Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

We put great emphasis on protecting your data. In order to guarantee that you are fully informed about the collection and processing of personal data on our website, please read the information below. please read the information below.

CONTROLLER

CLARIUS.LEGAL Rechtsanwaltsaktiengesellschaft (based at: Neuer Wall 77, 20354 Hamburg, Germany) or “we” is a controller pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other national data protection laws of EU-member nations as well as other relevant data protection regulations. You can contact our data protection officer at dsb@clarius.legal.

COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

As a matter of principle, we collect and use your personal data only insofar as this is necessary for the provision of a functional website and our content and services (Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR). Furthermore, we store the technical information transmitted by the Internet provider (IP address, date and time of the request, website viewed) only for data security purposes, to ensure the tracking of unauthorized access to our web server, if necessary, and the data that you have voluntarily provided to us via our website, our contact form or by e-mail (such as your name and e-mail address) to process your requests (Art. 6 para. 1 (1b) or (1f) GDPR). When processing this data, we comply with the applicable legal provisions, in particular those of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws.

COOKIES

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. By law, we can store cookies on your device if they are absolutely necessary for the operation of this site. For all other cookie types, we need your permission.

This website uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third parties that appear on our pages. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time from the cookie statement on our site.

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Art. 6 1 (1f) GDPR. The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change (e.g. adoption of language settings). The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.

The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles. Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to our site by the user. Therefore, you as a user also have full control over the use of cookies By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can disable or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website in full.

We also use cookies, including those from third-party providers, to enable you to make the best possible use of our website. We take your preferences into account here and only process data for analysis purposes if you give us your consent by clicking on “Accept all”. You can withdraw your consent at any time with future effect via the “Manage cookie settings” link in the icon at the bottom of the website. You can find more information on this and on the cookies used in our privacy policy.

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NECESSARY (7)

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Name	Provider	Purpose
__cf_bm	Vimeo	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
CONSENT [x3]	Google YouTube	Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
CookieConsent	Cookiebot	Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain
elementor	clarius.lexemo.com	Used in context with the website’s WordPress theme. The cookie allows the website owner to implement or change the website’s content in real-time.
MATOMO_SESSID	clarius.legal	Used by Piwik Analytics Platform to track page requests from the visitor during the session.

PREFERENCES (2)

Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

Name	Provider	Purpose
collect_chat_page_load	Collect.chat	Allows the website to recoqnise the visitor, in order to optimize the chat-box functionality.
pll_language	clarius.lexemo.com	This cookie is used to determine the preferred language of the visitor and sets the language accordingly on the website, if possible.

STATISTICS (3)

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Name	Provider	Purpose
_dd_s	clariuslegal.bryter.io	Registers the website’s speed and performance. T his function can be used in context with statistics and load-balancing. T his function can be used in context with statistics and load-balancing.
dd_cookie_test_#	clariuslegal.bryter.io	Registers data on visitors’ website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization.
yt-player-headers-readable	YouTube	Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings.

MARKETING(12)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Name	Provider	Purpose
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	YouTube	Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
YSC	YouTube	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
yt.innertube::nextId	YouTube	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
yt.innertube::requests	YouTube	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY	YouTube	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
yt-remote-cast-available	YouTube	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
yt-remote-cast-installed	YouTube	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
yt-remote-connected-devices	YouTube	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
yt-remote-device-id	YouTube	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
yt-remote-fast-check-period	YouTube	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
yt-remote-session-app	YouTube	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
yt-remote-session-name	YouTube	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

UNCLASSIFIED (6)

Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.

Name	Provider
bryter:module:storage:bryter-module-1:returnPath	clarius.legal
bryter:module:storage:bryter-module-1:returnSearch	clarius.legal
course-view	clarius.lexemo.com
returnHash	clariuslegal.bryter.io
returnPath	clariuslegal.bryter.io
returnSearch	clariuslegal.bryter.io

COOKIEBOT

Our website uses the “Cookiebot” web service provided by Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark. Through its functions, we inform the user about the use of cookies on our website and allow the user to make a decision about their use. We use this service to ensure the full functionality of our website (Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR). In this context, your browser may transmit personal data to Cookiebot. he data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of its collection has been fulfilled. or more information on the handling of the transmitted data, please refer to the privacy policy of Cookiebot: https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/. You can prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by cookiebot.com by disabling the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser. Cookiebot stores data on a server in the USA. In order to legally secure this data transfer, we have concluded an order processing agreement with Cookiebot, in which we oblige Cookiebot to protect your data in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR. In order to meet the requirements of the GDPR, we have also concluded the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission with Cookiebot.

