When you use this website, personal data is collected. Personal data can be used to identify you. This privacy policy explains what data is collected and how it is used.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) may have security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect the data from access by third parties.
The person responsible for data processing on this website is:
appose GmbH, Kurfürsten-Anlage 52, 69115 Heidelberg Email: info@appose.com
You can reach our data protection officer at our postal address with the addition"Data Protection" or by email at appose@my-dsb.com.
Unless a more specific storage period is specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which the data processing ceases to applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons have ceased to exist.
This website is hosted by an external service provider. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may inclde, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.
The hoster is used to fulfill the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and to secure, fast, and efficiently provide our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and will follow our instructions in relation to this data.
We use the following hoster:
1&1IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur
We haveconcluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider.This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures that thepersonal data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with ourinstructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure in terms of data protection. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. We would like to point out that no level of data protection comparable to that of the EU can be guaranteed in these countries. For example, U.S. companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that U.S. authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) process, evaluate, and permanently store your data on U.S. servers for surveillance purposes. We have no control over these processing activities.
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, third parties cannot read the data you transmit to us.
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to the collection of data in special cases as well as to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR).
If the data processing is carried out based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to processing your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. This privacy policy can find the legal basis on which processing is based. if you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims (objection pursuant to Art.21 para. 1 GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2GDPR).
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State,regarding their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
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 to the extent that it is technically feasible.
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing at any time and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us anytime if you have any further questions about personal data.
You havethe right to request the restriction of processing your personal data. You can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing existsin the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data held by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the audit, you have the right to request tthe restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
- I we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the eprocessing of your personal data instead of erasure.
- If you has lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet beendetermined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request therestriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may only be processed—apart from their storage—with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.
The use of contact details published within the imprint obligation's scope for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. Theoperators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in theevent of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example,through spam e-mails.
Theprovider of the pages automatically collects and stores information inso-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of server request
- IP-Address
This data is not combined with other data sources.
This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website—for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is carried out based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, insofar as your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR), if this has been requested.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to the storage, or the purpose for which the data is stored no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed).Mandatory statutory provisions—in particular retention periods—remain unaffected.
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone, or fax, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry) for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
contact us by e-mail, telephone, or fax, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry), to process the eprocessing of this data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR , insofar as your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all othe cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your rconsent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR), if this has been requested.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for which the data is stored no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed).Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular, statutory retention periods –remain unaffected
We use Hubspot CRM on this website. The provider is Hubspot Inc., 25 Street, Cambridge,MA 02141, USA (hereinafter referred to as Hubspot CRM).
Hubspot CRM allows us to manage existing and potential customers and customer contacts, among other things. It allows us to capture, sort, and analyze customer interactions via email, social media, or phone across different channels. The personal data collected in this way can be evaluated and used for communication with the potential customer or for marketing measures (e.g., newsletter mailings). With Hubspot CRM, we can also record and analyze the user behavior of our contacts on our website.
Hubspot CRM is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator is interested in the most efficient customer management and communication. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Details can be found in Hubspot's privacy policy: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy.
The EU Commission's standard contractual clauses govern the transfer of data to the USA. Details are available here: https://www.hubspot.de/data-privacy/privacy-shield.
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This contract, required by data protection law, ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The individual social networks we use can be found below.
Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. can usually comprehensively analyze your user behavior when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media presence triggers numerous data protection-related processing operations. In detail:
If you are logged in to your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account.However, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case,this data collection takes place, for example, via cookies that are stored on your device or by recording your IP address.
With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, interest-based advertising can be shown to you inside and outside the social media presence. If you have an account with the respective social network, interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices you are logged in or were logged in.
Please note that we cannot track all processing processes on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may, therefore, be carried out by the social media portal operators. Details can be found in the respective social media portals' terms of use and privacy policies.
Our social media presences are intended to ensure the most comprehensive possible presence on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
If you visit one of our social media presences (e.g., Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. In principle, you can assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability, and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g., against Facebook).
Please note that despite our joint responsibility with the social media portal operators,we do not have full influence on their data processing operations. Our options are largely based on the corporate policy of the respective provider.
collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to the storage,
The data collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for which the data is stored no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions– esp. Retention periods – remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of the social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g., in their privacy policy, see below).
We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited,4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the data collected will also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.
We have entered into a joint processing agreement (Controller Addendum) with Facebook.This agreement specifies which data processing operations we or Facebook are responsible for when you visit our Facebook page. You can view this agreement at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.
You can adjust your advertising settings yourself in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.
The EU Commission's standard contractual clauses govern the transfer of data to the USA. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.
