Data Protection Declaration according to the GDPR
General
Name and address of the responsible person
The responsible person within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:
Thomas Nowotny
Wallauer Str. 37
65191 Wiesbaden
Mobile: +4916099137571
Mail: expertise@thomasnowotny.de
Web: www.thomasnowotny.de
Germany
Domains: www.thomasnowotny.de
Name and address of the data protection officer
The data protection officer of the responsible party is:
Thomas Nowotny
Wallauer Str. 37
65191 Wiesbaden
Mobile: +4916099137571
Mail: expertise@thomasnowotny.de
Web: www.thomasnowotny.de
Germany
Domains: www.thomasnowotny.de
Thomas Nowotny as operator of the website www.thomasnowotny.de works according to the regulations of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GSGVO).
Declaration of consent
This document has been created to demonstrate efforts to comply with privacy laws. This document contains the Cookie Policy and Cookie Consent Settings to demonstrate consent for the time and region indicated below. For more information about this document, find it at https://complianz.io/consent.
This Cookie Policy was last updated on February 11, 2021 and applies to citizens of the European Economic Zone.
1. Introduction
My website, www.thomasnowotny.de (hereinafter: “The Website”) uses cookies and similar technologies (for convenience, all of these are collectively referred to as “Cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties contracted by us. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies
A cookie is a simple small file that can be sent along with the pages of an Internet address and stored by the web browser on the PC or other device. The information stored in it can be sent to our servers or the servers of relevant third parties during subsequent visits.
2.1. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that allows our website to function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
3. Analytics Germanized for Google Analytics (GDPR / DSGVO)
3.1. What is Analitics Germanized for Google Analytics?
We use on our website the plugin Analitics Germanized for Google Analytics by Pascal Bajorat (Bajorat Media) — web designer and WordPress developer from Berlin. We have made the following settings:
- IP annomynnisation enabled
- Demographic and interest reports not enabled
- Outbound link tracking not enabled
- Advanced link attribution not enabled
- Consideration of “Do Not Track” headers enabled
3.2 What are the features in general?
Google Analytics pre-configured to comply with EU law (GDPR / DSGVO) and with many advanced Analytics settings for extensive tracking capabilities.
With this plugin, you can integrate Google Analytics in compliance with EU law and data protection. For this, you only need to enter your Google Analytics ID in the general settings. Other settings (e.g. AnonymizeIP) are preconfigured accordingly and only need to be changed if required or if you want to add extensions.
For a privacy-compliant integration, it is necessary that you clarify the use of Google Analytics in your privacy policy. In addition, a possibility for an opt-out from Google Analytics must be created. For the opt-out, you can use the shortcode described in the General tab, point 3.
In the advanced settings, functions of Google Analytics can be activated. Corresponding information can be found in the settings.
- FUNCTIONS OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS GERMANIZED
- Easy Google Analytics integration, only the UA ID is needed, everything else is preconfigured
- Preconfigured to comply with EU law
- Cookie Consent integration for EU cookie law
- Compatible with Google Site Tag and Universal Analytics code (you have a choice)
- Google Analytics opt-out link shortcode for your privacy policy
- Google Analytics integration can be disabled and you can use opt-out as a standalone feature (compatible with other Google Analytics plugins)
- Compatible with the opt-out links generated by eRecht24
- Anonymize IP is integrated and enabled by default
- Demographic and interest reports
- Outbound link tracking
- Improved link attribution
- Integration of custom code
- Support for “Do Not Track” headers
- WPML support
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4. Cookies
4.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that parts of our website function properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, when you visit our site, you do not have to repeatedly enter the same information, or your items remain in your shopping cart until you pay, for example. We may place these cookies without your consent.
4.2 Analysis cookies
Since statistics are collected anonymously, no permission is required to place analytic cookies.
4.2.1 Google Analytics Privacy Policy (created with AdSimple’s Privacy Generator)
Google Analytics Privacy Policy Summary
👥 Data subjects: Visitors to the website.
