Data protection

Responsible for compliance with the provisions of applicable data protection laws, particularly of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

DANGO & DIENENTHAL Management GmbH
Hagener Straße 103
57072 Siegen
Germany

+ 49 271 401-0
contact [at] dango-dienenthal [dot] de

 

DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

As a data subject, you shall have the right to contact our data protection officer via the indicated contact data to exercise at any time the right to:

  • Confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed, and, where that is the case, the right to access the personal data (Article 15 GDPR),
  • Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Article 16 GDPR),
  • Erasure of personal data concerning him or her (“right to be forgotten”) (Article 17 GPDR),
  • Restriction of processing where the data subject’s personal data must not be erased for legal grounds (Article 18 GDPR),
  • Object to processing of the data subject’s personal data (Article 21 GPDR)
  • Data portability: the data subject shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her, where the processing is based on consent or on a contract (Article 20 GDPR).

As a data subject, you shall have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

Every data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of his or her habitual residence or with the supervisory authority responsible for us.

A list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) including their addresses is available at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

 

RECORDING OF GENERAL INFORMATION DURING A VISIT OF OUR WEBSITE

Nature and purpose of the processing

Whenever you access our website, i.e. even when you have not registered or are not transmitting any other type of information, information of general nature of your visit will still be recorded automatically. The data contained in log files contain information on the web browser and the operating system you are using, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

This information is processed for the following purposes:

  • Securing trouble-free linking to and running of the website,
  • Securing trouble-free use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability, and
  • Optimization of our website.

From this data no conclusions shall be drawn as to your personal identity. This data may solely be used in an anonymized way for statistical evaluations with the aim to enhance our website and the underlying technology.

Legal basis & legitimate interest

Processing shall be performed on the ground of our legitimate interest to enhance the stability and functionality of our website pursuant to point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR.

Recipients

If applicable, this data may be received by technical service providers active as subcontractors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period

The data shall be erased as soon as the purpose for the collection no longer exists. For data serving the purpose of operating the website this is generally the case when the respective session has been closed.

For data stored in log files this happens at the latest after 14 days. Storage beyond this period is ruled out. Likewise any relating of data to the visitor of the website is ruled out due to the fact that the users’ IP addresses are anonymized.

Provision of data required by law or where necessary

Provision of the above mentioned personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. But without knowledge of the IP address, operation and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, certain services may not be available at all or only to a limited extent. For this reason, objection to the use of this data shall be ruled out.

 

CONTACT FORM

Nature and purpose of the processing

The entered data shall be stored solely for the purpose of communicating with the data subject. This requires the entry of a valid email address and the user's name. These data shall be used to relate the enquiry and the subsequent reply. Entry of any other data shall be optional.

Legal basis

Processing of data entered in the contact form shall be for the purposes of legitimate interests (point 1 of Article 6 (1) GDPR).

With the contact form we offer the users of our website a convenient way to get in contact with us. The data entered by the users shall be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for any responses and replies.

In the case of a request for a quotation, the data entered in the contact form shall be used to take steps at the request of the user prior to entering into a contract (point 1 Article 6 (1) GDPR).

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be order processors, for example.

Storage period

The data shall be erased at the latest 6 months from the processing of the enquiry.

In the event that a contract results from the enquiry, storage periods shall be governed by the stipulations in the German Commercial Code and, after expiry of the applicable storage periods, the corresponding data shall be erased.

Provision of data required by law or where necessary:

The provision of personal data is voluntary. However, processing of an enquiry shall only be possible provided that the user of the contact form has entered his or her name, email address and the subject of the enquiry.

 

NEWSLETTER

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only on a voluntary basis. For the handling of the newsletter, we use newsletter service providers, which are described below.

CleverReach

This website uses CleverReach for the sending of newsletters. The provider is the CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Schafjückenweg 2, 26180 Rastede, Germany (hereinafter “CleverReach”). CleverReach is a service that can be used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. The data you have entered for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletter (e.g., e-mail address) are stored on servers of CleverReach in Germany or in Ireland.

Newsletters we send out via CleverReach allow us to analyze the user patterns of our newsletter recipients. Among other things, in conjunction with this, it is possible how many recipients actually opened the newsletter e-mail and how often which link inside the newsletter has been clicked. With the assistance of a tool called Conversion Tracking, we can also determine whether an action that has been predefined in the newsletter actually occurred after the link was clicked (e.g., purchase of a product on this website). For more information on the data analysis services by CleverReach newsletters, please go to: https://www.cleverreach.com/en/features/reporting-tracking/.

The data is processed based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke any consent you have given at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place prior to your revocation.

If you do not want to permit an analysis by CleverReach, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for you to do this in every newsletter message.

The data deposited with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or the newsletter service provider and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes with us remain unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist, if such action is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used only for this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

For more details, please consult the Data Protection Provisions of CleverReach at: https://www.cleverreach.com/en/privacy-policy/.

