We highly value the protection of your data and the preservation of your privacy. Below, we inform you about the collection and use of personal data when using our website.
Section 1: Collection, Processing, and Use of Personal Data: We only collect personal data (individual information about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or determinable natural person) to the extent provided by you. The processing and use of your personal data are carried out to fulfill and process the contractually agreed-upon services and to handle your inquiries. After the complete processing of the contract, the data will initially be stored taking into account tax and commercial retention periods and then deleted after the expiration of the deadline, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Section 2: Data Transfer to Third Parties and Contractors: We will not transfer your data to third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so or if it is necessary to fulfill the contractual relationship with you. In such cases, the scope of the transmitted data is limited to the necessary minimum. When our service providers come into contact with your personal data, we ensure that they comply with the regulations of data protection laws.
Section 3: Advertising and Newsletter: We also use your data for advertising purposes to inform you about new products from our offer. The sending of electronic and postal advertising only takes place within the legally permissible scope or if you have given us your consent during newsletter registration. Participation in the newsletter is voluntary, and you have the opportunity to unsubscribe at any time.
Section 4: Cookies and Web Analysis: This website uses technologies to collect and store data for marketing and optimization purposes. Cookies, small text files stored locally in the cache of the visitor’s internet browser, may be used for this purpose. The data collected with etracker technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor of this website without the separately given consent of the data subject and will not be merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym. You can object to data collection and storage at any time with effect for the future.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” text files stored on your computer, to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent.
Section 5: Social Plugin: On our websites, we have integrated the social plugins of the social network https://www.facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you visit our websites, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your Facebook account. If you press the “Like” button or leave a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly to Facebook by your browser and stored there. For more information on data protection at Facebook, please refer to Facebook’s Privacy Policy.
Section 6: Data Security: To protect your data from unauthorized access, we use various technical and organizational measures as well as encryption techniques. All our employees are bound by the duty of confidentiality according to § 5 BDSG and undergo regular training on data protection and data security.
Section 7: Your Rights / Data Protection Officer: Upon written request, we will gladly inform you in accordance with our legal obligation whether and which personal data about you is stored with us. Under the conditions of the Federal Data Protection Act, you may request correction, blocking, and deletion of this data, provided that legal retention periods do not preclude this.
Terms of Use Website
Section 1: Content: The content of these pages has been and is carefully edited and reviewed. However, the association assumes no liability for the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against the association relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by incorrect and incomplete information are generally excluded unless the association can be proven to have acted with intent or gross negligence.
The association expressly reserves the right to change, supplement, delete, or discontinue parts of the site or the entire offer without prior notice.
Section 2: Links: Where the association refers directly or indirectly to third-party websites, the association is not liable for the case of illegal content on these websites. The association expressly declares that at the time of linking, the linked pages did not contain any illegal content. The association has no influence on the current and future design of the linked pages. The association hereby expressly distances itself from all changes to the content made after the link was set. This also applies to external entries in guest books, forums, etc., set up by the association.
Section 3: Copyright: The association endeavors to observe the copyrights of all publications. If a copyright infringement should nevertheless occur, the association will remove the corresponding object from its publication or mark it with the appropriate copyright. All trademarks and brand names mentioned within the internet offer and, if applicable, protected by third parties are subject without restriction to the provisions of the respectively valid trademark law and the ownership rights of the respective registered owners. The mere mention does not imply that trademarks are not protected by the rights of third parties. The copyright for the association’s own content on the domain https://tango.connects.berlin lies solely with the association. Reproduction of graphics, images, or texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the association.
Section 4: Legal Effectiveness: This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the internet offering from which this page was referenced. If sections or individual terms of this text do not, no longer, or do not completely correspond to the applicable legal situation, the remaining parts of the document remain unaffected in their content and validity.
Newsletter
With the following information, we inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch, and statistical evaluation procedures, as well as your right of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and the described procedures.
Content of the Newsletter: We send newsletters, emails, and other electronic notifications with advertising information (hereinafter “newsletter”) only with the consent of the recipients or a legal permission. If the content of the newsletter is specifically described as part of the registration, it is decisive for the consent of the users. In addition, our newsletters contain information about our services.
Double-Opt-In and Logging: The registration for our newsletter takes place in a double opt-in procedure. After registration, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with other people’s email addresses. Newsletter registrations are logged to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes the storage of the login and confirmation time, as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored with the shipping service provider are also logged.
Registration Data: To subscribe to the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your email address. Optionally, we ask you to provide a name for personal addressing in the newsletter.
Germany: The dispatch of the newsletter and the associated success measurement are based on the consent of the recipients according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR in conjunction with § 7 para. 2 no. 3 UWG or, if consent is not required, on the basis of our legitimate interests in direct marketing according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with § 7 para. 3 UWG.
The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our interest is in the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves both our business interests and meets the expectations of users and also allows us to provide evidence of consent.
**Cancellation/Revocation – You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e., revoke your consent. A link to cancel the newsletter can be found at the end of each newsletter. We can store the unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting them for the purpose of sending newsletters, to be able to provide evidence of a previously given consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed.
Newsletter – Dispatch Service Provider The newsletter is sent via the dispatch service provider “MailChimp,” a newsletter dispatch platform of the US provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. The privacy policy of the dispatch service provider can be viewed here. The Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a MailChimp is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection standards.
The dispatch service provider is used on the basis of our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and an order processing contract according to Art. 28 para. 3 sentence 1 GDPR.
The dispatch service provider may use the recipient’s data in pseudonymous form, i.e., without assignment to a user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g., for technical optimization of dispatch and presentation of newsletters or for statistical purposes. However, the dispatch service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass the data on to third parties.
Newsletter – Success Measurement The newsletters contain a so-called “web beacon,” i.e., a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when the newsletter is opened, or, if we use a dispatch service provider, from its server. As part of this retrieval, technical information such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of the retrieval, are initially collected. This information is used for the technical improvement of the services based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or access times. The statistical surveys also include determining whether the newsletters are opened when they are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to the individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our aim nor, if used, that of the dispatch service provider to observe individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.
reCAPTCHA
To protect your inquiries via internet form, we use the reCAPTCHA service of the company Google LLC (Google). The query serves to distinguish whether the input is made by a human or abusive automated, mechanical processing. The query includes the sending of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service. For this purpose, your input will be transmitted to Google and used there. However, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCaptcha will not be merged with other data from Google. For these data, the separate data protection regulations of Google apply. Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found at: Google Privacy Policy.