🤝 Purpose: Evaluation of visitor information to optimize the web offer.
📓 Data processed: Access statistics, which include data such as locations of accesses, device data, access duration and time, navigation behavior, click behavior, and IP addresses. More details can be found further down in this privacy policy.
📅 Storage duration: depending on the properties used.
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests).
4.2.1.1 What is Google Analytics?
We use the analysis tracking tool Google Analytics (GA) of the American company Google Inc. on our website. For the European area, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services. Google Analytics collects data about your actions on our website. For example, when you click on a link, this action is stored in a cookie and sent to Google Analytics. Using the reports we receive from Google Analytics, we can better tailor our website and service to your preferences. In the following, we will go into more detail about the tracking tool and, in particular, inform you about what data is stored and how you can prevent this.
Google Analytics is a tracking tool used to analyze traffic to our website. In order for Google Analytics to work, a tracking code is built into the code of our website. When you visit our website, this code records various actions you take on our website. Once you leave our website, this data is sent to Google Analytics servers and stored there.
Google processes the data and we receive reports about your user behavior. These reports may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Audience reports: through audience reports, we get to know our users better and know more precisely who is interested in our service.
- Ad reports: Ad reports help us analyze and improve our online advertising.
- Acquisition reports: Acquisition reports give us helpful information on how to attract more people to our service.
- Behavior reports: This is where we learn how you interact with our website. We can track the path you take on our site and which links you click.
- Conversion reports: Conversion is when you take the desired action based on a marketing message. For example, you go from being a mere website visitor to a buyer or newsletter subscriber. These reports help us learn more about how our marketing efforts are working for you. This is how we aim to increase our conversion rate.
- Real-time reports: Here we always know immediately what is happening on our website. For example, we can see how many users are reading this text.
4.2.1.2 Why do we use Google Analytics on our website?
Our goal with this website is clear: we want to provide you with the best possible service. The statistics and data from Google Analytics help us achieve this goal.
The statistically evaluated data shows us a clear picture of the strengths and weaknesses of our website. On the one hand, we can optimize our site so that it can be found more easily by interested people on Google. On the other hand, the data helps us to better understand you as a visitor. Thus, we know very well what we need to improve on our website in order to provide you with the best possible service. The data also helps us to carry out our advertising and marketing measures in a more individual and cost-effective way. After all, it only makes sense to show our products and services to people who are interested in them.
4.2.1.3 What data is stored by Google Analytics?
Google Analytics uses a tracking code to create a random, unique ID that is linked to your browser cookie. This is how Google Analytics recognizes you as a new user. The next time you visit our site, you will be recognized as a “returning” user. All collected data is stored together with this user ID. This makes it possible to evaluate pseudonymous user profiles.
In order to analyze our website with Google Analytics, a property ID must be inserted into the tracking code. The data is then stored in the corresponding property. For each newly created property, the Google Analytics 4 property is standard. Alternatively, you can also create the Universal Analytics property. Depending on the property used, data is stored for different lengths of time.
Labels such as cookies and app instance IDs are used to measure your interactions on our website. Interactions are all types of actions you take on our website. If you also use other Google systems (such as a Google account), data generated through Google Analytics may be linked to third-party cookies. Google does not share Google Analytics data unless we, as the website operator, authorize it. Exceptions may occur if required by law.
The following cookies are used by Google Analytics:
Name: _ga
Wert: 2.1326744211.152311284017 – 5
Purpose: By default, analytics.js uses the _ga cookie to store the user ID. Basically, it is used to distinguish website visitors.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: _gid
Wert: 2.1687193234.152311284017 – 1
Purpose: The cookie is also used to distinguish the website visitors.
Expiration date: after 24 hours
Name: _gat_gtag_UA_<property-id>
Value: 1
Intended use: used to lower the request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_ <property-id>.
Expiration date: after 1 minute
Name: AMP_TOKEN
Value: not specified
Purpose: The cookie has a token that can be used to retrieve a user ID from the AMP client ID service. Other possible values indicate a logout, a request, or an error.