SPAM PROTECTION THROUGH COOL CAPTCHA

To protect our contact forms against spam, we use the Cool Captcha tool from the provider Polaris Media GmbH, Berliner Str. 206, 63067 Offenbach, Germany. Cool Captcha is GDPR-compliant, it does not store any personal data, no IP, and no browser recognition data. Only during the evaluation phase is aggregated, anonymized data temporarily stored to ensure that Cool Captcha works properly. More information on the provider’s data protection can be found on the following website: https://cool-captcha.de/privacy-policy/.

ONLINE-APPOINTMENT CALENDAR – MICROSOFT BOOKINGS

We use the Microsoft Bookings tool to schedule appointments with clients through our website. Microsoft Bookings is a service provided by Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 D18 P521, Ireland.
When you use Microsoft Bookings, the following categories of personal data about you are processed: IP address, name, e-mail address, phone number, notes, date and time (of the consent and of the appointment request). The legal basis for the processing of personal data is consent as of Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR. You can revoke your consent to the storage of data and its use at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
Microsoft Bookings is part of the cloud application Office 365. Data processing with Microsoft Office 365 takes place on servers in data centers in the EU. However, we cannot exclude a transfer to a third country (e.g. to Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmont, Washington 98052, USA for order processing and contract performance as well as own purposes). Microsoft certifies compliance with the principles of the EU-US data protection agreement “Data Privacy Framework” and thus an adequate level of protection for data processing is ensured. This enables a lawful transfer of personal data to a third country in accordance with European data protection regulations (cfr. Art. 45 GDPR). To learn more about the “Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) and to view the list of already DPF-certified companies, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.
Microsoft reserves the right to process customer data for its own legitimate business purposes. We have no control over this data processing by Microsoft. To the extent that Microsoft Teams processes personal data in connection with legitimate business purposes, Microsoft is the independent data controller for those data processing activities and, as such, is responsible for compliance with all applicable data protection laws. If you require information about Microsoft’s processing, please refer to the relevant Microsoft statement: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/data-privacy-notice.

E-MAIL NEWSLETTER

For sending a newsletter ordered by you, we use a newsletter sending tool of our service provider SendinBlue GmbH, Köpenickerstr. 126, 10179 Berlin. For the registration to our newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after your registration, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. For the purpose of registering for the newsletter, you will be redirected to an external website for this purpose. E-mail addresses of our newsletter subscribers as well as the associated registration data required for logging/proof of registration to the newsletter are stored on servers exclusively within the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). This data is processed exclusively on our behalf for sending the newsletter and for storing the registration data in the tool, not for other purposes and in particular not, for example, for a dispatch of own e-mail messages by the service provider to you. The legal basis for the use of the service provider is Art. 28 GDPR (processing by a processor).
The newsletters contain a “web beacon”, i.e. a pixel-sized file that enables us to evaluate on an anonymous basis whether and when a newsletter was opened and which links in the newsletter were clicked. This allows us to create aggregated statistics, for example, on the total number of newsletters opened by all subscribers. In this context, technical information such as information about your browser and your system, but not personal data or your IP address, is stored or processed. In particular, it is not possible for us to track whether you personally opened the newsletter or clicked on a link. We use the statistical analyses to be able to continuously optimize our newsletter. This analysis is carried out on our behalf by our service provider. The legal basis for sending our newsletter is Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR, your consent, as well as Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) (1b) GDPR, our common contractual basis on which we want to keep you up to date on certain topics.
If you do not wish to have your newsletter usage analyzed, we recommend that you unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking on the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter. When unsubscribing, please note that there is a transition and processing period for all our communication channels, as we sometimes work with an external service provider here and there is a certain lead time.

DURATIONOF DATA STORAGE

Personal data that we received via e-mail or via our website will only be stored as long as it serves the purpose it was provided for. The technical information mentioned above which is directly recorded on our server will be stored for 7 days and then deleted. The duration of storage of certain data amounts to up to 10 years only in cases where commercial or tax law dictate a retention obligation.

JOB POSTINGS

We publish job advertisements on our website and on various other portals. We exclusively collect and process your personal data for the purpose of filling vacancies in our business in accordance with Section 26 para. 1 German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). Categorically, your data will only be forwarded to those positions and departments in our business handling the specific application process. There is no further use or disclosure of your application data to third parties. Your personal data will generally be deleted no later than six months after the application process has concluded. This will not apply if certain legal regulations prevent a deletion, a further storage of your data as evidence is necessary, or you have given expressed consent to a longer storage period. Furthermore, you have the option to withdraw your consent to storage and processing of your application data at any time. Please send an e-mail to us at bewerbung@clarius.legal and we will delete your data immediately.

