Privacy

In the following, you will find information on data protection on the websites of the companies of the falkemedia group. These include the falkemedia-shop GmbH & Co KG, the falkemedia digital GmbH and the falkemedia Stadtmagazine GmbH (hereinafter referred to as “we“ or “falkemedia“).

falkemedia welcomes your visit of our websites as well as your associated interest in our products and service. The protection of your privacy when using our websites is very important to us and therefore, it’s our central priority to inform you about your rights as stated in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and further data protection regulations.

You can expect us to treat your data sensitively and with care and ensure a high data security. Of course, we comply with the regulations laid down in the GDPR and in the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and will only process the personal users’ data to the extent as described in this privacy policy.

This general privacy policy applies to all websites of falkemedia through which personal data is processed. A list of the domain names under which the websites of falkemedia are accessible as well as each responsible authority, can be found in detail in the “Note on the responsible authority“ in section 2.)

1. An overview of data protection

General note
The following information give a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our websites. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.

Data collection on our websites

Who is responsible for the data collection on our websites?

The data collected on our websites are processed by the respective website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the “Note on the responsible authority“ in section 2.)

How do we collect your data?

Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter in a contact form or when registering for example for a newsletter.

Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit our websites. These data are primarily technical data (for example the browser, the operating system or the time when you accessed the page). These data are collected automatically as soon as you visit our websites.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the websites. Other data can be used to analyze how you use the sites.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You always have the right to request information at no charge about your stored data, its origin, its recipients and purpose of your collected, personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification, blocking or deletion of this data. If you have further questions about this or the issue of privacy and data protection, you can contact the responsible authority of the relevant website. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

Analytics and third-party tools

When visiting our websites, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily with using cookies and so-called analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; this surfing behavior can not be tracked 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 in this privacy policy about how to exercise your options in this matter.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

Falkemedia takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

If you use our websites, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that the data transmission via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security risks. It’s not possible to protect this data completely against access by third parties.

Your rights as the affected party

Right to obtain confirmation

As the affected party, you have the right of information about whether we process personal information or already have processed data.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke your consent at any time (Art. 7 (3) GDPR). An informal email to that effect is sufficient. The data processed before we received your request may still be legally processed.

Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities

In case of a violation of data protection legislation, you, as the affected party, may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for the companies of the falkemedia group is:

Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein
Holstenstraße 98
24103 Kiel
Tel.: 0431 988 1200
Fax: 0431 988 1223
E-Mail: mail@datenschutzzentrum.de

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format (Art. 20 GDPR). If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done as far as it’s technically possible.

Information, blocking, deletion, restriction of the processing

Within the framework of existing legislation, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed (Art. 15 GDPR) and if necessary, you also have the right to have this data corrected (Art.16 GDPR), blocked or erased (Art. 17 GDPR).You can only have your data erased when we don’t have to or are obliged to store your data for any other reasons for example if it’s necessary for the protection of our legitimate interests or to fulfill the legal duties of safekeeping and accountability. Furthermore, you have the right to demand the restriction of processing your personal data, if you have a legitimate ground as mentioned in §18 GDPR.

Right to objection (Art.21 GDPR)
As the affected party, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data which is based on Art. 6 (a) (e) or (f) GDPR for compelling legitimate grounds relating to your particular situation. This is also relevant for a profiling based on these provisions. If personal data is processed for direct marketing, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising at any time. This also applies to profiling, as far as it’s associated with such direct marketing.

If you want to obtain information about your rights or have questions about the topic of personal data, you can contact the person responsible for the website in question at any time, see “Note on the responsible authority“.

3. Data protection officer

Legally required data protection officer

For our companies of the falkemedia group, we have appointed a data protection officer:

Mr. Jürgen Koch
Vogesenstraße 1
77781 Biberach
Email: datenschutzanfrage@falkemedia.de

4. Data collection on our websites

Cookies

Our websites partially use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our offer more user-friendly, efficient, 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.” Session-Cookies are small information units which a provider stores in the memory of the visitor’s computer. In a session-cookie, a random unique identification number, the so-called session IP. On top of that, a cookie contains on its origin and on how long it may be stored. Session-cookies can’t save any other information.They are deleted automatically after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide in each case whether to accept a cookie, to only accept it for certain under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions that you wish to use (for example the shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art.6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service free of technical errors.

