Privacy policy

1. Introduction

With the following information, we would like to give you as a ” person concerned” an overview of the processing of your personal data by us and your rights from the data protection laws. It is generally possible to use our website without entering personal data. However, if you want to use special services of our enterprise via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will generally obtain your consent.

The processing of personal data, such as your name, address, or e-mail address, shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (German: DS-GVO), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the “OM Foundation Inner Science”. By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about the scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us.

As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can always have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are also free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone or by post.

2. Responsible person

The responsible person within the meaning of the DS-GVO is:

OM Foundation Inner Science
Yvonne-Mewes-Weg 27, 22297 Hamburg
Germany

3. Data Protection Officer

You can reach the data protection officer as follows: You can reach our data protection officer by email at datenschutz@kloster-saunstorf.de or at our postal address with the addition “to the data protection officer”.

You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with all questions and suggestions regarding data protection.

4. Definition of terms

The data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European Directive and Ordinance Maker when enacting the General Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO). 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 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. Person concerned
   Person concerned 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 person concerned 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. Processor
   Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
8. Recipient
   A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether or not a third party. 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 a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor.
10. Consent
    Consent means any freely given and informed indication of the data subject’s wishes in the form of a declaration 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 of the processing

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO (in conjunction with § 15 para. 3 TMG) 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 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 DS-GVO. 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 DS-GVO.

In rare cases, the processing of personal data might 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 to be injured on our premises and as a result his or her name, age, health insurance details 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 para. 1 lit. d DS-GVO.

Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DS-GVO. 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 are not overridden. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if you are a customer of our company (recital 47 sentence 2 of the GDPR).

6. Technology

6.1 SSL/TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure 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 line of the browser contains a “https://” instead of a “http://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.

6.2 Data collection when visiting the website

When you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect 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 access a page. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following can be collected:

1. browser types and versions used
   2. the operating system used by the accessing system
   3. the website from which an accessing system arrives at our website (so-called referrer)
   4. the sub-websites which are accessed via an accessing system on our website
   5. the date and time of access to the website
   6. an abbreviated Internet protocol address (anonymised IP address)
   7. the internet service provider of the accessing system.,

When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about your person. Rather, this information is required in order to

1. to deliver the contents of our website correctly
   2. optimise the content of our website and the advertising for it
   3. to ensure the permanent operability of our IT systems and the technology of our website and
   4. to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack.

Therefore, the data and information collected will be used by us for statistical purposes only and for the purpose of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise so as to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from any personal data provided by a data subject.

The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above.

7. Cookies

7.1 General information about cookies

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

Information is stored in the cookie that is related to the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves, on the one hand, to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. We use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a certain fixed 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.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already been to our website when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

7.2 Legal basis for the use of cookies

The data processed by 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) sentence 1 lit. f DS-GVO.

For all other cookies, you must have given your consent to this via our opt-in cookie banner in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a DS-GVO.

You can use the following button to change the cookie settings you have already made:

Cookie Settings

8. Content of our website

8.1 Registration as a user

You have the option of registering on our website by providing personal data.

The personal data that is transmitted to us in this process is specified in the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data you enter is collected and stored exclusively for internal use by us and for our own purposes. We may arrange for it to be passed on to one or more order processors, for example a parcel service provider, who will also use the personal data exclusively for an internal use attributable to us.

By registering on our website, the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP), the date and the time of registration are also stored. This data is stored because it is the only way to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to enable us to investigate criminal offences that have been committed. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary for our protection. As a matter of principle, this data will not be passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to pass it on or the passing on serves the purpose of criminal prosecution.

Your registration under voluntary provision of personal data also serves us to offer you content or services which, due to the nature of the matter, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to change the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have it completely deleted from our database.

Upon request, we will provide you at any time with information about which personal data we have stored about you. Furthermore, we will correct or delete personal data at your request, insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. A data protection officer named in this data protection declaration and all other employees are available to the data subject as contact persons in this context.

The processing of your data is in the interest of a comfortable and easy use of our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.