Expiration date: after 30 seconds up to one year.
Name: __utma
Wert: 1564498958.1564498958.1564498958.1
Purpose: This cookie is used to track your behavior on the website and measure performance. The cookie is updated every time information is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: __utmt
Value: 1
Purpose: The cookie is used like _gat_gtag_UA_<property-id> to throttle the request rate.
Expiration date: after 10 minutes
Name: __utmb
Value: 3.10.1564498958
Purpose: This cookie is used to determine new sessions. It is updated every time new data or info is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiration date: after 30 minutes
Name: __utmc
Value: 167421564
Purpose: This cookie is used to set new sessions for returning visitors. This is a session cookie and is only stored until you close the browser again.
Expiration date: After you close the browser.
Name: __utmz
Value: m|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/
Purpose: The cookie is used to identify the source of traffic to our website. That is, the cookie stores from where you came to our website. This may have been another page or an advertisement.
Expiration date: after 6 months
Name: __utmv
Value: not specified
Purpose: The cookie is used to store custom user data. It is updated whenever information is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Note: This enumeration cannot claim to be complete, as Google is always changing the choice of their cookies as well.
Here we show you an overview of the most important data collected by Google Analytics:
Heatmaps: Google creates so-called heatmaps. Heatmaps allow you to see exactly those areas that you click on. This gives us information about where you are “on the move” on our site.
Session duration: Google defines session duration as the time you spend on our site without leaving. If you have been inactive for 20 minutes, the session ends automatically.
Bounce rate: A bounce is when you view only one page on our site and then leave our site.
Account creation: when you create an account or make an order on our website, Google Analytics collects this data.
IP address: The IP address is only shown in a shortened form so that no clear assignment is possible.
Location: The IP address can be used to determine the country and your approximate location. This process is also referred to as IP- location determination.
Technical information: Technical information includes, but is not limited to, your browser type, internet service provider, or screen resolution.
Source of origin: Google Analytics or we are of course also interested in which website or which advertisement you came to our site from.
Other data include contact details, any ratings, playing media (for example, if you play a video via our site), sharing content via social media or adding to your favorites. The enumeration does not claim to be complete and only serves as a general orientation of the data storage by Google Analytics.
4.2.1.4 How long and where is the data stored?
Google has distributed its servers all over the world. Most servers are located in America and consequently your data is mostly stored on American servers. You can find out exactly where Google’s data centers are located here: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de.
Your data is distributed on different physical disks. This has the advantage that the data can be accessed more quickly and is better protected against manipulation. In each Google data center, there are corresponding emergency programs for your data. If, for example, the hardware at Google fails or natural disasters paralyze servers, the risk of a service interruption at Google still remains low.
The retention period of the data depends on the properties used. When using the newer Google Analytics 4 properties, the retention period of your user data is fixed at 14 months. For other so-called event data, we have the option to choose a retention period of 2 months or 14 months.
For Universal Analytics properties, Google Analytics defaults to a retention period of 26 months for your user data. Then your user data is deleted. However, we have the option to choose the retention period of user data ourselves. We have five variants available for this purpose:
- Deletion after 14 months
- Deletion after 26 months
- Deletion after 38 months
- Deletion after 50 months
- No automatic deletion
In addition, there is also an option for data to be deleted only when you no longer visit our website within the time period we have selected. In this case, the retention period will be reset each time you visit our website again within the specified period.
Once the specified period has expired, the data is deleted once a month. This retention period applies to your data associated with cookies, user recognition and advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick domain cookies). Reporting results are based on aggregated data and are stored separately from user data. Aggregated data is a merging of individual data into a larger unit.
4.2.1.5 How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
According to European Union data protection law, you have the right to obtain information about your data, update it, delete it, or restrict it. Using the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js), you can prevent Google Analytics from using your data. You can download and install the browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Please note that this add-on only disables data collection by Google Analytics.
