Data protection declaration
1. Introduction
With the following information, we would like to give you, as a "data subject", an overview of the processing of your personal data by us and your rights under data protection laws. A use of our websites is possible in principle without entering personal data. If you wish to use special services of our company via our website, however, a processing of personal data could be necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain your consent.
The processing of personal data, for example your name, address or e-mail address, always takes place in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to "TWINSOFT GmbH & Co KG". By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about the scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us.
As data controllers, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transfer personal data to us by alternative means, for example by phone or post.
You can also take simple and easily implemented measures to protect yourself against unauthorized access to your data by third parties. Therefore, we would like to give you some advice on the safe handling of your data:
l Protect your account (login, user or customer account) and your IT system (computer, laptop, tablet or mobile device) with secure passwords.
l Only you should have access to the passwords.
l Ensure that you always use your passwords only for an account (login, user or customer account).
l Do not use a password for different websites, applications or online services.
l In particular, when using publicly available IT systems or used jointly with other persons, you should definitely unsubscribe after each registration on a website, application or online service.
Passwords should consist of at least 12 characters and should be chosen so that they cannot be easily guessed. Therefore, they should not contain common words from everyday life, their own name or the names of relatives, but upper and lower case, numbers and special characters.
Two. Responsible
The person responsible in the sense of the GDPR is:
TWINSOFT GmbH & Co KG
Calor-Emag-Straße 3, 40878 Ratingen, Germany
Telephone: +49 2102/30040
E-mail: info@twinsoft.de
Responsible person: Gereon Tillenburg & Martin Westermeier
and
TWINSOFT Biometrics GmbH & Co. KG
Calor-Emag-Straße 3, 40878 Ratingen, Germany
Telephone: +49 2102/30040
E-mail: info@twinsoft.de
Responsible person: Gereon Tillenburg & Martin Westermeier
3. Data protection officer
You can reach our data protection officer at datenschutzbeauftragter@twinsoft.de or our postal address with the addition "Datenschutzbeauftragter".
4. Definitions
The data protection declaration is based on the terms that were used by the European Directive and Regulation provider when issuing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.
In this data protection declaration, we use the following terms, among other things:
1. Personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable person shall be considered to be a natural person who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more specific characteristics which are an expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
2. Person concerned
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller (our company).
3. Processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations carried out, whether or not by automated means, in relation to personal data, such as collection, collection, organisation, ordering, storage, adaptation or alteration, read-out, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, matching or linking, restriction, erasure or destruction.
4. Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.
5. Profiling
Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data which consists in the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to the performance of the work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or change of location of that natural person.
6. Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures ensuring that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
7. Processors
Processor is a natural or legal person, authority, entity or other entity that processes personal data on behalf of the Controller.
8. Consignee
Recipient is a natural or legal person, authority, body or other entity to which personal data are disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data under a specific investigation mandate under Union or Member State law shall not be considered recipients.
9. Third party
A third party is a natural or legal person, authority, entity or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor.
10. Consent
Consent is any expression of intent voluntarily given by the data subject for the specific case in an informed and unambiguous manner, in the form of a statement or other clear confirmatory act by which the data subject indicates that he or she agrees to the processing of the personal data concerning him or her.
Five. Legal basis for processing
Art. 6 para 1 lit. a) GDPR (i.v.m. § 25 para. 1 TDDDG (formerly TTDSG)) serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose.
Where the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, as is the case, for example, for processing operations necessary for the supply of goods or for the provision of other services or consideration, the processing shall be based on nature. 6 para 1 lit. b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services.
If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfil tax obligations, the processing is based on art. 6 para 1 lit. c) GDPR.
In rare cases, the processing of personal data could become necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor in our company would be injured and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third parties. Then the processing would be in kind. 6 para 1 lit. d) GDPR.
Ultimately, processing operations on art. 6 para 1 lit. f) DS-GVO. This legal basis is based on processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, he took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if you are a customer of our company (recital 47, sentence 2, GDPR).
Our offer is basically aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 16 may not transfer personal data to us without the consent of parents or guardians. We do not request, collect or disclose personal data of children and adolescents to third parties.
6. Technology
6.1 SSL/TLS encryption
This page uses the Guarantee the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact requests that you send to us as operator, an SSL or TLS encryption. An encrypted connection can be recognized by the fact that in the address bar of the browser instead of an "http://" is an "https://" and on the lock icon in your browser bar.
We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.