Cookies and information on access figures
We use “session cookies“ of the VG Wort, Munich for measuring access to texts and therefore to measure the probability of copying. These measurements are conducted by the INFOnline GmbH which uses the Scaleable Centralised Measuring System (SZM). They help to calculate the probability of copying of individual texts and therefore the statutory demands of authors and publishers. We don’t collect any personal data via cookies. Thus, we enable our authors to participate in the distribution of the VG Wort that secures the financial remuneration for the use of works protected by copyright pursuant to §53 UrhG. It’s also possibly to use our services without cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies but you can change your settings to reject cookies or to be automatically warned whenever a cookie has been sent. The legal basis for setting cookies is Art.6 (1) (f) GDPR, since we have a legitimate interest that our authors participate in the distributions of the VG Wort.

We also use cookies of our cooperation partners. Therefore, the advertising in our offers is for example provided by DoubleClick/Google, pilot media GmbH and Co. KG, Group M and Nugg.ad AG. For the client advertised in the ad, we may set or read a unique cookie in your browser. When placing an ad, information about your visit of our websites, for example how often you looked at an ad, are processed and transmitted to the advertising customer. Personal data, such as your name or your address, won’t be generated or passed on. In this case, the legal basis for setting cookies is still Art.6 (1) (f) GDPR because we have a legitimate interest in optimizing our offers and to make our website more attractive.

You can’t be identified based on this data. If you still don’t want your data be transmitted or cookies to be set or wish further information about the use of this cookies, go to http://www.google.com/intl/de/privacy/privacy-policy.html, https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/ or http://www.meine-cookies.org
If you do not wish for our website to transmit information about your use of our online offer for the aforementioned purpose, you can opt-out of interest-related advertising with the following partners:

Google – https://www.google.de/int/de/policies/privacy
Nuggard – https://www.nugg.ad/de/datenschutz
IVW/Agof – https://optout.ioam.de/
Pilot 1/0 GmbH – http://www.pilot.de/datenschutz
mediascale GmbH & Co. KG – http://www.mediascale.de/datenschutz

Contact form

If you use the contact form to forward inquiries to us, we will store your data as entered in the inquiry form for the purpose of processing the inquiry in question or in case of follow-up questions. This data will not be made accessible to third parties without your consent.

The data provided via the contact form will be processed based on your consent (Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal request via email is sufficient. The data processed before we received your request may still be legally processed.

We will continue to store the data collected from the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to store it or until the purpose for the data storage no longer exists (for example after having processed your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – shall remain unaffected.

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process, and use personal data only insofar as it is necessary to establish, define or modify legal relationships with us (inventory data). This is done based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract. We collect, process and use your personal data when accessing our website (usage data) only to the extent required to enable you to access our service or to bill you for the same.

The collected customer data is deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Newsletter data

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter that’s offered on our website, we will need your email address as well as information that allows us to check if you are the owner of the stated email address and would like to receive the newsletter. We do not process any further data unless you voluntarily consent to it. We exclusively use this data for the sending the requested information and do not transmit it to third-parties.

The data you entered in the application form for the newsletter is exclusively processed on the basis of you consent (Art.6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address as well as its use for the sending the newsletter to you for example by clicking the link “unsubscribe“ in the newsletter. The data processed before we received your request may still be legally processed.

We will continue to store your data collected during the subscription of the newsletter until you unsubscribe from it. After that, this data will be deleted. Data that we have processed for another purpose (for example email addresses for the members’ section) shall remain unaffected.

Unsubscribe from the newsletter

If you do not want to receive our newsletters or advertising mails, you will find the note “unsubscribe“ at the end of each newsletter that is send by the falkemedia GmbH & Co KG. Click on this link or send an email with the subject “unsubscribe“ to unsubscribe@falkemedia.de

Alternative to the subscription of a newsletter

We offer products or services for free, for example an e-book, as part of the subscription of a newsletter. Before subscribing, this will be expressly pointed out to you and we will request your explicit consent. If you don’t want to receive the product or service by subscribing to our newsletter, you can also receive the respective product or service by telephoning, faxing or writing us. After that, we will tell you an alternative order link that enables you to purchase the product or service without subscribing to a newsletter. We will explicitly point out this alternative purchase possibility to you in advance. You are free to decide upon the alternative which is best for you.

If you have an user account with a third provider who offers you to also use this account for the log in on our websites and you want to do so (you have the possibility for example with Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others), enter your necessary details in the field provided for this purpose.