If you generally want to disable, delete or manage cookies (independently of Google Analytics), there are separate instructions for each browser:
Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome.
Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari.
Firefox: Delete cookies to remove data that websites have placed on your computer
Internet Explorer: delete and manage cookies
Microsoft Edge: delete and manage cookies
Please note that when using this tool, data from you may also be stored and processed outside the EU. Most third countries (including the USA) are not considered secure under current European data protection law. Data to insecure third countries may therefore not simply be transferred, stored and processed there unless there are suitable safeguards (such as EU standard contractual clauses) between us and the non-European service provider.
4.2.1.6 Legal basis
The use of Google Analytics requires your consent, which we have obtained with our cookie popup. According to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent), this consent constitutes the legal basis for the processing of personal data, as may occur during the collection by web analytics tools.
In addition to consent, there is a legitimate interest on our part to analyze the behavior of website visitors and thus to improve our offer technically and economically. With the help of Google Analytics, we detect website errors, can identify attacks and improve the economic efficiency. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests).
We hope we have been able to provide you with the most important information regarding the data processing of Google Analytics. If you want to learn more about the tracking service, we recommend these two links: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
4.2.1.7 Google Analytics IP anonymization
We have implemented Google Analytics IP address anonymization on this website. This function was developed by Google to enable this website to comply with applicable data protection regulations and recommendations of local data protection authorities if they prohibit storage of the full IP address. The anonymization or masking of the IP takes place as soon as the IP addresses arrive in the Google Analytics data collection network and before any storage or processing of the data takes place.
You can find more information on IP anonymization at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=de.
4.2.1.8 Google Analytics reports on demographic characteristics and interests.
We have enabled advertising reporting features in Google Analytics. The reports on demographic characteristics and interests contain information on age, gender and interests. This allows us — without being able to assign this data to individual persons — to get a better picture of our users. You can learn more about the advertising functions on https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3450482?hl=de_AT&utm_id=ad.
You can stop the use of the activities and information of your Google account under “Advertising settings” on https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated via checkbox.
4.2.1.9 Google Analytics deactivation link
If you click on the following deactivation link, you can prevent Google from recording further visits to this website. Note: Deleting cookies, using the incognito/private mode of your browser, or using a different browser will result in data being collected again.
4.2.1.10 Google Analytics Data Processing Addendum
We have concluded a direct customer agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics by accepting the “Data Processing Addendum” in Google Analytics.
You can find out more about the data processing addendum for Google Analytics here:https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3379636?hl=de&utm_id=ad
4.2.1.11 Google Analytics Google Signals Privacy Policy
We have enabled Google signals in Google Analytics. This updates existing Google Analytics features (advertising reports, remarketing, cross-device reports, and interest and demographic reports) to obtain aggregated and anonymized data from you, provided you have allowed personalized ads in your Google account.
What makes this special is that it is cross-device tracking. That means your data can be analyzed across devices. By enabling Google signals, data is collected and linked to the Google account. Google can thus recognize, for example, if you view a product on our website via a smartphone and only buy the product later via a laptop. Thanks to the activation of Google signals, we can launch cross-device remarketing campaigns that would otherwise not be possible in this form. Remarketing means that we can also show you our offer on other websites.
In Google Analytics, Google signals also collect other visitor data such as location, search history, YouTube history and data about your actions on our website. This gives us better advertising reports from Google and more useful information about your interests and demographics. This includes your age, what language you speak, where you live, or what gender you are. Furthermore, social criteria such as your profession, marital status or income are also added. All these characteristics help Google Analytics to define groups of people or target groups.
The reports also help us to better assess your behavior, your wishes and interests. This allows us to optimize and adapt our services and products for you. By default, this data expires after 26 months. Please note that this data collection only occurs if you have allowed personalized advertising in your Google account. This is always aggregated and anonymous data and never individual person data. In your Google account, you can manage this data or delete it.
