Data protection

General note and mandatory information

Designation of the responsible body

Responsible body in the sense of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

community4you AG

Headquarters:
Haendelstrasse 9
09120 Chemnitz
Germany

Fon: +49 371 909411-0
E-Mail: datenschutz@community4you.de
Website: www.community4you.de

Represented by:
Supervisory Board:
Klaus Ingensiep (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Gilbert Toepffer
Susan Bauch

Board:
Uwe Bauch (President)
Janko Nebel
Lavinio Cerquetti

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Only with your express consent are some processes of data processing possible. It is possible for you to revoke your consent at any time with a simple e-mail message. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to data portability
You have the right to hand over data that we process on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically to you or to third parties. The provision is made in a machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another person in charge, this will only be done as far as it is technically feasible.

Your data subjects rights
You can always exert the following rights against our data protection officer at his contact details:

information about your stored data and their processing,
correction of incorrect personal data,
deletion of your stored data,
restriction of data processing, if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations,
objection to our processing of your data and
data portability, if you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us.

If you have given us your consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future.

You can always contact the responsible supervisory authority with a complaint. Your responsible supervisory authority will depend on the state of your domicile, work or alleged violation. You can find a list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de.

Purposes of data processing by the responsible body and third parties
We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy statement. A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned does not take place. We only share your personal information with third parties if:

you have given your express consent
processing is required to complete a contract with you,
processing is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation,
processing is necessary to protect legitimate interests and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your information.

Deletion or blocking of data
We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. Therefore, we only store your personal data for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned here or as specified by the various storage periods defined by law. After discontinuation of the respective purpose or expiration of these deadlines, the relevant data will be blocked or deleted routinely and in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Collecting general information when visiting our websites
When you access our websites, a cookie automatically records information of a general nature. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider and the like. This includes exclusively information that does not allow conclusions about your person.

This information is technically necessary to correctly deliver the contents of web pages requested by you and is mandatory when using the internet. It is processed in particular for the following purposes:

ensuring a hassle-free connection to the websites,
ensuring a smooth use of our websites,
evaluation of system security and stability as well as
for further administrative purposes.

The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest for the aforementioned purposes of data collection. We do not use your information to draw conclusions about your person. The recipients of the data are only the responsible body and possibly the processors.

SSL encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption techniques (such as SSL) over HTTPS.

Contact form
By contacting us by e-mail or by contact form for questions of any kind, you give us your consent for the purpose of establishing contact. This requires the specification of a valid e-mail address. This is used for the assignment of the request and the subsequent answering of the same. The specification of further data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions. After completing your request the personal data will be automatically deleted.

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We use cookies and other tracking technologies on our site. These are small text files that your browser creates automatically and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not damage your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Cookies are a means of storing Information that arise in connection with the specific device used. However, this infomartion does not reveal your personal identity. We differentiate between three types of cookies:

Essential cookies enable basic functions and settings and are required for the website to function properly. The creation and storage of these cookies is done on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Statistical cookies allow us to analyze website usage so that we can measure and improve its performance. The creation and storage of these cookies is done on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO exclusively after you express your consent.
Advertising cookies enable us to transmit the online behavior of website users to advertising services such as Google Ads in order to provide you with more relevant advertising. The creation and storage is done on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO exclusively after you express your consent.

Your data privacy preferences (Cookie Preferences) are stored locally in the browser cache and remain in place even after the browser window is closed or the program is exited and - provided you do not delete the cache - can be read out.

Detailed information on the services we use, the purpose of their respective data collection and processing can be found in the following sections on AWStats, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics 4, Google Signals, Google Ads, YouTube and the section on External links.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Most browsers also offer a so-called "Do Not Track function" with which you can indicate that you do not want to be "tracked" by websites. When this feature is turned on, the browser tells ad networks, websites, and applications that you do not want to be tracked for behavioral advertising and the like. Information and instructions on how to edit this function can be obtained from the provider of your browser. In addition, you can prevent the loading of so-called scripts by default. NoScript only allows JavaScripts, Java and other plugins to run on trusted domains of your choice. Information and instructions on how to edit this function can be obtained from the provider of your browser. Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

You can check and adjust your cookie settings at any time via the link in the website footer.

