If you use our website purely for information purposes, i.e. you do not register or otherwise provide us with your details, we will only collect the data that is sent from your browser to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you call up our website, we collect the following data that are technically required in order to display the website:

• Our visited website
• Data and time of access
• Volume of data sent in bytes
• Source/link that sent you to the site
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used (rendered anonymous)

Processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. Data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files at a subsequent date if there are concrete grounds to suspect illegal use.

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).

If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

We may work with advertising partners who help us to make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard disk when you visit our website (third-party cookies). If we work together with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in each case in the following paragraphs.

Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. These can be found for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14
Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

As part of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the commentator name you have chosen will be saved and published on this website. Your IP address will also be logged and stored. The IP address is stored for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content by posting a comment. We need your e-mail address in order to contact you if a third party objects to your published content as unlawful. The legal basis for the storage of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as unlawful by third parties.

5.1 Registration for our e-mail newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receiving the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in future by clicking on a corresponding link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising by means of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the controller named at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

5.2 Sending the e-mail newsletter to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services to those already purchased from our range by e-mail. In accordance with Section 7 (3) UWG, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails. You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by sending a message to the controller named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs for this in accordance with the basic rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be discontinued immediately.

5.3 Advertising by letter post

On the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, your postal address and – if we have received this additional information from you as part of the contractual relationship – your title, academic degree, year of birth and your professional, industry or business name in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and to use them to send you interesting offers and information about our products by post.

You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a corresponding message to info@tanner.de.

This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider “YouTube”, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information when the video(s) is/are played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from “YouTube”, these are used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and analyzes them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations without our influence.

Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.

This website uses the online advertising program “Google Ads” and, as part of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising material (so-called Google Adwords). We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the advertising campaign data. Our aim is to show you advertising that is of interest to you, to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device. These cookies generally lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under the keyword “User settings”. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

We use Google Ads on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As part of the use of Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

You can find more information about Google’s privacy policy at the following Internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad preferences by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.

etracker

The provider of this website utilizes services from etracker GmbH, based in Hamburg, Germany (www.etracker.com), for the analysis of usage data. We do not use cookies by default for web analysis. If we do use analysis and optimization cookies, we will obtain your explicit consent separately in advance. If this is the case and you agree, cookies will be used to enable statistical analysis of this website’s reach, measure the success of our online marketing activities, and conduct testing procedures, such as testing and optimizing different versions of our online offering or its components. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the internet browser on the user’s device. etracker cookies do not contain information that allows identification of a user.

The data generated by etracker are processed and stored by etracker on behalf of the provider of this website exclusively in Germany, and thus are subject to strict German and European data protection laws and standards. etracker has been independently audited, certified, and awarded the privacy seal (www.eprivacy.eu/kunden/vergebene-siegel/firma/etracker-gmbh/) in this regard.

Data processing is based on the legal provisions of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our interest in accordance with GDPR (legitimate interest) is the optimization of our online offering and our web presence. Because the privacy of our visitors is important to us, data that may allow reference to an individual, such as IP address, login, or device identifiers, is anonymized or pseudonymized as early as possible. No other use, combination with other data, or disclosure to third parties occurs.

You can object to the data processing described above at any time by clicking on the slider. Objecting will not have any adverse consequences. If no slider is displayed, data collection has already been prevented by other blocking measures.

For more information on data protection at etracker, please visit https://www.etracker.com/datenschutz/

Our website utilizes the features of Google Ads Remarketing, through which we advertise this website in Google search results as well as on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). For this purpose, Google places a cookie in your browser, which enables interest-based advertising automatically based on a pseudonymous cookie ID and the pages you have visited. Processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further data processing will only occur if you have consented to Google associating your Internet and app browsing history with your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads you see on the web. If you are logged into your Google account while visiting our website in this case, Google will use your data along with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. Your personal data will be temporarily linked with Google Analytics data to create target groups. As part of using Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to Google LLC servers in the USA.

You can permanently disable the setting of cookies for ad preferences by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Alternatively, you can visit www.aboutads.info from the Digital Advertising Alliance to learn about setting cookies and make adjustments. Finally, you can configure your browser to notify you about the setting of cookies and individually decide on their acceptance or reject cookies for specific cases or overall. However, if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Further information and privacy policies regarding advertising and Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

Where legally required, we have obtained your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the aforementioned data processing. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above to object.

10.1 Email Applications for Job Postings

On our website, we advertise currently available positions in a separate section, where interested parties can apply via email to the provided contact address.

Inclusion in the application process requires applicants to provide us, along with the application via email, all personal data necessary for a thorough and informed assessment and selection.

Required information includes general personal details (name, address, telephone or electronic contact information) as well as performance-specific evidence of qualifications necessary for a position. Additionally, health-related information may be required, which must receive special consideration in terms of labor and social law protections for the applicant.
The specific components required for consideration in individual applications and the format for submitting these components via email can be found in the respective job posting.

