Privacy policy

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you visit this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data refers to data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and for what purpose. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient for revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.

Right to File Complaint with the Supervisory Authority

In case of violations of data protection laws, the data subject has the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar. When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, Blocking, Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For further information on personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.

Objection to Promotional Emails

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, for example through spam emails.

Cookies

This website uses so-called cookies in part. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies used by us are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can configure your browser to notify you about the use of cookies, allowing you to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject them, or you can configure your browser to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are required for electronic communication or to provide certain features you wish to use (e.g., shopping cart functionality) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior) are stored, they will be addressed separately in this privacy policy.

Server Log Files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

A merger of this data with other data sources will not be done. The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or for pre-contractual measures.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. An informal message by email to us is sufficient. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer exists (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.

Storage of the IP Address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who write comments. Given that we do not check comments on our site before they go live, we need this information to be able to pursue action for illegal or slanderous content.

Subscribing to Comments

As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the info mails. The data entered in connection with subscriptions to comments will be deleted in this case; should you have transmitted this data to us for other purposes and elsewhere (e.g., newsletter subscriptions), it will remain with us.

Duration of Comments Storage

The comments and the related data (e.g., IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the content commented upon has been completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g., insulting comments).

Legal Basis

The storage of comments is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR). You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of any data processing that took place prior to the withdrawal.

Google Analytics

To the extent that you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC, is used on this website. The responsible service provider in the EU is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Scope of Processing:

Google Analytics uses cookies, which enable an analysis of your use of our websites. The information generated by the cookies regarding your use of this website is typically transferred to a Google server in the United States and stored there.

We use the ‘anonymizeIP’ function (so-called IP masking): Due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address is shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

The following data will be collected during your visit to the website:

• The pages you visit, your “click path”
• Achievement of “website goals” (conversions, e.g., newsletter registrations, downloads, purchases)
• Your user behavior (e.g., clicks, length of stay, bounce rates)
• Your approximate location (region)
• Your IP address (in truncated form)
• Technical information about your browser and the end devices you use (e.g., language settings, screen resolution)
• Your internet provider
• The referrer URL (which website/advertising medium brought you to this website)

Purposes of Processing:

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your pseudonymous use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used for the analysis of the performance of our website [OPTIONAL] and the success of our marketing campaigns.

Recipients:

The recipient of the data is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, acting as a data processor. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google. Google LLC, based in California, USA, and possibly US authorities may access the data stored at Google.

Transfer to Third Countries:

Data transfer to the USA cannot be ruled out.

Storage Period:

The data sent by us and linked to cookies are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has expired is automatically deleted once a month.

You can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by:

a. Not giving your consent to set the cookie or

b. downloading and installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

You can also prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly. However, please note that if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may lead to limitations in functionality on this and other websites.

Legal Basis and Option to Revoke:

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent, Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by accessing the and changing your selection.

For more information on the terms of use of Google Analytics and Google’s data privacy, please visit https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/ and https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

Google Ads and Conversion Tracking

Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. These details are usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The operator of this website has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places we specify on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR.

For more information on how user data is handled, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Google CDN

Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Maps

Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

YouTube

Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Parent Company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Our company maintains online presences within various social networks (Social Media). In doing so, we process data from active users of these online presences to communicate with them or offer information about PackPart. This processing is based on our legitimate interests in effectively informing users and communicating with them within the applicable framework of each respective social media platform, in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If, as a user of the respective social media platform, you are asked for consent to process data (e.g., by clicking a checkbox), the legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.

To the extent that we have the technical ability to influence the data protection-related processing operations of the respective social media you access, we will do so with the aim of data minimization as outlined in Article 5(1)(c) of the GDPR. However, please note that when you use these social media platforms, their terms of service and data processing policies apply. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that your data may also be processed outside the European Union. This may make it more difficult to enforce your rights, and data generated when using social media functionalities may also be analyzed and processed for market research and advertising purposes. This is done by storing your usage behavior and resulting interests and preferences as usage profiles in cookies, which are then used to display ads inside and outside of social media networks, likely corresponding to your interests (online marketing). If you are also a member of the respective social networks and logged in with them, data may be stored in user profiles that are independent of the devices you use.

You can find information and details about the respective processing methods and opt-out options in the privacy policies and information provided by the operators of the respective networks. Since only the operators of the social networks have access to the data processed there, you would need to direct inquiries about this data and your rights as a data subject to them. If you require our support in this matter, we are happy to assist.

SERVICES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS USED

• Facebook
• Service provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
• Parent company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
• Website: https://www.facebook.com
• Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
• Opt-out: Ad settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.
• LinkedIn
• Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
• Website: https://www.linkedin.com
• Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
• Opt-out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
• Twitter
• Service provider: Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
• Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy
• Settings: https://twitter.com/personalization.
• Xing
• Service provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
• Website: https://www.xing.de
• Privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.
• Instagram
• Service provider: Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
• Website: https://www.instagram.com
• Privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.
• Google My Business
• Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
• Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
• Website: https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/business/
• Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.