8.2 Contacting us / 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 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 Para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. If your contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b DS-GVO. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

8.3 Services / Digital goods

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

Further transmission of data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

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

8.4 Blog comment function

We offer users the opportunity to leave individual comments on individual blog posts on a blog located on our website. A blog is a portal on a website, usually publicly viewable, in which one or more persons, called bloggers or web bloggers, can post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blogposts. The blogposts can usually be commented on by third parties.

If you leave a comment in the blog published on this website, in addition to the comments you leave, details of when you entered the comment and the user name (pseudonym) you chose will be stored and published. Furthermore, the IP address assigned by your internet service provider (ISP) is also logged. This storage of the IP address is done for security reasons and in case you have violated the rights of third parties or posted illegal content through a submitted comment. The storage of this personal data is therefore in our own interest so that we can exculpate ourselves in the event of an infringement. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.There is no disclosure of this collected personal data to third parties, unless such disclosure is required by law or serves our legal defence.

8.5 Facebook Connect

On our website, you can log in to create a customer account or to register using the social plugin “Facebook Connect” of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”), using the so-called single sign-on technique, if you have a Facebook profile. You can recognize the social plugins of “Facebook Connect” on our website by the blue button with the Facebook logo and the inscription “Connect with Facebook” or “Log in with Facebook” or “Sign in with Facebook”.

If you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a DS-GVO.

By using this “Facebook Connect” button on our website, you also have the possibility to log in or register on our website using your Facebook user data. Only if you give your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a DS-GVO before the registration process on the basis of a corresponding note on the exchange of data with Facebook will we receive the general and publicly accessible information stored in your profile when you use the “Facebook Connect” button on Facebook, depending on your personal data protection settings on Facebook.This information includes the user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender.

Please note that following changes to the Facebook Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, when you give your consent, your profile pictures, your friends’ user IDs and your friends list may also be transferred if they have been marked as “public” in your Facebook privacy settings. The data transmitted by Facebook will be stored and processed by us to create a user account with the necessary data, if you have given your consent on Facebook (title, first name, last name, address data, country, email address, date of birth). Conversely, data (e.g. information on your surfing or purchasing behavior) can be transferred by us to your Facebook profile based on your consent.

You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible named at the beginning of this statement.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the Facebook privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of the Facebook plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with “Adblock Plus” (https://adblockplus.org/de/).

9. Newsletter dispatch

9.1 Newsletter dispatch to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to send you regular offers on similar goods or services from our product range by e-mail. In accordance with § 7 paragraph 3 UWG we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our justified interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you an e-mail. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the above-mentioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the person responsible named at the beginning of this document. For this you will only incur transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. After receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be immediately discontinued.

9.2 Advertising Newsletter

On our website you have the possibility to subscribe to the newsletter of our company. Which personal data is transmitted to us when ordering the newsletter is determined by the input mask used for this purpose.

We inform our customers and business partners about our offers in regular intervals by means of a newsletter. The newsletter of our company can only be received by you if

1. you have a valid e-mail address and
2. you have registered to receive the newsletter

For legal reasons, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you entered for the first time. This confirmation mail is used to check whether you as the owner of the e-mail address have authorized the receipt of the newsletter.

When you register for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP) for the IT system you are using at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to be able to trace the (possible) misuse of your e-mail address at a later date and therefore serves as a legal safeguard.

The personal data collected during registration for the newsletter will be used exclusively for sending our newsletter. In addition, subscribers to the newsletter could be informed by e-mail if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or for registration, as might be the case if there are changes to the newsletter offer or if technical conditions change. The personal data collected within the scope of the newsletter service will not be passed on to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter can be cancelled by you at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which you have given us for the newsletter service, can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revoking your consent, you will find a corresponding link in every newsletter. Furthermore, it is also possible at any time to unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on our website or to inform us of this in another way.

The legal basis for data processing for the purpose of sending the newsletter is Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.

9.3 Brevo

Our email newsletter is sent via the technical service provider Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin (https://www.brevo.com/) to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place within the framework of order processing by Brevo. Please note that your data is usually transferred to a Brevo server in Germany and stored there.