Upon receipt of applications sent using the provided email contact address, applicant data is stored by us and evaluated solely for the purpose of processing the application. For any queries arising during the processing, we will use either the email address provided by the applicant with their application or a provided telephone number, at our discretion.

The legal basis for these processes, including contacting for queries, is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG, in which the progression of the application process is considered as initiation of an employment contract.

Where special categories of personal data as defined in Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g., health data such as information about disability status) are requested from applicants in the course of the application process, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, enabling us to exercise rights arising from labor law and social security and social protection law, and to fulfill our related obligations.
Alternatively, processing of special categories of data may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR, if it serves purposes of preventive or occupational medicine, for assessing the applicant’s working capacity, for medical diagnosis, for the provision of health or social care or treatment, or for the management of health or social care systems and services.

If, following the aforementioned evaluation, the applicant is not selected or if an applicant withdraws their application prematurely, the data transmitted via email, along with any electronic correspondence including the original application email, will be deleted no later than 6 months after notification. This timeframe is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and, if necessary, to fulfill our obligations of evidence under regulations for equal treatment of applicants.

In the event of a successful application, the provided data will be further processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for the purposes of implementing the employment relationship.

10.2 Online Applications via a Form

On our website, we offer job seekers the opportunity to apply online through a corresponding form. Inclusion in the application process requires applicants to provide us with all personal data necessary for a thorough and informed assessment and selection via the form.

Required information includes general personal details (name, address, telephone or electronic contact information) as well as performance-specific evidence of qualifications necessary for a position. Additionally, health-related information may be required, which must receive special consideration in terms of labor and social law protections for the applicant.

Upon submission of the form, applicant data is transmitted to us in an encrypted manner according to state-of-the-art technology, stored by us, and evaluated solely for the purpose of processing the application.

The legal basis for these processes is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG, in which the progression of the application process is considered as initiation of an employment contract.

Where special categories of personal data as defined in Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g., health data such as information about disability status) are requested from applicants in the course of the application process, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, enabling us to exercise rights arising from labor law and social security and social protection law, and to fulfill our related obligations.
Alternatively, processing of special categories of data may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR, if it serves purposes of preventive or occupational medicine, for assessing the applicant’s working capacity, for medical diagnosis, for the provision of health or social care or treatment, or for the management of health or social care systems and services.

If, following the aforementioned evaluation, the applicant is not selected or if an applicant withdraws their application prematurely, the data transmitted via the form will be deleted no later than 6 months after notification. This timeframe is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and, if necessary, to fulfill our obligations of evidence under regulations for equal treatment of applicants.

In the event of a successful application, the provided data will be further processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for the purposes of implementing the employment relationship.

Applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights (rights to access and intervention) as a data subject in relation to the controller in terms of the processing of your personal data; these are as follows:

• Access right pursuant to Art. 15 of the GDPR: you have a particular right to access to your personal data being processed by us and to the following information: the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data concerned, the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or the criteria used to determine that period, the existence of the right to request rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data or to object to such processing, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, where the personal data are not collected from you by us, any available information as to their source, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and any meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you, in addition to your right to information about what safeguards are in place pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR when your data is forwarded to third countries;
• Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 of the GDPR: you have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and/or the right to have incomplete personal data completed;
• Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 of the GDPR: you have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if the prerequisites of Art. 17 (1) of the GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply in particular if processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
• Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 of the GDPR: you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data if you have contested the accuracy of your personal data and this has been verified, if you oppose the erasure of your personal data and request the restriction of their use instead, if we no longer need your personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or if you have objected to processing on the grounds of your own particular situation pending verification of whether our legitimate grounds override yours;
• Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 of the GDPR: if you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing to each recipient to whom your personal data have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You are entitled to information about these recipients.
• Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 of the GDPR: you have the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to have the personal data transmitted to another controller, where technically feasible;
• Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) of the GDPR: you have the right to withdraw any consent you have already given to data processing at any time with future effect. In the event of such withdrawal of consent, we will delete the affected data immediately unless further processing is permitted on the legal basis of processing that does not require consent. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 of the GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

RIGHT TO OBJECT

WHERE WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREVAILING LEGITIMATE INTEREST AS PART OF THE BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH FUTURE EFFECT FOR REASONS RELATING TO YOUR OWN PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE THIS RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH PURPOSES AT ANY TIME. YOU CAN EXERCISE THIS RIGHT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU ASSERT THIS RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

The period of time for which personal data will be stored is based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial or tax law). Once the period expires, the corresponding data are routinely erased as long as they are no longer required for contract fulfilment or initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store them.

Please send any questions by email to datenschutz@tanner.de or by phone to +49 8382 272-235.

The TANNER WWW team welcomes your criticisms, proposals for improvement and encouragement. Please write to us.