Privacy policy

1. data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website; Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified; Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator; You can find their contact details in the legal notice of this website;

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us; This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form;

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website; This is mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of the page view); This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website;

What we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors; Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior;

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time; You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data; You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions on the subject of data protection; You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority;

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated; This is done primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs; The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools; Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy;

You can object to this analysis; We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy;

2. general notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously; We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy;

When you use this website, various personal data is collected; Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally; This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done;

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps; Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible;

Note on the responsible body

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

YOUR TIMES GmbH
REAL ESTATE
Ms. Judith Lenz
Hagenstr. 9
D-14193 Berlin
tel: +49 (0) 30 / 39716900
info@your-times.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.);

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent; You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time; All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation;

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority; The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based; A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format; If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible;

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses an SSL-encrypted connection; TLS encryption You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line;

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties;

Information, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data; You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

Objection to advertising emails

The use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby rejected; The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails;

3. contact person for data protection

The following contact person is available to answer your questions about data protection at our company;

YOUR TIMES GmbH
REAL ESTATE
Ms. Judith Lenz
Hagenstr. 9
D-14193 Berlin
tel: +49 (0) 30 / 39716900
info@your-times.com

4. data collection on our website

Cookies

The Internet pages partly use so-called cookies; Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses; Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser;

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”; They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit; Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them; These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser; If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted;

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; 1 lit. f GDPR is stored The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services; Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy;

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us; These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

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

Registration on this website

You can register on our website to use additional functions on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered; The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration;

In the event of important changes, for example to the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we will use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way.

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation;

The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted; Statutory retention periods remain unaffected;

Comment function on this website

For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your e-mail address and, if you are not posting anonymously, the user name you have chosen will be saved;

Storage of the IP address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments; As we do not check comments on our site before they are activated, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda;

Subscribe to comments

As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided; You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the info mails; The data entered when subscribing to comments will be deleted in this case; however, if you have transmitted this data to us for other purposes and elsewhere (e.g. newsletter subscription), it will remain with us.

Storage duration of comments

The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

Legal basis

The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation;

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as it is necessary for the establishment, content or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data); This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para; 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures; We collect, process and use personal data about the use of our website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable or charge the user for the use of the service;

The customer data collected will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship; Statutory retention periods remain unaffected;

5. analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”; These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed; 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;

The storage of Google Analytics cookies takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para; 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising;

IP anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website; As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA; Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there; Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator; The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data;

Browser Plugin

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; 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 downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link; Es wird ein Opt-Out-Cookie gesetzt, der die Erfassung Ihrer Daten bei zukünftigen Besuchen dieser Website verhindert: Google Analytics deaktivieren.

You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order data processing

We have concluded a contract with Google for commissioned data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics; This allows reports to be created that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of the site visitors; This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and from visitor data from third-party providers; This data cannot be assigned to a specific person; You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section “Objection to data collection”;

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Inc (“Google”). The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;

Google AdSense uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site; Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to analyze information such as visitor traffic on these pages;

The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there; This information may be passed on by Google to Google’s contractual partners; However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you;

The storage of AdSense cookies takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para; 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising;

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; By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above;

Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;

This function makes it possible to link the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick; In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one end device (e.g. cell phone) can also be displayed on another of your end devices (e.g. tablet or PC)

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google account for this purpose; In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be displayed on every end device on which you log in with your Google account;

To support this function, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create target groups for cross-device advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by deactivating personalized advertising in your Google account by following this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The summary of the data collected in your Google account is based exclusively on your consent, which you can give or revoke at Google (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). For data collection processes that are not merged into your Google account (e.g. because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merging), the collection of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes;

Further information and the privacy policy can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

Google AdWords und Google Conversion-Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).

As part of Google AdWords, we use what is known as conversion tracking; When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking; Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer; These 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.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie; The cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers; The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking; Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified; If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under user settings; They will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics;

The storage of “conversion cookies” takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para; 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising;

You can find more information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser; If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted;

6. 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 is only collected on a voluntary basis; We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties;

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter; The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation;

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter; Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the members’ area) remain unaffected by this.

7. plugins and tools

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts; When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly;

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers; This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address; The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers; This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para; 1 lit. f GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer;

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