6.2 Data collection when visiting the website
In the case of only informational use of our website, if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us or do not give consent to processing subject to consent, we only collect such data that is technically absolutely necessary for the provision of the service. This is regularly data that your browser transmits to our server ("in so-called server logfiles"). Our website collects a number of general data and information with each visit to a page by you or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. It is possible to collect:
- browser types and versions used,
- the operating system used by the accessing system,
- the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers),
- the subpages, which are controlled via an accessing system on our website,
- the date and time of access to the website,
- a shortened Internet protocol address (anonymized IP address) and
- the Internet service provider of the accessing system.
When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about you. Rather, this information is needed to:
- to deliver the contents of our website correctly,
- optimize the content of our website as well as the advertising for it,
- ensure the permanent functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and
- to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyberattack.
These collected data and information are therefore evaluated by us on the one hand statistically and on the other hand with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server logfiles are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
The legal basis for data processing is art. 6 para 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for data collection.
7. Cookies
7.1 General about cookies
Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site.
Information is stored in the cookie, which in each case results from the connection with the specifically used terminal device. However, this does not mean that we gain immediate knowledge of your identity.
The use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize the user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which inputs and settings you have made in order not to have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offer for you for the purpose of optimization. These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a defined time. The respective storage period of the cookies can be taken from the settings of the used consent tool.
7.2 Legal basis for the use of cookies
The data processed by the cookies, which are required for the proper functioning of the website, are thus for the protection of our legitimate interests as well as the third parties according to art. 6 para 1 lit. f) GDPR is required.
For all other cookies, you have your consent to this via our opt-in cookie banner in the sense of art. 6 para 1 lit. a) GDPR.
7.3 Notes to avoid cookies in common browsers
The settings of your browser used allow you to delete cookies at any time, only allow selected cookies or completely disable cookies. For more information, see the support pages of the respective providers:
l Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?tid=311178978.
l Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-at/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac?tid=311178978.
l Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-und-website-daten-in-firefox-loschen?tid=311178978.
l Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-l%C3%B6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09.
7.4 Compliance GDPR/CCPA (Consent Management Tool)
We use the Consent Management Tool "Compliance GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent" (Compliance) of Compliance B.V., Kalmarweg 14-5, 9723 JG Groningen, Netherlands. This service enables us to obtain and manage the consent of website users for data processing.
Compliance uses cookies to collect data generated by end users who use our website. When an end user gives consent, compliance automatically logs the following data:
l Browser information,
l date and time of access,
l device information,
l The URL, from the visited page,
l banner language,
l Consent ID,
l The consent status of the end user who serves as proof of consent.
Consent status is also stored in the end user’s browser, allowing the site to automatically read and follow the end user’s consent for up to 12 months for all subsequent page requests and future end user sessions. The consent data (consent and revocation of consent) are stored for three years. The storage period corresponds to the regular limitation period according to § 195 BGB. The data will then be deleted immediately.
The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the described processing. There is no possibility of objection on the part of the user as long as there is a legal obligation to obtain the user’s consent to certain data processing operations (Art. 7 para). 1, 6, par. 1 lit. c) GDPR.
Compliance is the recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us. The data processing takes place exclusively in the European Union.
Detailed information on the use of compliance can be found at: https://compliance.io/legal/.
8. Content of our website
8.1 Contact / Contact Form
As part of contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, there is an additional legal basis for the processing Art. 6 para 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your request, this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the affected facts have been finally clarified and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage obligations.
8.2 Services / Digital Goods
We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary in the context of contract processing, for example to the credit institution responsible for processing payments.
A further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without express consent, for example for advertising purposes.
The basis for data processing is art. 6 para 1 lit. b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
8.3 Application Management / Job Exchange
We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. Processing can also be carried out electronically. This is especially the case when an applicant transmits appropriate application documents to us by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website. If we enter into an employment or service contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of fulfilling the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If no contract with the applicant is concluded by us, the application documents will be automatically deleted six months after notification of the cancellation decision, provided that no other legitimate interests are contrary to our deletion. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty of proof in a proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
The legal basis of the processing of your data is art. 6 para 1 lit. b), 88 GDPR i.V.m. § 26 para. 1 BDSG.
9. Newsletter
9.1 Newsletter delivery to existing customers
If you send us your email address when buying goods or We reserve the right to offer you regular offers on similar goods or services. Services, such as those already purchased, can be sent by e-mail from our range. For this, we have to do so in accordance with § 7 para. 3 UWG do not obtain a separate consent from you. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct marketing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If you have initially objected to using your e-mail address for this purpose, we do not send an e-mail. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the advertised advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by a communication to the controller mentioned at the outset. For this purpose, only transmission costs are incurred according to the basic rates. After receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address will be terminated immediately for advertising purposes.
