically feasible and does not impede the rights and freedoms of other persons.

14.7 Objection (Article 21 GDPR)

You have the right to lodge an objection to the processing of personal data relating to you for reasons relating to your particular situation where this is done on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. e) (data processing in the public interest) or lit. f) (data processing on the basis of the weighing of legitimate interests) GDPR.

This also applies to profiling based on these provisions pursuant to Article 4 Number 4 GDPR.

Should you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling and legitimate reasons for such processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or where processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

In individual cases, we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes. 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 where this is connected to this kind of direct marketing. Should you object to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.

In addition, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 (1) GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest.

You are free to exercise your right to lodge an objection in relation to the use of information society services, Directive 2002/58/EC notwithstanding, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

14.8 Revocation of consent regarding data protection

You have the right to revoke any consent to the processing of personal data at any time with future effect.

14.9 Lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority

You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority responsible for data protection about our processing of personal data.

15. Routine storage, erasure and blocking of personal data

We process and store your personal data only for the period of time necessary to meet the storage purpose or as required by the legal provisions to which our company is subject.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a required retention period expires, personal data will be routinely blocked or erased in accordance with the statutory provisions.

16. Version and amendments to the Privacy Notice

This Privacy Policy is currently valid as of: September 2024

Due to the further development of our Internet pages and offers or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this Privacy Policy. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website under “https://www.abass.de/datenschutz/”.