Brevo uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files that are stored on our website. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymised form and is not linked to your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded. This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.

If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

You can revoke the consent you have given at any time. You can also prevent processing at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser accordingly. You can also prevent the storage and transmission of personal data by deactivating JavaScript in your web browser or installing a JavaScript blocker (e.g. 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.

Furthermore, Brevo may use this data itself in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DS-GVO on the basis of its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimisation of the service as well as for market research purposes, for example to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, Brevo does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass them on to third parties.

In order to comply with the legal provisions of the GDPR, we have concluded an order processing contract with Brevo in accordance with the legal provisions of Art. 28 of the GDPR and the other data protection requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation.

You can view the data protection provisions of Brevo here: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/

10. Our activities in social networks

To enable us to communicate with you in social networks and to inform you about our services, we are represented there with our own pages. If you visit one of our social media sites, we are jointly responsible with the provider of the respective social media platform in terms of the processing operations triggered by this, which involve personal data, in accordance with Art. 26 DS-GVO.

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

Therefore, as a precautionary measure we would like to point out that your data may also be processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. A use can therefore have data protection risks for you, as the protection of your rights, e.g. to information, deletion, objection, etc., can be difficult and the processing in the social networks often takes place directly for advertising purposes or for the analysis of user behavior by the providers, without this being able to be influenced by us. If user profiles are created by the provider, cookies are often used or the user behavior is directly assigned to your own member profile of the social networks (if you are logged in here).

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DS-GVO, the described processing of personal data is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest and the legitimate interest of the respective provider, in order to be able to communicate with you in a contemporary manner or to inform you about our services. If you have to give your consent to data processing as a user with the respective provider, the legal basis refers to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO in conjunction with Art. 7 DS-GVO.

Since we do not have access to the data stocks of the providers, we point out that your rights (e.g. to information, correction, deletion, etc.) are best exercised directly with the respective provider. For further information on the processing of your data in social networks and the possibility to make use of your right of objection or revocation (so-called opt-out), we have listed below with the respective provider of social networks used by us:

10.1 YouTube

(Co-)Responsible for data processing in Europe:
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

Opt-out and advertising settings:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

11. Web analysis

11.1 Facebook Pixel (Custom Audience)

This website uses the “Facebook pixel” of Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”). If explicit consent is given, this allows us to track the behavior of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook advertisement. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook Ads for statistical and market research purposes and may help to optimise future advertising efforts.

The data collected is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Facebook Data Usage Guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). You can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a DS-GVO.

These processing operations will only take place if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 letter a DS-GVO.

In order to deactivate the use of cookies on your IT system, you can set your Internet browser so that no more cookies can be stored on your IT system in the future or that cookies already stored are deleted. However, deactivating all cookies may mean that some functions on our Internet pages can no longer be executed. You can also deactivate the use of cookies by third-party providers such as Facebook on the following Digital Advertising Alliance website: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

In addition, you can deactivate cookies for reach measurement and advertising purposes on the following websites:

1. http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
2. http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/

We would like to point out that this setting is also deleted when you delete your cookies.

11.2 Google Analytics

On our websites we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized user profiles are created and cookies (see item “Cookies”) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

3. browser type/version
4. the operating system used
5. referrer URL (the previously visited page),
6. host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
7. time of the server request

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services connected with the use of the website and the Internet for the purposes of market research and the design of these Internet pages in line with requirements. This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other data from Google. The IP addresses are made anonymous, so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link:

1Disable Google Analytics, an opt-out cookie is set to prevent the future collection of your information when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again.

You can find further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics in the Google Analytics Help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).

11.3 Google Analytics Remarketing

We have integrated services from Google Remarketing on this website. Google Remarketing is a function of Google AdWords, which enables a company to display advertising to Internet users who have previously visited the company’s website. The integration of Google Remarketing thus allows a company to create user-related advertising and thus to display interest-relevant advertisements to the Internet user.