4.2.2 IONOS WebAnalytics Privacy Policy (created with the AdSimple Privacy Generator)
IONOS WebAnalytics Privacy Policy Summary
👥 Data subjects: Visitors to the website.
🤝 Purpose: Evaluation of visitor information to optimize the web offer.
📓 Data processed: Access statistics containing data such as access locations, device data, access duration and time, and IP addresses in anonymized form.
📅 Storage period: depending on the duration of the contract with IONOS WebAnalytics.
⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests).
4.2.2.1 What is IONOS WebAnalytics?
We use the analysis tool IONOS WebAnalytics of the German company 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany on our website. The tool helps us analyze our website and data is also collected and stored for this purpose. However, this tool does not collect data that could identify you as a person. Nevertheless, in this privacy statement we would like to inform you in more detail about the data processing and storage and also explain why we use IONOS WebAnalytics.
IONOS WebAnalytics is, as the name suggests, a tool that is used to analyze our website. The software program collects data about how long you stay on our website, which buttons you click or from which other website you found us. This gives us a good overview of user behavior on our website. All this information is anonymous. This means that we do not identify you as a person through this data, but only receive general usage information and statistics.
4.2.2.2 Why do we use IONOS WebAnalytics on our website?
Our goal is to provide you with the best possible experience on our website. We are confident in our offerings and want our website to be a helpful and useful place for you. To do this, we need to tailor our website to your needs and concerns as much as possible. With a web analytics tool like IONOS WebAnalytics and the resulting data we can improve our website to that end. The data can also help us to design advertising and marketing measures more individually. With all these web analyses, however, we are still concerned about the protection of personal data. Unlike other analysis tools, IONOS WebAnalytics does not store and process any data that could identify you as a person.
4.2.2.3 What data is stored by IONOS WebAnalytics?
Data is collected and stored through log files or through a so-called pixel. A pixel is a snippet of JavaScript code that loads a collection of functions that can be used to track user behavior. WebAnalytics deliberately avoids the use of cookies.
IONOS does not store any personal data about you. When you submit a page request, your IP address is transmitted, but then immediately anonymized and processed in such a way that you cannot be identified as a person.
The following data is stored by IONOS WebAnalytics:
- Your browser type and browser version
- which website you have visited before (referrer)
- which specific website you have visited
- which operating system you are using
- which end device you are using (PC, tablet or smartphone)
- when you came to our site
- your IP address in anonymized form
The data is not passed on to any third-party providers and is only used for statistical analysis.
4.2.2.3 How long and where is the data stored?
The data is stored until the contract between IONOS WebAnalytics and us expires. The data is stored in our log directory in the case of a regular web hosting plan and graphical statistics are generated from it. These logs are deleted every 8 weeks. In the case of a MyWebsite tariff, the data is determined via a pixel. Here, the data is only stored and processed within IONOS WebAnalytics.
4.2.2.4 How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
In principle, you have the right to information, correction or deletion and restriction of the processing of your personal data at any time. You can also revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time. However, since no personal data is stored or processed via IONOS WebAnalytics and therefore an assignment of you as a person is not possible, there is also no possibility to delete such data.
4.2.2.5 Legal basis
The use of IONOS WebAnalytics requires your consent, which we have obtained with our Cookie Popup. According to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), this consent constitutes the legal basis for the processing of personal data as it may occur during the collection by web analytics tools.
In addition to consent, there is a legitimate interest on our part in analyzing the behavior of website visitors and thus improving our offer technically and economically. With the help of IONOS WebAnalytics, we detect website errors, can identify attacks and improve economic efficiency. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests).
We hope we have been able to provide you with the most important information around the truly economical data processing of IONOS WebAnalytics. If you want to learn more about the tracking service, we recommend that you read the company’s privacy policy at https://www.ionos.de/hilfe/datenschutz/datenverarbeitung-von-webseitenbesuchern-ihres-11-ionos-produktes/webanalytics/?tid=311284017.