9.2 Advertising newsletter
On our website you are given the opportunity to subscribe to the newsletter of our company. Which personal data is transmitted to us when ordering the newsletter, results from the input mask used for this purpose.
We inform our customers and business partners at regular intervals through a newsletter about our offers. The newsletter of our company can only be received by you if
- You have a valid email address and
- You have registered for newsletter delivery.
For legal reasons, the e-mail address you entered for the first time for sending the newsletter will be sent a double opt-in confirmation mail. This confirmation mail is used to check whether you, as the owner of the e-mail address, have authorized the receipt of the newsletter.
When registering for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) of the IT system you used at the time of registration as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to be able to trace the (possible) misuse of your e-mail address at a later time and therefore serves our legal protection.
The personal data collected in the context of a subscription to the newsletter is used exclusively for sending our newsletter. In addition, subscribers to the newsletter could be informed by e-mail if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or registration in this regard, as could be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter offer or changes to the technical conditions. There is no transfer of the personal data collected within the framework of the newsletter service to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter can be terminated by you at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that you have given us for the sending of newsletters can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of withdrawing the consent, each newsletter contains a corresponding link. Furthermore, it is possible to unsubscribe directly from the newsletter dispatch on our website at any time or to inform us of this in another way.
The legal basis of data processing for the purpose of sending newsletters is Art. 6 para 1 lit. a) GDPR.
9.3 CleverReach
This website uses CleverReach for sending newsletters. The provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, (CRASH Building), Schafjückweg 2, 26180 Rastede. CleverReach is a service that can be used to organize and analyze newsletter shipping. The data entered by you for the purpose of the newsletter reference (e.g., the e-mail address) are stored on the servers of CleverReach in Germany or Germany. Ireland stored.
Our newsletters sent with CleverReach allow us to analyze the behavior of the newsletter recipients. Among other things, it is possible to analyze how many recipients have opened the newsletter message and how often which link was clicked in the newsletter. With the help of conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed whether a predefined action (e.g. the purchase of a product on our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. For more information about CleverReach newsletter data analysis, click at: https://www.cleverreach.com/en/functions/reporting-and-tracking/
The data processing takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
If you do not want any analysis by CleverReach, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in each newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.
You can revoke your consent at any time. You can also prevent the processing at any time by unsubscribing the newsletter. You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser accordingly. Also, by deactivating Java script in your web browser or installing a Java script blocker (e.g. https://noscript.net or https://www.ghostery.com), you can prevent the storage and transmission of personal data. We point out that these measures may no longer make all functions of our Internet offer available.
The data you deposit with us for the purpose of referring to the newsletter will be stored by us from the newsletter until your delivery and will be deleted from our servers as well as from the servers of CleverReach after the newsletter has been unsubscribed. Data that has been stored with us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remains unaffected.
CleverReach's data protection regulations can be found at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.
10. Our activities in social networks
So that we can also communicate with you in social networks and inform you about our services, we are represented there with our own pages. When you visit one of our social media sites, we are, in terms of the processing operations triggered, in the sense of the art. 26 GDPR, jointly responsible for the processing with the provider of the respective social media platform.
We are not the original provider of these sites, but only use them within the scope of the possibilities offered to us by the respective providers.
Therefore, as a precautionary measure, we point out that your data may also be processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. A use can therefore be associated with data protection risks for you, since the protection of your rights e.g. to access, deletion, objection, etc. could be difficult and the processing in the social networks is often carried out directly for advertising purposes or for the analysis of user behavior by the providers, without this being influenced by us. If user profiles are created by the provider, cookies are often used or the user behavior is assigned to the own member profile of the social networks created by you.
The described processing operations of personal data take place in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. f) DS-GVO on the basis of our legitimate interest and the legitimate interest of the respective provider, in order to communicate with you in a contemporary manner. To be able to inform you about our services. If you have to give consent to data processing as a user to the respective providers, the legal basis refers to art. 6 para 1 lit. a) GDPR i.V.m. Art. 7 GDPR.
Since we do not have access to the data stocks of the providers, we point out that you best apply your rights (e.g. to information, correction, deletion, etc.) directly to the respective provider. We have listed further information on the processing of your data in the social networks below with the respective provider of social networks we use:
10.1 Facebook
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Europe:
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Meta (Facebook) may, if there is no objection, process contents of full-year users from the EU, such as photos, contributions or comments, for the training of own AI models. The basis is a legitimate interest acc. Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We as a company have no influence on this specific data processing by Meta. Users can object to this via an online form on the meta platforms.
