Privacy Policy

DATA PROTECTION AT A GLANCE

General information

The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data with 
which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected on the one hand by providing it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (e. g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure an error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also 
have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint if you have any further questions 
about data protection. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. 
You may object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.

You may object to this analysis. We will inform you about the possibilities of objection in this privacy policy.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REQUIRED INFORMATION

Data protection

The operators of these pages 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 use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. 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. communication by e-mail) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the responsible body

The body responsible for data processing on this website is:

Viakom GmbH
Bregenberg 4
24976, Handewitt

Telephone: +49 (0)461- 430 920 0
E-Mail: info@viakom.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e. g. names, e-mail addresses, etc. ).

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
e-mail message to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising 
(Art. 21 GDPR)

If the data processing on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 bed. e or f GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which a processing is based can be found in this data protection declaration. If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of 
personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such 
direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to 
Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of data protection violations, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the state 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 that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract delivered to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site 
operator, this site uses an SSL or SSL. TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the 
browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, deletion, blocking

At any time, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing, as well as the right to rectification, blocking or deletion of such data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint if you have any further questions on 
the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was / happens unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have filed an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be made between your and our interests. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of 
asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important 
public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

Objection of advertising emails

The use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Datenschutzerklärung für die Nutzung von Facebook-Plugins (Like-Button)

Data protection declaration for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)
On our pages are plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc. , 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94 025, USA, 
integrated. The Facebook plugins can be identified by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thus receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged in to your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or their use by Facebook. Further information can be found in the privacy policy of Facebook at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Twitter

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These features are offered by Twitter Inc. , 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94 103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and disclosed to other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or their use by Twitter. Further information can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in your account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings ändern.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Xing

Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20 354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you access one of our pages that contains features of Xing, a connection to Xing servers is established. To our knowledge, no personal data is stored. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or the usage behavior evaluated.

Further information on data protection and the Xing Share button can be found in the Xing Privacy Policy at  https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

Data security and integrity

Viakom is committed to ensuring the security and integrity of the information collected about users. Viakom has put in place appropriate physical, electronic and organisational procedures to secure the information that users provide online. These procedures protect the 
information against unauthorized access, disclosure, loss, misuse, falsification and destruction. They also assist in ensuring integrity and 
proper use. However, due to the specific nature of Internet communication, we cannot guarantee or guarantee the security of your data 
transmission. We also recommend that you never give your password to anyone.

Safety measures

In accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances 
and purposes of the processing, as well as the different probability and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

Measures shall include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to, access to, input, disclosure, ensuring availability and separation of data. Furthermore, we have put in place procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and the response to threats to the data. Furthermore, we take into account the protection of personal data already during the development or selection of hardware, software and processes, in accordance with the principle of data protection through technical design and data protection-friendly presets (Art. 25 GDPR).

DATA COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE

Cookies

Some of the websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and stored by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies. ” They are automatically deleted at the end of 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 us.

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 in certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Server-Log-Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type/ browser version
• Operating system
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of accessing computer
• Time of the server request

These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data will not be merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check 
this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Contacting

When contacting us (e. g. via contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the user’s information will be used to process the
contact request and process it in accordance with GDPR. Art. 6 para. 1 bed. b) GDPR processed. The information of the users may be stored in a customer relationship management system (“CRM system”) or similar request organization.
We delete requests if they are no longer required. We review the necessity every two years; legal archiving obligations also apply.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal e-mail message to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

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

Links to external websites

You may be linked to a third-party site or product during your visit to the Site. If you send information to Viakom in order to access or purchase third-party products or services associated with viakom. de, we may need to share this information with third-party providers so that the provider can process your request and send you the products you have ordered or provide you with the services you have requested. Viakom does not control the websites of other organisations and is not liable for their products, services or privacy practices.

Newsletter data

If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require from you an e-mail address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data will be collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

Protection of minors

Although Viakom’s website is not directed at children, Viakom is obliged to comply with all applicable laws and other requirements, such as §8 Media Services State Contract or the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Viakom does not knowingly collect data from young users. If Viakom becomes aware that the data collected concerns children, Viakom will delete the data.

PLUGINS AND TOOLS

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 bed. f GDPR give.

If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a default font is used by your computer.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.