4.3 Advertising cookies
On this website, we use advertising cookies that allow us to gain insights into campaign results. This is done on the basis of a profile we create based on your behavior on our website www.thomasnowotny.de. These cookies link you as a website visitor to a unique ID, but do not profile your behavior and interests in order to serve personalized ads. Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we require your consent to place them.
4.4 Social Media Buttons
On our website, we have included buttons for Facebook and LinkedIn to support web pages (e. g.
“Like”, “Pin”) or sharing (e.g. “Tweet”) on social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn. These buttons use code that comes from Facebook and LinkedIn themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons may also store and process certain information so that personalized advertising can be displayed to you.
Please read the privacy policy of these social networks (which may change regularly) to learn how they handle your (personal) data that they process using these cookies. The retrieved data is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook and LinkedIn are located in the United States.
4.4.1 LinkedIn privacy policy
(Source: Created with the privacy generator of AdSimple)
LinkedIn privacy policy summary
👥 Data subjects: visitors to the website
🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service performance.
📓 Data processed: Data such as user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address.
More details can be found below in the privacy policy.
📅 Storage period: the data is generally deleted within 30 days.
⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests).
4.4.3.1 What is LinkedIn?
We use social plug-ins of the social media network LinkedIn, of the company LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA on our website. The social plug-ins may be feeds, sharing content or linking to our LinkedIn page. The social plug-ins are clearly marked with the familiar LinkedIn logo and allow, for example, interesting content to be shared directly via our website. For the European Economic Area and Switzerland, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place in Dublin is responsible for data processing.
By embedding such plug-ins, data can be sent to LinkedIn, stored and processed there. In this privacy policy, we want to inform you about what data is involved, how the network uses this data and how you can manage or prevent data storage.
LinkedIn is the largest social network for business contacts. Unlike Facebook, for example, the company focuses exclusively on building business contacts. Companies can present services and products on the platform and establish business relationships. Many people also use LinkedIn to look for jobs or to find suitable employees for their own company. In Germany alone, the network has over 11 million members. In Austria, there are around 1.3 million.
4.4.1.2 Why do we use LinkedIn on our website?
We know how busy you are. That’s why you can’t follow all social media channels individually. Even if it would be worth it, as in our case. Because time and again we post interesting news or reports that are worth spreading. That’s why we’ve made it possible on our website to share interesting content directly on LinkedIn or to link directly to our LinkedIn page. We consider built-in social plug-ins as an extended service on our website. The data that LinkedIn collects also helps us to show possible advertising measures only to people who are interested in our offer.
4.4.1.4 What data is stored by LinkedIn?
LinkedIn does not store any personal data merely by integrating the social plug-ins. LinkedIn calls this data generated by plug-ins passive impressions. However, when you click on a social plug-in to share our content, for example, the platform stores personal data as so-called “active impressions”. And this is regardless of whether you have a LinkedIn account or not. If you are logged in, the collected data is assigned to your account.
Your browser establishes a direct connection to LinkedIn’s servers when you interact with our plug-ins. In this way, the company logs various usage data. In addition to your IP address, this can be login data, device information or info about your internet or mobile provider, for example. If you access LinkedIn services via your smartphone, your location (after you have allowed this) can also be determined. LinkedIn may also share this data in “hashed” form with third-party advertisers. Hashing means turning a record into a string of characters. This can be used to encrypt the data in such a way that individuals can no longer be identified.
Most data about your user behavior is stored in cookies. These are small text files that are usually set in your browser. Furthermore, LinkedIn can also use web beacons, pixel tags, display tags and other device identifiers.
Various tests also show which cookies are set when a user interacts with a social plug-in. The data found cannot claim to be complete and only serves as an example. The following cookies were set without being logged into LinkedIn:
Name: bcookie
Wert: =2&34aab2aa-2ae1-4d2a-8baf-c2e2d7235c16311284017-
Purpose: The cookie is a so-called “browser ID cookie” and consequently stores your identification number (ID).