Data protection declaration (data policy):
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
10.2 Instagram
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Germany:
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Meta (Instagram) may, if there is no objection, process contents of full-year users from the EU, such as photos, contributions or comments, for the training of own AI models. We as a company have no influence on this specific data processing by Meta. The basis is a legitimate interest acc. Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Users can object to this via an online form on the meta platforms.
Data protection declaration (data policy):
https://instagram.com/legal/privacy/
10.3 LinkedIn
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Europe:
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Data protection declaration:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy policy
10.4 XING (New Work SE)
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Germany:
New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany
Data protection declaration:
https://privacy.xing.com/en/Datenschutzkläung
Requests for information for XING members:
https://www.xing.com/settings/privacy/data/disclosure
10.5 YouTube
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Europe:
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Data protection declaration:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
11. Plugins and other services
11.1 Elementor for WordPress
On our website we use the plugin "Elementor", provided by Elementor Ltd., Tuval St 40, Ramat Gan 5252247, Israel.
Elementor is a visual website builder for WordPress that provides functions for designing, structuring and displaying websites. The service enables, among other things, the integration of different layout elements, the implementation of responsive page structures, the provision of dynamic content and the visual processing of our website without programming effort.
The following personal data can be processed:
l IP address
l technical browser and device information
l Server log data associated with the delivery of individual design and functional elements
l Cookies required for technical functionality (e.g. for storing editor or preview settings)
l Personal data processed as part of the use of widgets or forms (e.g. entered form data, interactions, search queries)
Legal basis for processing is usually Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legal interest in an optically appealing, functional and user-friendly provision of our website). Insofar as individual elementor functions collect personal data or require consent, such as when using specific widgets, forms or embedded services, processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Personal or pseudonymous data are stored only as long as it is necessary to achieve these purposes or there are statutory retention periods; then they are deleted or anonymized.
For data transfers to third countries, in particular Israel, an adequacy decision by the European Commission pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR. Further transmissions are made on the basis of appropriate guarantees, in particular standard contractual clauses in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR, where applicable.
You can see the Privacy Policy of Elementor at: https://elementor.com/about/privacy/.
11.2 Spotify
Functions of the music service Spotify are integrated on our pages. The provider is the Spotify AB, Regeringsgatan 19, 111 53 Stockholm, Sweden. You can see the Spotify plugins on the green logo on our site.
When you visit our website, a direct connection between your browser and the Spotify server is established via the plugin. Spotify receives information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Spotify button while you are logged into your Spotify account, you can link the content of our pages to your Spotify profile. This allows Spotify to assign the visit of our pages to your user account. If you do not want Spotify to be able to assign the visit of our pages to your Spotify user account, please log out of your Spotify user account before visiting our website.
These processing operations are carried out exclusively on the issue of an explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
You can see the Privacy Policy of Spotify at: https://www.spotify.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/. An overview of the Spotify plugins can be found at: https://developer.spotify.com.
11.3 Ultimate Addons for Elementor
On our website we use the Ultimate Addons for Elementor service provided by Brainstorm Force US LLC, 2093 Philadelphia Pike 3090, Claymont, DE 19703, USA.
Ultimate Addons for Elementor is an extension plugin for the Page Builder Elementor and provides additional design elements, widgets, templates and layout functions. The service enables, among other things, the integration of advanced content elements, the design of complex side structures, the optimization of the visual appearance and the improvement of usability and user guidance on our website.
In particular, the following data can be processed:
l IP address (if applicable shortened or anonymized)
l technical browser and device information
l Usage data related to the presentation of content (e.g. charging times, technical log data)
l Data obtained by using individual widgets (e.g. form content, if appropriate widgets are used)
l log data of the server required to deliver the content
If you have been asked for consent to the processing of your data, the legal basis for the corresponding processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. In addition, we have a legitimate interest, secure and efficient provision and optimisation of our website. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
Brainstorm Force US LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. It is therefore an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR, so that personal data may be transmitted without further guarantees or additional measures.
Personal or pseudonymous data are stored only as long as it is necessary to achieve these purposes or there are statutory retention periods; then they are deleted or anonymized.
You can see the Privacy Policy of Ultimate Addons for Elementor at: https://store.brainstormforce.com/privacy-policy/? ga=2.150911478.1316711992.1764168506-1538508921.1764164991.
11.4 WP Lingua (WordPress Plug-In)
We use the plug-in WP Lingua. The provider is WP Lingua, operated by the respective provider of the translation service.