Operator company of the services of Google Remarketing is the Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Purpose of Google Remarketing is the fade in of interest-relevant advertisement. Google Remarketing enables us to display advertisements via the Google advertising network or to have them displayed on other Internet sites, which are tailored to the individual needs and interests of Internet users.

Google Remarketing sets a cookie on your IT system of the person concerned. By setting the cookie, Google is able to recognize the visitor to our website if he or she subsequently calls up websites that are also members of the Google advertising network. With each call to a website on which the Google Remarketing service has been integrated, your Internet browser automatically identifies itself to Google. Within the scope of this technical procedure, Google receives knowledge of personal data, such as your IP address or surfing behavior, which Google uses, among other things, to display interest-relevant advertising.

By means of the cookie, personal information, for example the websites you visit, is stored. Each time you visit our website, personal data, including your IP address, is transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

You can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as described above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting in 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 your IT system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, you have the possibility to object to interest-based advertising by Google. To do so, you must call up the link www.google.de/settings/ads from every Internet browser you use and make the desired settings there.

These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.

Further information and the applicable data protection regulations of Google can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

12. Advertising

12.1 Google Ads (formerly AdWords)

Our site uses the features of Google Ads, and we hereby promote this site in Google search results, as well as on third-party sites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit.

These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a DS-GVO.

Any further data processing will only take place if you have agreed with Google that your Internet and app browsing history will be linked by Google to your Google Account and information from your Google Account will be used to personalize ads you view on the web. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your information together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, Google temporarily links your personal data with Google Analytics data to form target groups.

You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for advertising preferences by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Alternatively, you can inform yourself about the setting of cookies and make settings for this at the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Further information and the privacy policy regarding advertising and Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

12.2 Google Ads with Conversion Tracking

We have integrated Google Ads on this website. Google Ads is an Internet advertising service that allows advertisers to display ads in Google search engine results as well as in the Google advertising network. Google Ads allows an advertiser to specify pre-defined keywords that will display an ad in Google’s search engine results only when the user uses the search engine to retrieve a keyword relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed to topic-relevant Internet pages by means of an automatic algorithm and in accordance with the previously defined keywords.

The operating company of Google Ads services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose of Google Ads is to promote our website by displaying advertisements relevant to our interests on the websites of third party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and by displaying third-party advertisements on our website.

If you reach our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is stored on your IT system by Google. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used for your identification. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used to determine whether certain sub-pages, for example the shopping cart from an online store system, have been accessed on our website. The conversion cookie enables both we and Google to track whether a user who has reached our website via an AdWords ad generated sales, i.e. whether he or she has completed or cancelled a purchase.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are in turn used by us to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective ads and to optimize our ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google Ads advertisers receive information from Google that could be used to identify you.

The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites you visit. Whenever you visit our website, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection you are using, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

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 a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on your IT system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Ads can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, you have the opportunity to object to interest-based advertising by Google. To do so, you must call up the link www.google.de/settings/ads from the Internet browser you are using and make the desired settings there.

These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

13. Plugins and other services

13.1 Google Maps

On our website we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Maps is a web service for the display of interactive (land) maps to visualize geographical information. By using this service, you can, for example, see our location and make it easier for you to find us.

Already when you call up those sub-pages in which the Google Maps map 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. This happens 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 at Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your Google profile, you will need to log out of your Google account. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as user profiles and evaluates them. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

If you do not agree with the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, there is also the possibility to completely deactivate the web service of Google Maps by switching off the application JavaScript in your browser. Google Maps and thus the map display on this website cannot then be used.

These processing operations will only take place if express consent is granted in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a DS-GVO.

You can view Google’s terms of use at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html. The additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html.

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/

13.2 Google reCAPTCHA

On this website we also use the reCAPTCHA feature of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). This function is mainly used to distinguish whether an entry is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing. The service also includes the sending of the IP address and, if applicable, other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google.

These processing operations will only be carried out if the express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO is granted.

Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

13.3 Google Tag Manager

This website uses Google Tag Manager, a cookie-less domain that does not collect personal information.