WEBINARE

To participate in virtual webinars, sessions or conferences, you must at least register for them and provide a name and your e-mail address. When conducting webinars, various types of data are processed. The scope of the data also depends on the data you provide before or during participation in a webinar.

We process your personal data for the following purposes:
To conduct webinars to enable you to participate (Art. 6 para. 1 (1a), (1b) GDPR).
Meeting metadata: topic, description (optional), participant IP addresses, device/hardware information.
For recordings: MP4 file of all video, audio and presentation recordings, M4A file of all audio recordings, text file of online meeting chat.
When dialing in with the telephone: information about the incoming and outgoing phone number, country name, start and end time. If necessary, additional connection data such as the IP address of the device can be saved.
Text, audio and video data: You may have the opportunity to use the chat, question or survey functions in an online meeting. In this respect, the text entries you make will be processed in order to display them in the online meeting and, if necessary, to record them. To send invitations to webinars by newsletter via the SendinBlue platform to enable you to participate and us to keep track of the participants (Art. 6 para. 1 (1a), (1b), (1f) GDPR). During the webinar, we record the participants, their attendance (time of joining and leaving) as well as any (voluntary) active participation in chat and surveys.

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

To conduct webinars to enable you to participate (Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) (1a), (1b) GDPR).
To send invitations to webinars by newsletter via the SendinBlue platform to enable you to participate and us to keep track of the participants (Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) (1a), (1b), (1f) GDPR).
With separate consent and active participation in the webinars via the chat function as part of the recording of the webinars in order to make them available to other participants afterwards (Art. 6 para. 1 (1a), (1f) GDPR).
During the webinar, we record the participants, their attendance (time of joining and leaving) as well as any (voluntary) active participation in chat and surveys. This is necessary for the organization, processing and last but not least for the issuance of certificates of participation (Art. 6 para. 1 (1b), (1f) GDPR).

We store your personal data as long as a contractual relationship with you or your employer exists, we have a legitimate interest in the further storage and use, or we are legally obligated to do so (retention obligation, in particular for tax reasons over a regular 10 years). As a rule, we will delete your data from our databases after the webinar has been held; insofar as you have actively participated in the webinar and consented to the recording, this will continue to be stored as part of the webinar for as long as the webinar corresponds to the current legal situation and there is therefore an overriding legitimate interest on our part in its further dissemination (Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR). After expiry of the respective time periods, we will delete your personal data without delay.
You can withdraw any consent you have given us to process your data (Art. 6 para. 1 (1a) GDPR) at any time. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we are legally permitted to do so. Furthermore, you can object to the further processing of your data if we process your data on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR). Insofar as we do not process your data for advertising purposes in this context, this requires a reason arising from your particular situation. In the event of an objection, we will no longer process your personal data to which the objection relates from the time of receipt during the subsequent review and will delete it after completion of the review – in the event of a justified objection (Section 36 German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), Art. 21 GDPR). A justified objection and a withdrawal have no influence on data processing operations that have already taken place.

PLATFORMS FOR CONDUCTING OUT WEBINARS

Zoom
We use Zoom as a tool to conduct webinars. Zoom is a service of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. which has its registered office at 55 Almaden Blvd, Suite 600, San Jose, CA 95113, USA and is represented in the EU by Lionheart Squared Ltd, 2 Pembroke House, Upper Pembroke Street 28-32, Dublin DO2 EK84, Ireland. The processing of personal data may thus also take place in a third country. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Zoom provider that complies with the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR. An adequate level of data protection is guaranteed on the one hand by the conclusion of the so-called EU standard contractual clauses. For more information about data privacy at Zoom, please visit the following page: https://explore.zoom.us/de/privacy/.