Details can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
We have a profile on XING. The provider is New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg,Germany. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in XING's privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.
We have a LinkedIn profile. The providers are LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, WiltonPlaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.
If you would like to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.
The transfer of data to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of LinkedIn. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
FacebookPlugins (Like & Share-Button)
This website integrates plugins from the social network Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2,Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the data collected will also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.
The Facebook plugins can be recognised by the Facebook logo or the "Like"button on this website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.
When you visit this website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. As a result, Facebook receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like" button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign your visit to this website to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have noknowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to this website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
The use of Facebook plugins is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Insofar as personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook with the help of the tool described here, we and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand CanalSquare, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its disclosure to Facebook. The processing carried out by Facebook after the transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The joint obligations are incumbent on us and have been set out in joint processing agreement. The text of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for implementing the tool on our website in a way that is secure in terms of data protection law. Facebook is responsible for data security for Facebook products. You can assert your rights as a data subject(e.g., requests for information) with regard to the data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you assert your rights as a data subject with us, we must forward them to Facebook.
The transfer of data to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381, and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
LinkedInPlugin
This website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Every time a page of this website that contains LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn will be informed thatyou have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on the Linked In "Recommend" button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to assign your visit to this website to you and your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.
The LinkedIn plugin is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The transfer of data to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=de
For more information, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Thiswebsite uses functions of the XING network. The provider is New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
Every time one of our pages containing XING functions is accessed, a connection to XING servers is established. To our knowledge, no personal data is stored, particularly no IP adresses, or usage behavior is evaluated.
The storage and analysis of the data are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information on data protection and the XING Share button can be found in XING'sprivacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.
We use Google Tag Manager. Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland are the providers.
Google TagManager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, store cookies, or perform independent analyses. It is only used to manage and display the tools integrated into it. However, Google TagManager collects your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google'sparent company in the United States.
The use of Google Tag Manager is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in quick and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on its website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
At the same time as using Google Tag Manager, we use the Lead feeder service, which is operated by Liidio Oy / Leadfeeder, Mikonkatu 17 C, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. Lead feeder accesses the list of IP addresses of website visitors provided by Google in the analysis and links the list of IP addresses with information about the companies that can be found on the Internet under these IP addresses. Due to the shortening of the IP addresses of website visitors when using GoogleTag Manager, a direct personal reference is not established. It can only be assumed that there will be company visitors. Leadfeeder is integrated with ourCRM system & email marketing tool. For more information about Leadfeeder and the data collected, please see: www.leadfeeder.com/privacy/, Information about Leadfeeder and compliance with the General DataProtection Regulation: https://www.leadfeeder.com/leadfeeder-and-gdpr/.
On this website, data is collected and stored for marketing, market research, and optimisation purposes using SalesViewer® technology of SalesViewer® GmbH, based on the website operator's legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
For this purpose, a Javascript-based code is used to collect company-related data and use it accordingly. The data collected with this technology is encrypted via a non-computable one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is directly pseudonymized and is not used to identify the visitor to this website personally.
The collection and storage of data can be objected to at any time with effect for the future by visiting the link https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out to prevent the collection by SalesViewer® via this website in the future. An opt-out cookie for this website will be placed on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must toclick this link again.
Salesviewer®GmbH is headquartered in Bochum, Germany, and assures 100% GDPR compliance. You can view this assurance at https://www.salesviewer.com/datenschutz.
This website uses Hotjar. The provider is Hotjar Ltd., Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe(Website: https://www.hotjar.com).
Hotjar is a tool for analysing user behaviour on this website. With Hotjar, we can,among other things, Record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks. Hotjar can also determine how long you have remained in a certain place with the mouse pointer. From this information, Hotjar creates so-called heat maps, which can be used to determine which areas of the website are preferred by the website visitor.
We can also determine how long you stayed on a page and when you left it. We can also determine at what point you have abandoned your entries in a contact form(so-called conversion funnels).
In addition, Hotjar can be used to collect direct feedback from website visitors.This function serves to improve the website operator's web offerings.
Hotjar uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g., cookies or the use of device fingerprinting).
The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize its website and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested(e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
If you would like to opt out of data collection by Hotjar, click on the following link and follow the instructions there: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out
Please note that the deactivation of Hotjar must be done separately for each browser or device.
For more information about Hotjar and the data collected, please refer to Hotjar'sprivacy policy at the following link: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider.This contract, required by data protection law, ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
This site uses so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google, for uniform font display. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
To do this, your browser must connect to Google's servers. As a result, Googlebecomes aware that this website has been accessed via your IP address. The useof Google WebFonts is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on its website. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
If your browser does not support web fonts, your computer will use a standard font.
For more information about Google Web Fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