 

LEADINFO

We have integrated Leadinfo on this website. The provider is Leadinfo / Team.Blue GmbH, Bunsenstr. 19, 40215 Düsseldorf (hereinafter referred to as “Leadinfo”).

Leadinfo enables us to record visits to our website by members of other companies. For this purpose, the IP address of the website visitor is compared with the company IP addresses stored in Leadinfo’s company database. If this is the IP address of a company, this visit and the user behavior will be recorded. IP addresses that are not in Leadinfo’s database are deleted immediately, meaning that website visits by private individuals are ignored by Leadinfo.

Leadinfo is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in recording company visits to our website and their user behavior. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further details can be found in the provider's privacy policy at https://www.leadinfo.com/de/datenschutz/.

 

USE OF MATOMO

This website uses Matomo (previously Piwik), an open-source analytics platform for statistical analyses of website visits. Matomo is provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.

Matomo stores a cookie (a data file) on your terminal device enabling future recognition of your web browser. When visiting subpages of our website, the following information will be stored:

  • The visitor’s IP address short of the last two bytes (anonymized)
  • Designation of the visited subpage and time of access
  • The website from which the visitor has connected to our website (referrer)
  • The web browser, type of plug-ins, operating system and monitor resolution
  • Time spent on the website
  • The pages addressed from the activated subpage

We use Matomo in order to enhance the quality of our website and its content. This gives us insight in how our website is used and a basis to optimize our web offer on a continuous basis.

By anonymizing the IP address by six digits, we take due account of our website visitors’ concern about the protection of their personal data. No use shall be made of data to identify visitors of our website in person or to relate any such data with other data. None of the information generated by the cookie during your visit of this website shall be released to any third party.

Withdrawal of consent

The below link enables you to withdraw at any time your consent to the storage and analysis of your data by Matomo. Upon the withdrawal of your consent, an Opt-Out cookie, active for two years, will be stored on your device. While the Opt-Out cookie is active, Matomo will not collect any session data. Please note that, if you delete all cookies from your device, you will also delete the Opt-Out cookie.

More information on the privacy settings enabled by the Matomo software is available at:  https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.

You may also disable the use of cookies in your browser settings. However, please note that this may lead to restricted usability of the functions provided by this website. 

 

GOOGLE SERVICES 

Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Tel: +353 1 543 1000, Fax: +353 1 686 5660.
Google Analytics uses cookies that enable us to analyze the use of our website. The information collected by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

We use Google Signals. This collects additional information in Google Analytics about users who have activated personalized ads (interests and demographic data) and the ads can be delivered to these users in cross-device remarketing campaigns

In Google Analytics 4, the anonymization of IP addresses is activated by default. Due to IP anonymization, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
During your website visit, your user behavior is recorded in the form of “events”. Events can be:

  • Page views
  • First visit to the website
  • Start of the session
  • Visited web pages
  • Your “click path”, interaction with the website
  • Scrolls (whenever a user scrolls to the end of the page (90%))
  • Clicks on external links
  • Internal search queries
  • Interaction with videos
  • File downloads
  • Viewed / clicked ads
  • Language setting 

Also recorded:

  • Your approximate location (region)
  • Date and time of your visit
  • Your IP address (in abbreviated form)
  • Technical information about your browser and the end devices you use (e.g. language setting, screen resolution)
  • Your internet provider
  • The referrer URL (via which website/advertising medium you came to this website)

Google will use this information to evaluate your pseudonymous use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyze the performance of our website and to improve our services for our customers.

Possible recipients of your data are Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as processor according to Art. 28 GDPR) as well as Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Alphabet Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

For the USA, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on July 10, 2023. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework. Since Google servers are distributed worldwide and a transfer to third countries (for example to Singapore) cannot be completely ruled out, we have also concluded the EU standard contractual clauses with the provider.
The data sent by us and linked to cookies is deleted automatically. The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is 2 years. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TDDDG.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by accessing the cookie settings [here (please insert the link to the consent tool)] and changing your selection there. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the outset by setting your browser software accordingly. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the functionality of this and other websites. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by clicking:
a. Do not give your consent to the setting of cookies or
b. download and install the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics here. https://tools.google.com/<wbr>dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
You can find more information on the terms of use of Google Analytics and on data protection at Google at https://marketingplatform.<wbr>google.com/about/analytics/<wbr>terms/de/ and at https://policies.google.com/?<wbr>hl=de.        
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.

Google Ads

Type and scope of processing
This website uses Google Ads. Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Tel: +353 1 543 1000, Fax: +353 1 686 5660, E-Mail: support-deutschlandnoSpam@googlenoSpam.com
Google Ads is a service for displaying targeted advertising to users. Google Ads uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behaviour and recognize users.
Google Ads collects information about visitor behavior on various websites. This information is used to optimize the relevance of advertising. Furthermore, Google Ads delivers targeted advertising based on behavioral profiles and geographical location. Your IP address and other identification features such as your user agent are transmitted to the provider.
If you are registered with a Google Ireland Limited service, Google Ads can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google Ireland Limited or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider will find out and store your IP address and other identification features.
In this case, your data will be passed on to the operator of Google Ads, Google Ireland Limited.