Microsoft Teams
Furthermore, we use the Microsoft Teams as a tool to conduct our webinars. Microsoft Teams is part of Microsoft Office 365, a software by Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 D18 P521, Ireland. Data processing with Microsoft Office 365 takes place on servers in data centers in the EU. However, access also by affiliated companies of Microsoft from outside the EU (including the USA) is not excluded. Microsoft certifies compliance with the principles of the EU-US data protection agreement “Data Privacy Framework” and thus an adequate level of protection for data processing is ensured. This enables a lawful transfer of personal data to a third country in accordance with European data protection regulations (cfr. Art. 45 GDPR). To learn more about the “Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) and to view the list of already DPF-certified companies, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.
Microsoft reserves the right to process customer data for its own legitimate business purposes. We have no control over this data processing by Microsoft. To the extent that Microsoft Teams processes personal data in connection with legitimate business purposes, Microsoft is the independent data controller for those data processing activities and, as such, is responsible for compliance with all applicable data protection laws. If you require information about Microsoft’s processing, please refer to the relevant Microsoft statement: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/data-privacy-notice.

LinkedIn Live Broadcast
In addition, our webinars can take place via LinkedIn Live broadcast. For this, please refer to the general notes on our social media channels below, there Instagram.

OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS

We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to be able to communicate with the applicants, customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our services there. We would like to point out that you use these sites and their functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating). Alternatively, you can also access the information we offer on our website at www.clarius.legal. When you visit our various online presences, the respective provider of the website collects your IP address as well as other information that is present on your PC in the form of cookies. The data collected about you in this context is processed by the respective provider and may be transferred to countries outside the EU. Which information the service providers receive and how they are used is described in general terms in their respective data usage guidelines. There you will also find information on contact options as well as on the setting options for advertisements. As the provider of the information service, we also collect and process data from your use of our service for the purposes of advertising and communication, to answer your questions and various products, services and events, and for recruiting purposes. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) and (1b) GDPR. Also in the case of requests for information and the assertion of user rights, we point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the users’ data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, you can of course contact us.

You can also find us at:

Xing: https://www.xing.com/companies/clarius.legalrechtsanwaltsaktiengesellschaft. We use the technical platform and services of New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany, for the information service offered there. The actual data protection information on Xing and additional information can be found on this website: https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clarius-legal. We use the technical platform and services of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland for the information service offered there. The actual data protection information on LinkedIn and additional information can be found on this website: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClariusLegal-105137465249826 at Facebook.com. We use the technical platform and services of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. The actual data protection information on Facebook and additional information can be found on this website: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/previous.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarius.legal/. We use the technical platform and services of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. The actual data protection information on Instagram and additional information can be found on this website: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/.
X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/ClariusLegal. We use the technical platform and services of Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland. The actual data protection information on X (Twitter) and additional information can be found on this website: https://twitter.com/en/privacy.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zB-6OMddvOtqiMBxDX49A. We use the technical platform and services of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The actual data protection information on Youtube and additional information can be found on this website: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB.

FANPAGES AUF FACEBOOK UND INSTAGRAM

We operate fan pages of the online providers Facebook.com and Instagram.com of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Meta” or “Facebook” and/or “Instagram”) in order to communicate there with you and other interested parties, among other things, and to provide information about us and our range of products and services.
We process the following categories of data:

Communication content such as messages and comments
“Like” or follow indications
Profile information such as pictures and other details published by you.
Among the above-mentioned details, there may also be special categories of personal data, the processing of which, however, is privileged pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 (e) GDPR.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to communicate with you, to inform you as well as to use the reach strength of Facebook and/or Instagram.
We have no influence on data processed by Meta under its own responsibility in accordance with Meta’s terms of use. Due to the constant development of Meta, the availability and processing of the data changes, so for more information, please refer to the privacy policy of Facebook and/or Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/previous and https://privacycenter.instagram.com/.
Please note: Meta also determines the IP address of the user for logged-in visitors. If you are a member of Facebook and/or Instagram and are logged in with your Facebook and/or Instagram profile at the same time as visiting our “fan page”, Facebook and/or Instagram will link your visit to your personal user account.
If you follow our respective fan page or make a “like” statement, Facebook and/or Instagram adds your profile to the list of all fans and makes it accessible to us. We can only see the public information of the profile. You decide what that is specifically in your Facebook and/or Instagram settings. You also have the option in your Facebook and/or Instagram settings (https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=privacy or https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/accounts/privacy_and_security/) to actively hide your “Like” indication or no longer follow the fan page. Then your profile will no longer appear in the list of fans of this fan page.
Facebook and/or Instagram provide us with statistics about our fans. These are anonymous demographic data, such as age, gender, or place of residence. We use these statistics to select relevant information for our posts or to commission targeted advertising on Facebook and/or Instagram for corresponding groups. We cannot link the statistical data with the profile data of our fans. You have the option to object to targeted advertising in your Facebook and/or Instagram settings.
The personal data of users from the EU remain in data centers within the EU. However, access to the data by US security authorities is not completely excluded. The basis for the data processing in this case is the EU-US data protection agreement “Data Privacy Framework” that enables the lawful transfer of personal data to a third country in accordance with the data protection regulations of the EU (cf. Art. 45 GDPR). To learn more about the “Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) and to view the list of already DPF-certified companies, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.

