IX Google Maps

1. description and scope of data processing

On our website we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually represent geographic information. By using this service, users are shown our location or that of our partners, for example, and a possible journey is made easier. Already when calling up those sub-pages in which the map of Google Maps is integrated, information about the use of our website (such as the IP address) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account via which users are logged in or whether no user account exists. When users are logged in to Google, their data is directly associated with their account. If users do not wish to be associated with their Google profile, they must log out before activating the button. Google stores the data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them.

2. legal basis for the processing of personal data

The legal basis for the processing of the users’ personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3. purpose of the data processing

Our purpose is the integration of a dynamic map into our internet presence. In these purposes also lies our legitimate interest in the processing of the data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. duration of storage

According to its own information, the log data collected by Google is anonymized by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months respectively. Users can find more information here.

5. possibility of objection and elimination

If users do not consent to the transmission of their data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, they have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in their browser. Google Maps and thus the map display on this website can then not be used.

X Rights of the data subject

If personal data of users are processed, they are data subjects within the meaning of the GDPR and they are entitled to the following rights vis-à-vis the controller, whereby the following list includes all their rights, not only the rights that arise when using our services:

1. right to information

Users may request confirmation from data controllers as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed by us.

Where such processing is taking place, users may request the following information from the controller:

(1) the purposes for which the personal data are processed;

(2) the categories of personal data which are processed;

(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;

(4) the envisaged duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the duration of the storage;

(5) the existence of a right to obtain the rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to obtain the restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;

(6) the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;

(7) any available information on the origin of the data, if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;

8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22 para. 1 and 4 GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

Users have the right to request information on whether personal data concerning them is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, they may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards in accordance with Article 5(2). Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. right of rectification

Users have a right of rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the data processors in the event that the personal data processed concerning them are inaccurate or incomplete. The person responsible shall make the correction without delay.

3. right to restriction of processing

Under the following conditions, users may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning them:

(1) where users contest the accuracy of personal data concerning them for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

(2) the processing is unlawful and users object to the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of the use of the personal data;

(3) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but users need them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or

(4) if users object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh their reasons.

Where the processing of personal data relating to users has been restricted, such data may be processed, with the exception of storage, only with their consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of substantial public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, users will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

4. right to erasure

4.1. Obligation to delete

Users may request the controller to delete personal data concerning them without delay, and the controller is obliged to delete such data without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

(1. Personal data relating to users shall no longer be necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

2. Users shall withdraw the consent on which the processing is based in accordance with Article 3(1)(a). Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

(3) Users shall submit in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 1 DSGVO. Art. 21 para. 2 DSGVO to object to the processing.

(4) The personal data concerning the user have been processed unlawfully.

(5. The deletion of personal data concerning users shall be necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.

(6) The personal data concerning the user have been processed in relation to information society services provided pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Directive. 1 DSGVO collected.

4.2. Information to third parties

If the data controller has made the personal data concerning the user public and is responsible for the data in accordance with the law, the data controller shall inform the user accordingly. Art. 17 para. 1 DSGVO to erase them, it shall take reasonable measures, including technical measures, having regard to the available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers processing the personal data that you, as data subject, have requested erasure of all links to or copies or replications of such personal data.

4.3. Exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary

(1) to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

(2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

(3) for reasons of public interest in the field of public health pursuant to Article 9(2). 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;

(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 7. Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in Section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing, or

(5) to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

5. right to information

If users have exercised the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing to all recipients to whom the personal data relating to users have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

Users have the right to be informed of these recipients by the controller.

6. right to data portability

Users have the right to obtain the personal data concerning them that they have provided to the controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. In addition, users have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that

(1) the processing is based on consent pursuant to. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO or on a contract pursuant to. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and

(2) the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, users also have the right to obtain that the personal data concerning them be transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. Freedoms and rights of other persons must not be impaired by this.

The right to data portability shall not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

The right to data portability shall not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. right of objection

Users have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning them which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit e or f DSGVO; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning the user unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override their interests, rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If personal data concerning users are processed for the purposes of direct marketing, users have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them for the purposes of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

If users object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerned will no longer be processed for these purposes.

Notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, users may exercise their right to object to the use of information society services by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

8. right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

Users have the right to revoke their declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of the consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

9. automated decision in individual cases including profiling

Users have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them. This shall not apply if the decision

(1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between them and the controller,

(2) is authorised by Union or Member State legislation to which the controller is subject and that legislation contains adequate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the data subject and his or her legitimate interests; or

(3) is done with their express consent.

However, such decisions shall not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Article 9(2). 1 DSGVO, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or g DSGVO applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms of, and the legitimate interests of, the data subject, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

10. right to complain to a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, users shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if they consider that the processing of personal data relating to them infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR.

XI Consents (consent texts)

1. contact form

I consent to the processing of my data entered in the data entry screen for the purpose of responding to my contact request, whereby processing according to Art. 4 No. 2 DSGVO means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.