1. Collection and storage of personal data as well as the nature and purpose of its use
a) When visiting the website
When accessing our website www.apventures.de, the browser used on your end device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in what is known as a logfile. Here, the following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until automatic deletion:
• IP address of the requesting computer
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the accessed file
• Website from which the access originates (referrer URL)
• Browser used and the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider
We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:
• Ensuring the error-free establishment of a connection to the website
• Ensuring the convenient use of our website
• Analysing system security and stability
• Other administrative purposes
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is derived from the above-listed purposes for data collection. Under no circumstances will we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing any conclusions about your personal identity.
Moreover, cookies and analysis services are used when visiting our website. Further information about this is provided in section 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.
2. Provision of data
Your personal data shall not be provided to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
We will only provide your personal data to third parties if:
• you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1a) GDPR;
• the provision is required in accordance with Art. 6 (1f) GDPR for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have a prevailing interest worthy of protection in non-provision of your data;
• in the event that a legal obligation exists for the provision in accordance with Art. 6 (1c) GDPR, as well as;
• it is legally permissible and required in accordance with Art. 6 (1b) GDPR for the processing of contractual relations with you.
3. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These concern small files which your browser automatically creates and stores on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, trojan horses or other malware.
Information is stored in the cookie that arises in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we thereby obtain direct knowledge of your identity.
On the one hand, the use of cookies is intended to make the use of our website more convenient for you. For instance, we use session cookies in order to recognise whether you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our website.
Moreover, we use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness; these cookies are stored on your end device for a defined period. If you visit our website again in the future in order to use our services, it will automatically be recognised whether you have already visited our website and which entries and settings you made so that you do not need to re-enter this data.
On the other hand, we use cookies to collect statistics on the use of our website and analyse these statistics for the purpose of optimising our website for you (see section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognise whether you have already visited our website when you visit again. These cookies are automatically deleted after the defined period.
The data processed by cookies is required for the aforementioned purposes to maintain our legitimate interest and the legitimate interests of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1f) GDPR.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser in such a manner that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice is always displayed before a new cookie is created. Please note that as a result of the complete deactivation of cookies, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website.
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4. Tracking tools/Plugins and tools
a) Tracking tools
We use the following tracking tools on the basis of Art. 6 (1f) GDPR. Using these tracking tools, we wish to ensure the needs-based design and ongoing optimisation of our website. Furthermore, we use the tracking tools to collect statistics on the use of our website and analyse these statistics for the purpose of optimising our website for you. These interests are considered legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
The respective purposes of data processing and data categories are based on the corresponding tracking tools.
b) Google Analytics
For the purpose of the needs-based design and ongoing optimisation of our website, we use Google Analytics – a web analysis service by Google Inc. (https://about.google/intl/en/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; in the following “Google”). In this connection, pseudonymised usage profiles are created and cookies used (see section 4). The information generated by the cookie on your use of this website, such as:
• Browser type/version
• Browser system used
• Referrer URL (the previously visited website)
• Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address)
• Time of the server request
is sent to a Google server in the USA, where it is then stored. The information is used to analyse use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and render other services associated with website use and Internet use for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of this website. This information may also be sent to third parties, insofar as this is prescribed by law and where third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be combined with other data held by Google. The IP addresses are anonymised in such a manner that identification is not possible (IP masking).
You may prevent the installation of cookies by configuring the settings of your browser software accordingly. However, we wish to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to the full extent.
Moreover, you may prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).
Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found on the Google Analytics help page (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en), for example.
As an alternative to the browser add-on – especially for browsers on mobile end devices – you may also prevent data collection by Google Analytics by deactivating the statistical cookies under “3. Cookies/Control cookie settings”.
c) Plugins and tools
d) Google Web Fonts
This website uses Web Fonts, provided by Google, in order to present fonts in a consistent manner. When accessing a webpage, your browser saves the necessary Web Fonts to your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
To this end, the browser you use needs to establish a connection to Google servers. Google thereby obtains knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and appealing presentation of our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
You can find further information on Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.
ii) Bootstrap
Bootstrap is a free front-end CSS framework. It contains design templates based on HTML and CSS for typography, forms, buttons, tables, grid systems, navigation, and other interface design elements as well as additional, optional JavaScript extensions.
To use this library optimally, we use a content delivery network (CDN). This results in considerable performance advantages, and errors within the library are comprehensively fixed without further action on our part. The library can also be loaded from the server locally if desired.
CDN src: //netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css
src: //maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css
src: //netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js
5. Links to other websites
We also wish to point out that our website contains further links to external third-party websites. We have no influence over the processing of data on such third-party websites.
6. Rights of data subjects
You have the right:
• to request information about your personal data we process, in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information on the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data is or was disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automatic decision making including profiling and, where applicable, useful information on the details thereof;
• to request the rectification of your incorrect, or completion of your incomplete, personal data held by us without delay, in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
• to request the erasure of your personal data held by us, in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, insofar as the processing is not required for the exercise of the right of free expression and information, for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims;
• to request the restriction of processing of your personal data, in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, insofar as you dispute the correctness of the data, the processing is unlawful but you reject its erasure and we no longer need the data, however, you require such data for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims, or you have submitted an objection to processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer thereof to another controller, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;
• to withdraw your consent given to us at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. As a consequence, we will no longer be able to continue data processing in the future, which was based on this consent, and;
• to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual residence, workplace or our company address.
7. Right to object
Insofar as your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1f) GDPR, you have the right pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR to submit an objection to the processing of your personal data, provided that reasons exist which relate to your special situation or the objection is against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object without stating a special situation, and we shall comply with the exercise thereof.
8. Current status and amendment of this privacy policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and was prepared as of May 2018.
As a result of the further development of our website and offers thereon or due to altered legal or official requirements, it may be necessary to amend this privacy policy. You can access and print out the respectively valid privacy policy at any time on the website: https://apventures.de/en/datenschutzhinweis/.