FACEBOOK UND INSTAGRAMINSIGHTS

Through the so-called “Insights” of the Facebook and/or Instagram fan page, statistical data of different categories are retrievable for us. These statistics are generated and provided by Facebook and/or Instagram. This function cannot be turned off or the generation and processing of the data prevented.
In the context of processing personal data for Insights statistics, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Meta”), are joint controllers pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR. As part of this, Meta provides information which you can find here: https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/help/441651653251838?id=419087378825961 and https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum. Part of the data collected by Meta during use is provided to us as a statistical evaluation in anonymized form. This statistical evaluation refers only to the audience, content and activity on our Instagram page. The evaluation includes the following data:
Number of “likes” of our photos and videos, number of comments on our photos and videos, number of people who have seen a photo or video, number of times a photo or video was shared, number of times a photo or video was reported as spam, number of times it was clicked that the user no longer likes the page. For us, no direct personal reference can be established, but for Meta. Due to the constant development of Instagram and Facebook, the availability and processing of the data changes, so for more information, please refer to the privacy policy of Facebook and / or Instagram at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/previous and https://privacycenter.instagram.com/. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to communicate with you, to inform you and to use the influence coverage of Facebook and/or Instagram.

Further information

To the extent that we process your personal data in the operation of the respective fan page, you are entitled to the rights set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you wish to assert your rights against Meta in addition, the easiest way to do so is to contact Meta directly. Meta knows both the details of the technical operation of the platform and the associated data processing as well as the specific purposes of the data processing and can implement appropriate measures upon request if you exercise your rights. We will be happy to assist you in asserting your rights to the extent possible and will forward your requests to Meta.

TWITTER

We use the technical platform and services of Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland (“Twitter”) for the short message service offered here. We would like to point out that you use the Twitter short message service offered here and its functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. sharing, rating). Alternatively, you can also access the information offered via this service on our website at https://clarius.legal/.
The data collected about you when using the service is processed by Twitter and may be transferred to countries outside the EU (in particular to the USA). This data includes your IP address, the application you use, information about the terminal device you use (including device ID and application ID), information about visited websites, your location and your mobile provider. This data is assigned to the data of your Twitter account or your Twitter profile. We have no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by Twitter, the way it is processed and used, or the transfer of this data to third parties. Information on what data is processed by Twitter and for what purposes can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy (https://twitter.com/en/privacy) and on the possibility of viewing your own data on Twitter (https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/accessing-your-twitter-data).
Furthermore, you have the option to request information via the Twitter privacy form or the archive requests: https://support.twitter.com/forms/privacy https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-download-your-twitter-archive.
We as the provider of the information service also collect and process the following data from your use of our short message service:

Communication content such as messages and comments
“Like” or follow indications
Profile information such as pictures and other details published by you.
Among the above-mentioned details, there may also be special categories of personal data, the processing of which, however, is privileged pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 (e) GDPR.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to communicate with you, to inform you as well as to use the reach strength of Twitter.
You have options to restrict the processing of your data in the general settings of your Twitter account as well as under the item “Privacy and security”. In addition, you can restrict Twitter’s access to contact and calendar data, photos, location data, etc. on mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers) in the settings options there. However, this depends on the operating system used. More information on these points is available on the following Twitter support pages: https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/twitter-privacy-settings.
Twitter buttons or widgets integrated into websites and the use of cookies enable Twitter to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your Twitter profile. Based on this data, content or advertising can be offered tailored to you. Information on this and on the available setting options can be found on the following Twitter support pages: https://help.twitter.com/de/using-twitter/tailored-suggestions https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies.