Through this tool, “website tags” (i.e. keywords that are embedded in HTML elements) can be implemented and managed through an interface. By using Google Tag Manager, we can automatically track which button, link or personalized image you have actively clicked on and can then record which contents of our website are of particular interest to you.

The tool also triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If you have disabled it at the domain or cookie level, it will remain disabled for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 letter a DS-GVO.

13.4 Google WebFonts

Our website uses so-called web fonts for the uniform display of fonts, which are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

To do this, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. Through this, Google gets knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our website.

These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

13.5 Vimeo (videos)

Our website includes plugins from the Vimeo video portal of Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Vimeo servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Vimeo directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page on our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged in to Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Vimeo account. When you interact with the plug-ins (such as when you press the start button on a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.

The data processing procedures described are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Par. 1 letter f DS-GVO, based on Vimeo’s legitimate interest in market research and the needs-based design of the service.

If you do not want Vimeo to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Vimeo, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the Vimeo privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy

For videos from Vimeo that are integrated on our site, the tracking tool Google Analytics is automatically integrated. This is Vimeo’s own tracking, which we do not have access to and which cannot be influenced by our site. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” for tracking purposes. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.

13.6 YouTube (videos)

We have integrated components from YouTube on this website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that allows video publishers to post video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television broadcasts, but also music videos, trailers or videos created by users themselves can be accessed via the internet portal.

The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Each time you access any of the individual pages of this website operated by us and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the Internet browser on your IT system is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a representation of the respective YouTube component from YouTube. More information about YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. In the course of this technical process, YouTube and Google are informed which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.

If the person concerned is logged on to YouTube at the same time, YouTube will recognize which specific subpage of our website you are visiting by calling up a subpage containing a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to your YouTube account.

YouTube and Google receive information via the YouTube component about your visit to our website whenever you are logged in to YouTube at the same time you access our website, regardless of whether you click on a YouTube video or not. If you do not want this information to be sent to YouTube and Google, you can prevent it from being sent by logging out of your YouTube account before you visit our website.

These processing operations are only carried out if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.

The data protection regulations published by YouTube, which can be accessed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

14. Your rights as a person concerned

14.1 Right to confirmation

You have the right to ask us to confirm whether personal data concerning you is being processed.

14.2 Right to information Art. 15 DS-GVO

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

14.3 Right to correction Art. 16 DS-GVO

You have the right to request the correction of incorrect personal data concerning you. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

14.4 Deletion Art. 17 DS-GVO

You have the right to demand from us that the personal data concerning you be deleted immediately if one of the reasons provided by law applies and if the processing or storage is not necessary.

14.5 Restriction of processing Art. 18 DS-GVO

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

14.6 Data transferability Art. 20 DS-GVO

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you which you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to have this data communicated to another controller, without hindrance from us, to whom the personal data has been made available, provided that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter a DS-GVO or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a DS-GVO or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter b DS-GVO and the processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority delegated to us.

Furthermore, when exercising your right to data transfer in accordance with Art. 20 Paragraph 1 DS-GVO, you have the right to request that personal data be transferred directly from one person responsible to another, as far as this is technically feasible and provided that this does not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

14.7 Opposition Art. 21 DS-GVO

You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter e (data processing in the public interest) or f (data processing based on a balancing of interests) of the DG-GVO.

This also applies to profiling based on these provisions within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 DS-GVO.

If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

In individual cases we process personal data for the purpose of direct marketing. You may at any time object to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling, insofar as it is connected with such direct advertising. If you object to us processing your personal data for the purposes of direct marketing, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, you have the right to object, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 Par. 1 of the DS-GVO, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

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

14.8 Revocation of a data protection consent

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

14.9 Complaint to a supervisory authority

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

15. Topicality and amendment of the data protection declaration

This privacy policy is currently valid, state of: August 2020.

It may become necessary to amend this data protection declaration as a result of further development of our websites and offers or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at “https://om-science.com/datenschutzerklaerung/”.

This data protection declaration was created with the support of the data protection software: audatis MANAGER.