Purpose and legal basis
We process your data with the help of Google Ads for the purpose of optimizing our website and for marketing purposes on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR.
You can change your settings at any time via the cookie settings ((please link accordingly here))
You can find more information about Google Ads in Google's privacy policy:
https://www.google.de/<wbr>policies/privacy/

Storage period 
The cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page
The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google Ads: https://policies.google.com/<wbr>privacy

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager, a service provided by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google Tag Manager is a technical tool with which we can centrally manage website tags. The Google Tag Manager itself does not process any personal data; it only ensures the loading of other components (e.g. analysis or marketing tags), which in turn can collect data. These components are described separately in our privacy policy.
The basis for the use of Google Tag Manager is our legitimate interest in the efficient management of website tags in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. However, if the Google Tag Manager loads tags that access data that is not technically necessary (e.g. marketing tags), this is done exclusively on the basis of your prior consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TDDDG and Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
We have concluded an order processing contract with Google in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. Due to the use of Google services, it cannot be ruled out that technical information (e.g. IP address) will be transmitted to the USA. Google is certified in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Framework, which was recognized as appropriate by the European Commission on 10 July 2023. In addition, we have concluded the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) with Google to ensure an adequate level of data protection.
Further information on Google Tag Manager can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/<wbr>policies/privacy/.

USE OF TYPEKIT FONTS FROM ADOBE FONTS

We use Typekit web fonts from Adobe Fonts in our website. Adobe Fonts is a service of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies (4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland; hereinafter referred to as “Adobe”), which allows us access to their font library.

In order for your browser to be able to embed the fonts used in this website, your browser will have to link to one of the Adobe servers in the USA and download the fonts needed for this website. As a result, Adobe will receive the information that our website has been accessed from your IP address.

Further information about Adobe Fonts is available in Adobe Fonts’ Privacy Policy statements which can be accessed via this link:  https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html

In case your browser does not support web fonts, or you have not given your consent to this, your computer will use a standard font.

Withdrawal of consent:

For the time being, the provider of this website does not provide the users the option to opt out or block the transfer of data via a direct feature. To stop the tracking of your activities on this website, you may, however, withdraw your consent in the cookie consent tool to reject certain or all cookie categories, unless those cookies and data transfers necessary for technical reasons. If you do so, this may result in your being no longer able to use our website at all, or to use only to a limited extent.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA / PLUGINS

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated YouTube site. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, phone: +353 1 543 1000, fax: +353 1 686 5660, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com (‘Google’ or synonymously ‘YouTube’). We have integrated the service with a so-called two-click solution. A connection to the Google servers is only established when you click on the corresponding placeholder. When a video is accessed via YouTube, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

LinkedIn

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn ‘Recommend’ button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. Further information on this can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Instagram ("meta")

This is an offer from Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (‘Meta Platforms Ireland’).
As part of the use of our online presence on Instagram, data is generally also transmitted to the USA. For the USA, there is an adequacy decision by the European Commission for data processing by US companies that fall under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) with appropriate certification. Processing by Meta Platforms, Inc. is carried out on the basis of certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. 
Meta offers the operators of Facebook and Instagram accounts the opportunity to obtain an overview of the use of the fan page or Instagram account and its users via the Page Insights functions. Page Insights can be used to access and analyse statistical data in particular. Data processing in the context of visiting our Instagram presence is based on an agreement on joint responsibility in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. 
Further information on data protection at Instagram can be found at: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy 

 

SSL ENCRYPTION

To assure maximum possible security of your personal data during data transfers, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (such as SSL) via HTTPS.

 

RIGHT TO OBJECT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 GDPR

Right to object on grounds relating to the data subject’s particular situation

You shall have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you based on point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), including profiling as defined in Article 4 (4) GDPR.

We shall no longer process your personal data unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedom or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Where to address the objection

DANGO & DIENENTHAL Management GmbH

Hagener Straße 103
57072 Siegen
Germany

 

AMENDMENT OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to adjust this data protection statement to changing legal requirements and to amendments to our services, as the introduction of new functionalities, for example. For any and all visits of our website the data protection statement valid from time to time shall apply.

 

QUESTIONS ON OUR PRIVACY POLICY

For any questions on our privacy policy, please send us an email, if you like directly to our Data Protection Officer:

GINDAT GmbH

Mr. Arndt Halbach
Wetterauer Straße 6
42897 Remscheid

datenschutz [at] dango-dienenthal [dot] de

The German version of this data protection statement was generated with support of activeMind AG, Data Protection Officer (Version #2020-09-30).