We use the information service offered on LinkedIn.com via LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The data controller for individuals living in the designated countries of the GDPR (EU, EEA and Switzerland) is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”).
We process the following categories of data:

Communication content such as messages and comments
“Like” or follow indications
Profile information such as pictures and other details published by you.
Among the above-mentioned details, there may also be special categories of personal data, the processing of which, however, is privileged pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 (e) GDPR.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to communicate with you, to inform you as well as to use the reach strength of LinkedIn.
Further user data is processed via LinkedIn Insights (analysis services for use and interaction with LinkedIn pages). On the part of LinkedIn, no personal data is made available to us. We only receive numerical evaluations from LinkedIn on the use and interaction of users with the LinkedIn page. Further information about the processing of insights data in the case of interactions with the LinkedIn page can be found here:
https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum.
We have no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by LinkedIn, the way in which it is processed and used, or the transfer of this data to third parties. We also have no effective control options in this respect.
LinkedIn collects and processes not only your voluntarily entered data such as profile, login, contact and calendar data, but also, for example, location and device information as well as IP addresses. By means of cookies or similar technologies, LinkedIn can also identify you outside of its own services and across different devices. LinkedIn collects and analyzes data from the content, news and messages you post and upload, as well as data from partners and affiliates, such as information provided by your workplace/educational institution, third-party websites or services. For more information, please visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Basically, all information that you provide in your so-called “public profile” is also visible outside of LinkedIn and in search engines. Even with the non-public profile, members who log into the network and customers of LinkedIn services can see the content. This also applies to your activities within the service, such as comments on posts, “Like” tags or the “Follow” function. Group memberships are also publicly visible. When you share posts, the default setting is for this to be public. In the options, you can limit the visibility of these posts to your contacts. You can also specify in LinkedIn’s settings whether you want to share your contact list with all your contacts. Options to restrict the processing and visibility of your data are available in your LinkedIn account under “Settings and privacy”.

XING

We operate a company page on Xing.com of New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany (“Xing”).
As the operator of the company page on Xing, we have access to statistical analyses via Xing BrandManager and Recruiter Insights about the hits on the company page. This data is available in aggregated and anonymized form and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the individual visitors to our company page. We only receive numerical evaluations from Xing on the number of visitors and followers of the Xing page and the number of entries as employer of choice and use these statistical evaluations to make the information provided for visitors to our company page continuously attractive and to align it with user interests.
If users are logged in to Xing via a user account at the same time as calling up the company page, information about the service call up can be assigned to the respective user account. This information is also available to us as the operator of the company page. We process the information transmitted through this on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR (legitimate interest). We use this information, for example, for the purpose of targeted responses to inquiries.
Visitors of our company website who are logged in in Xing also have the option of using interactive functionalities, such as the Like symbol or sharing and commenting on posts, as part of their visit. During this use, personal data and information are visible to us and also to other visitors to the company site, and a direct personal assignment may be made. We have no influence on the interactive functionalities and the visibility of user activities on our company page on Xing. The provision of information can be avoided by logging out of Xing via the user account before calling up the company page.
You can access the data protection information on Xing and supplementary information on this website: https://privacy.xing.com/en.

YOUTUBE

We use the YouTube.com platform to post our own videos and make them publicly available. YouTube video portal is the offer of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Some Internet pages of our offer contain links or connections to the YouTube offer. In general, we are not responsible for the content of websites to which links are provided. In the event that you follow a link to YouTube, however, we would like to point out that YouTube stores the data of its users (e.g. personal information, IP address) in accordance with its own data usage guidelines and uses it for business purposes.
We also directly embed videos stored on YouTube on some of our web pages. With this integration, content from the YouTube website is displayed in parts of a browser window. However, the YouTube videos are only called up by clicking on them separately. This technique is also called “framing”. If you call up a (sub-)page of our website on which YouTube videos are embedded in this form, a connection is established to the YouTube servers and the content is displayed on the website by informing your browser. The integration of YouTube content only takes place in “extended data protection mode”. YouTube itself provides this mode and thus ensures that YouTube does not initially save any cookies on your device. However, when the relevant pages are called up, the IP address and, if applicable, other data are transmitted and thus, in particular, which of our Internet pages you have visited. However, this information cannot be assigned to you unless you have logged in to YouTube or another Google service (e.g. Google+) before accessing the page or are permanently logged in.
As soon as you start the playback of an embedded video by clicking on it, YouTube only stores cookies on your device through the extended privacy mode, which do not contain any personally identifiable data, unless you are currently logged in to a Google service. These cookies can be prevented by appropriate browser settings and extensions. Options to restrict the processing of your data are available in the general settings of your Google account. In addition, Google also offers specific privacy settings for YouTube. You can learn more about this in the guide to data protection in Google products: https://policies.google.com/technologies/product-privacy?hl=en&gl=de.
YouTube processes your personal data in third countries, including the USA. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data in the USA. The basis for the data processing in this case is the EU-US data protection agreement “Data Privacy Framework” that enables the lawful transfer of personal data to a third country in accordance with the data protection regulations of the EU (cf. Art. 45 GDPR). To learn more about the “Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) and to view the list of already DPF-certified companies, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.
Address and link to the privacy policy of the third-party provider:
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy,
Opt-out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