AWStats
We use the web analysis software AWStats for the statistical recording of user behavior and as a basis for website optimization. This free web analysis software uses log files that our servers automatically create when you visit our website. We use AWStats in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (see Collecting general information when visiting our websites).

In addition, the following information is only recorded via cookies in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR after you have given your consent (see Statistical Cookies):

Screen size detection (TRKscreen)
Browser size detection (TRKwinsize)
Screen color depth detection (TRKcdi)
Java-enabled detection (TRKjava)
Macromedia Director Plugin Detection (TRKshk)
Macromedia Shockwave Plugin Detection (TRKfla)
Realplayer G2 plugin detection (TRKrp)
QuickTime Plugin Detection (TRKmov)
Media Player Plugin Detection (TRKwma)
Acrobat PDF plugin detection (TRKpdf)

The statistical evaluation does not mean that you can be identified as a person or that specific information can be assigned to you. No pseudonymous user profiles are created either. A combination with other data does not take place. The software is operated on our hosted web server in Germany. A transfer of data to third parties does not take place.

The AWStats program is an open source project. You can obtain information from the third-party provider on data protection at https://www.awstats.org.

You can check and adjust your cookie settings at any time via the link in the website footer.

Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The Google Tag Manager is a tool that we can use to integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create any user profiles, does not save any cookies and does not carry out any independent analyses. It is only used for the administration and display of the tools it integrates. However, the Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which can also be transmitted to Google's parent company in the United States.

The Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and easy integration and management of various tools on its website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time via the link in the website footer.

Google Analytics 4
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland, which enables an analysis of your use of our website.

By default, when you visit the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, which are stored as small text modules on your device and collect certain information. This information also includes your IP address, which, however, is shortened by Google by the last digits (anonymized) in order to disable direct personal referencing.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and processed there. Transmissions to Google LLC based in the USA are also possible.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of 14 months and then deleted.

All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR (see Statistical cookies).

Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to the site. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please disable this service via the Cookie Settings page via the link in the website footer.

We have concluded an order processing contract with Google that ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. For the transmission of data to the USA, Google relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level.

Further legal information on Google Analytics 4, including a copy of the standard contractual clauses mentioned, can be found at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Google Signals
As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals can be used on this website to create cross-device reports. If you have activated personalized ads and linked your devices to your Google account, Google can analyze your usage behavior across devices and database models, including cross-device conversions, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you want to stop the cross-device analysis, you can disable the "Personalized advertising" function in your Google account settings. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de You can find more information about Google Signals under the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics /answer/7532985?hl=de

Google Ads
We use Google Ads, a service that displays our advertising in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland.

In order to reliably measure the effectiveness of our Google advertisements and to optimize the bidding process, we use a cookie to transmit data about the user behavior of visitors (so-called conversion actions) to Google Ads. The transmission of these user signals to Google Ads with the help of a cookie only takes place if you have given us your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR (see advertising cookies).

Details on the processing initiated by Google Ads and how Google handles data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

You can view further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

You can check and adjust your cookie settings at any time via the link in the website footer.

External links
Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Xing, etc.) and other services such as Google Maps or YouTube are only included on our website as links to the relevant pages. After clicking on the integrated text/image link, you will be forwarded to the website of the respective provider. User information is only transferred to the respective provider after forwarding. Information on the handling of your personal data when using these websites can be found in the respective data protection regulations of the providers you use.

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Change of our privacy statement
We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement to always comply with the latest legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy statement, e.g. when introducing new services. Your new visit will be subject to the new privacy statement.

Questions to the data protection officer
If you have any questions about privacy, please email us or contact the person responsible for privacy in our organisation:

community4you AG

Headquarters:
Haendelstrasse 9
09120 Chemnitz
Germany

Fon: +49 371 909411-0
E-Mail: datenschutz@community4you.de
Website: www.community4you.de

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