WP Lingua enables the multilingual presentation of our website and provides visitors with content in different languages. For this purpose, the plug-in processes technical information to store the selected language and to provide the corresponding language version of the website.
For this purpose, cookies can be stored on your device. These serve to save your language selection and improve the user-friendliness of the website. Cookies are deleted either after closing the browser or automatically removed after a specified storage period.
In the context of use, the following data can be processed in particular:
- IP address
- Information on the selected language
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system
- Date and time of access
- Pages
Processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to provide the visitors of our website with content in different languages and to improve the usability of our website.
If, in individual cases, cookies are set which are not technically necessary for the operation of the service, the processing is carried out on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
For more information on data processing by WP Lingua, see the provider's privacy policy.
11.5 LinkedIn
LinkedIn uses LinkedIn Insights from LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W Maude Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA (LinkedIn). If an explicit consent is given, the behaviour of users can be tracked.
The procedure serves to evaluate the effectiveness of advertisements for statistical and market research purposes and can help to optimise future advertising measures. With LinkedIn Pixel, we receive advanced information about the interested parties for our products, including job titles, employers or the industry in which they operate.
The following data can also be processed by LinkedIn Pixel when visiting the website:
- IP address
- Interactions on our website (e.g. page views, clicks, conversions)
- Browser type/version
- operating system used
- Referrer URL (previously visited page)
- Time of server request
Direct identifiers are automatically removed from the database by LinkedIn within seven days and the data is deleted after 180 days. The storage period of the cookie can be found in our used Consent solution. The data is stored and processed by LinkedIn so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible.
These processing operations take place only when express consent is given in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. a) GDPR.
LinkedIn is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. It is therefore an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR, so that personal data may be transmitted without further guarantees or additional measures.
For more information and privacy policy of LinkedIn Pixel, see below: https://en.linkedin.com/legal/privacypolicy.
Information on joint responsibility (Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum):
https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum
11.6 Google Search Console
We use Google Search Console, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, for technical analysis and optimization of our website.
Use takes place in particular for checking the indexing of our website, for URL testing as well as for the insight into general performance and ranking data in the Google search results. In addition, we use the Search Console in conjunction with the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress.
No cookies are set by Google Search Console and no personal tracking of website visitors is carried out.
Processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the technical optimization, safety and traceability of our website.
For more information on data processing by Google, see Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
12. Your rights as a data subject
12.1 Right to confirmation
You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is processed.
12.2 Right to information Art. 15 GDPR
You have the right to receive free information from us at any time about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data in accordance with the legal provisions.
12.3 Right to rectification Art. 16 GDPR
You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data concerning you. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, taking into account the purposes of the processing.
12.4 Deletion Art. 17 GDPR
You have the right to request that the personal data concerning you be deleted immediately, provided that one of the reasons provided for by law applies and insofar as the processing or storage is not required.
12.5 Restriction of processing Art. 18 GDPR
You have the right to request us to restrict processing if one of the legal requirements is met.
12.6 Data portability Art. 20 GDPR
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which has been provided to us by you, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance by us, to whom the personal data has been provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. a) GDPR or art. 9 para 2 lit. a) GDPR or on a contract according to art. 6 para 1 lit. b) DS-GVO and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or in the exercise of public power, which has been assigned to us.
Furthermore, in exercising your right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20, par. 1 GDPR the right to obtain that the personal data are transmitted directly from a controller to another controller, as far as this is technically feasible and provided that the rights and freedoms of other persons are not affected.
12.7 Opposition Art. 21 GDPR
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, at any time against the processing of personal data concerning you, based on art. 6 para 1 lit. e) (data processing in the public interest) or f (data processing on the basis of a weighing of interests) GDPR is to file an objection.
This also applies to profiling based on these provisions in the sense of art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data, unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
In individual cases, we process personal data in order to carry out direct marketing. You may at any time object to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling, insofar as it is connected with such direct advertising. If you object to us processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, against the processing of personal data concerning you, which is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes according to art. 89 par. 1 DS-GVO, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task in the public interest.
You are free to exercise your right of objection in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
12.8 Revocation of data protection consent
You have the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.
12.9 Appeal to a supervisory authority
You have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of personal data.
13. Duration of storage of personal data
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the expiry of the time limit, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted unless they are no longer necessary for fulfilling the contract or starting up the contract.
14. Update and Change of the Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is currently valid and has the status: June 2026.
Due to the further development of our websites and offers or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. The current data protection declaration can be accessed and printed by you at any time on the website under "https://www.twinsoft.de/datenschutz/".