GOOGLE ADS (FORMERLY GOOGLE ADWORDS)

We use on our website “Google Ads”, a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, in the EU/EEA and in Switzerland is represented by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ads enables us to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising media (so-called Google Ads). This enables us to determine how successful individual advertising measures are. These advertising media are delivered by Google via so-called “Ad Servers”. For this purpose, we use so-called ad server cookies, which can be used to measure certain parameters for measuring success, such as display of the ads or clicks by users.
If you access our website via a Google ad, Google Ads will store a cookie on your PC. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days. They are not intended to identify you personally. The following information is usually stored as analysis values for this cookie: unique cookie ID, number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), last impression (relevant for post-view conversions), opt-out information (marking that the user no longer wishes to be addressed). These cookies allow Google to recognize your web browser. If a user visits certain pages of an Ads customer’s website and the cookie stored on their computer has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page. A different cookie is assigned to each Ads customer. Cookies can therefore not be tracked across Ads customers’ websites. We ourselves do not collect or process any personal data in the aforementioned advertising measures. We only receive statistical evaluations from Google. Based on these evaluations, we can see which of the advertising measures used are particularly effective. We do not receive any further data from the use of the advertising tools; in particular, we cannot identify users on the basis of this information. Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google’s server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of Google Ads. According to our knowledge, Google receives the information that you have called up the relevant part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you have a user account with Google and are registered, Google can assign the visit to your user account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that Google may obtain and store your IP address.
We use Google Ads for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to serve relevant and interesting ads to you, to improve campaign performance reports and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR. In addition, we ask for your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR when you visit our site. You can revoke your consent to the storage of data and its use at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We point out that in this case you may not be able to use all features of our website in full. Preventing the storage of cookies is also possible by setting your web browser to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com” (https://adssettings.google.de/anonymous?hl=en). We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies. In addition, you can deactivate interest-based ads via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices. Please note that this setting will also be deleted when you delete your cookies.
Google processes data from you in the USA, among other places. Google certifies compliance with the principles of the EU-US data protection agreement “Data Privacy Framework” and thus an adequate level of protection for data processing is ensured. This enables a lawful transfer of personal data to a third country in accordance with European data protection regulations (cfr. Art. 45 GDPR). To learn more about the “Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) and to view the list of already DPF-certified companies, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. You can find Google’s data processing terms and conditions at https://business.safety.google/intl/en/adsprocessorterms/.
Further information on data use by Google, on setting and objection options, and on data protection can be found on the following Google web pages: Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

MICROSOFTBing Ads

On our pages, we use the conversion tracking of Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. In doing so, Microsoft Bing Ads stores a cookie on your computer if you have reached our website via a Microsoft Bing ad. In this way, Microsoft Bing and we can recognize that someone has clicked on an ad, been redirected to our website and reached a previously determined target page (conversion page). We only learn the total number of users who clicked on a Bing ad and were then redirected to the conversion page.
The processing is based on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR. You can revoke your consent to the storage of data and its use at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking procedure, you can refuse the setting of a cookie required for this – a for example, via browser settings at https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/ad-settings/signedout, which generally deactivate the automatic setting of cookies. Further information on data protection and the cookies used by Microsoft Bing can be found on the Microsoft website: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/data-privacy-notice.
Microsoft processes your personal data in the USA, among other places. This enables a lawful transfer of personal data to a third country in accordance with European data protection regulations (cfr. Art. 45 GDPR). To learn more about the “Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) and to view the list of already DPF-certified companies, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.

SENDINBLUE

We use Sendinblue as the newsletter software. Your data will be transmitted to Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenickerstr. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany (“Sendinblue”). Sendinblue is prohibited from selling your data and using it for purposes other than sending newsletters. Sendinblue is a German, certified provider, which was selected according to the requirements of the GDPR and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The data entered by you for the purpose of receiving newsletters (e.g. e-mail address) is stored on the servers of Sendinblue. The hosting servers on which Sendinblue processes and stores the databases are located in Germany.
If you do not want Sendinblue to analyze your data, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also unsubscribe directly on the website. With the help of Sendinblue, it is possible for us to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message was opened and which links, if any, were clicked. In this way, we can determine, among other things, which links were clicked on particularly often. We can also see whether certain predefined actions were performed after opening/clicking (conversion rate). We can thus see, for example, whether you have made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter. Sendinblue also allows us to subdivide (“cluster”) newsletter recipients based on various categories. In doing so, newsletter recipients can be subdivided by age, gender or place of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups.
For detailed information on the Sendinblue functions, please refer to the following link: https://www.sendinblue.com/information-for-email-recipients/.
The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 (1a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you have provided 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 Sendinblue after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data that has been stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remains unaffected by this. For more details, please refer to the privacy policy of Sendinblue at: www.en.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/.
We have concluded a contract with Sendinblue in which we oblige Sendinblue to protect our customers’ data and not to pass it on to third parties. Information about this contract and a sample can be found at the following link: https://www.sendinblue.com/gdpr/.

WOOCOMMERCE

We have integrated the open-source online store system WooCommerce as a plugin on our website. This WooCommerce plugin is based on the WordPress content management system, which is a subsidiary of Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA (“Automattic”). Through the implemented functions, data is sent to Automattic, stored and processed.
We use this e-commerce platform to offer you our physical or digital products or services in the best possible way on our website. The aim is to provide you with simple and easy access to our offer, so that you can easily and quickly get to your desired products. This is also our legitimate interest in optimizing our online service and presenting it attractively. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR. In addition, we ask for your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) GDPR when you visit our site. You can revoke your consent to the storage of data and its use at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
Information that you actively enter into a text field in our online store can be collected and stored by Automattic. So when you register with us or order a product, Automattic may collect, process and store this data. This may include credit card or billing information in addition to e-mail address, name or address. Automattic may also use this information for its own marketing campaigns.
In addition, there is information that Automattic automatically collects from you in so-called server log files: IP address, browser information, default language setting, date and time of web access.
Automattic also sets cookies in your browser and uses technologies such as pixel tags (web beacons), for example, to clearly identify you as a user and possibly offer interest-based advertising. Automattic uses a number of different cookies that are set depending on the user action. This means, for example, that when you add a product to your shopping cart, a cookie is set so that the product remains in the shopping cart when you leave our website and visit it again at a later time.
Unless there is a legal obligation to retain data for a longer period of time, Automattic will delete the data when it is no longer needed for its own purposes for which it was stored. For example, server log files that receive technical data about your browser and IP address are deleted after about 30 days. Until then, Automattic uses the data to analyze traffic on its own websites and to fix possible problems. The data is stored on Automattic’s US servers.
In your browser, you also have the option to individually manage, delete or disable cookies. However, please note that disabled or deleted cookies have possible negative effects on the functions of our WooCommerce online store. Depending on which browser you use, managing cookies works slightly differently.
Automattic processes your personal data in third countries, including the USA. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data in the USA. The basis for the data processing in this case is the EU-US data protection agreement “Data Privacy Framework” that enables the lawful transfer of personal data to a third country in accordance with the data protection regulations of the EU (cf. Art. 45 GDPR). To learn more about the “Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) and to view the list of already DPF-certified companies, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.
More details about the privacy policy and which data is collected in which way by Automattic can be found at https://automattic.com/privacy/and general information about WooCommerce at https://woocommerce.com/.

YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT

If your personal data is being processed, you are a data subject according to the GDPR and are entitled to the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

You are entitled to access information about whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.
You have the right to rectification and/ or completion of personal data concerning you vis-à-vis the controller insofar as the data concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete.
In accordance with the legal requirements, you are entitled to request a restriction of processing of personal data concerning you.
You are entitled to request from the controller to immediately delete the personal data concerning you (right to data erasure).
Furthermore, you have a right to data portability.
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with regards to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR.
For reasons arising from your particular situation, you are entitled to object to the processing of personal data concerning you at any time, according to Art. 6 para. 1 (1f) or (1f) GDPR.
Finally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (e.g. Der Hamburgische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (HmbBfDI) Kurt-Schumacher-Allee 4, 20097 Hamburg, Germany mailbox@datenschutz.hamburg.de or the respective supervisory authority in your country of residency).

If you no longer consent with the storage of your personal data or if you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject, we will comply with your request within the scope of regulatory requirements. Please do not hesitate to contact dsb@clarius.legal or the person listed in our legal notice with questions, requests and suggestions regarding the processing of your personal data and for information, correction, restriction or erasure of data, as well as objecting to a processing of your personal data.