Expiration date: After 2 years
Name: lang
Value: v=2&lang=en-en
Purpose: This cookie stores your default or preferred language.
Expiration date: After end of session
Name: lidc
Wert: 1818367:t=1571904767:s=AQF6KNnJ0G311284017…
Purpose: This cookie is used for routing. Routing records the ways you came to LinkedIn and how you navigate through the website there.
Expiration date: after 24 hours
Name: rtc
Value: kt0lrv3NF3x3t6xvDgGrZGDKkX
Purpose: No further information could be obtained about this cookie.
Expiration date: after 2 minutes
Name: JSESSIONID
Wert: ajax:3112840172900777718326218137
Purpose: This is a session cookie that LinkedIn uses to maintain anonymous user sessions through the server.
Expiration date: after the end of the session
Name: bscookie
Value: “v=1&201910230812…
Purpose: This cookie is a security cookie. LinkedIn describes it as a secure browser ID cookie.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: fid
Value: AQHj7Ii23ZBcqAAAA…
Purpose: No further information could be found about this cookie.
Expiration date: after 7 days
Note: LinkedIn also works with third-party providers. That is why we also detected the two Google Analytics cookies _ga and _gat during our test.
4.4.1.5 How long and where is the data stored?
In principle, LinkedIn retains your personal data for as long as the company considers it necessary to provide its own services. However, LinkedIn deletes your personal data when you delete your account. In some exceptional cases, LinkedIn retains some data in aggregate and anonymized form even after you delete your account. Once you delete your account, other people will not be able to see your data within one day. LinkedIn generally deletes data within 30 days. However, LinkedIn retains data if it is necessary due to legal obligation. Data that can no longer be assigned to individuals remain stored even after the account is closed. The data is stored on various servers in America and presumably also in Europe.
4.4.1.6 How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
You have the right to access and also delete your personal data at any time. In your LinkedIn account, you can manage, change and delete your data. In addition, you can also request a copy of your personal data from LinkedIn.
To access account data in your LinkedIn profile:
In LinkedIn, click on your profile icon and select the “Settings and Privacy” section. Now click on “Privacy” and then in the “How LinkedIn uses your data” section click on “Change”. In just a short time, you will be able to download selected data about your web activity and account history.
You also have the option in your browser to prevent LinkedIn from processing your data. As mentioned above, LinkedIn stores most data via cookies that are set in your browser. You can manage, deactivate or delete these cookies. Depending on which browser you have, the management works slightly differently. You can find the instructions for the most common browsers here:
Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome.
Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari.
Firefox: Delete cookies to remove data that websites have placed on your computer
Internet Explorer: delete and manage cookies
Microsoft Edge: delete and manage cookies
You can also basically set up your browser so that you are always informed when a cookie is to be set. Then you can always decide individually whether you want to allow the cookie or not.
Please note that when using this tool, data from you may also be stored and processed outside the EU. Most third countries (including the USA) are not considered secure under current European data protection law. Data to insecure third countries may therefore not simply be transferred, stored and processed there unless there are suitable safeguards (such as EU standard contractual clauses) between us and the non-European service provider.
4.4.1.7. Legal basis
If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by integrated social media elements, this consent is considered the legal basis of the data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. Most social media platforms also set cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view the privacy policy or cookie policy of the respective service provider.
We have tried to bring you closer to the most important information about data processing by LinkedIn. At https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy you can learn even more about the data processing of the social media network LinkedIn.
4.4.7 Google Fonts Local Privacy Policy
(Source: Created with the privacy generator from AdSimple)
On our website, we use Google Fonts from Google Inc. The company responsible for the European region is Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland). We have embedded the Google fonts locally, i.e. on our web server — not on Google’s servers. This means that there is no connection to Google servers and thus no data transfer or storage.
4.4.7.1 What are Google Fonts?
Google Fonts used to be called Google Web Fonts. This is an interactive directory of over 800 fonts that Google provides free of charge. With Google Fonts, you could use fonts without uploading them to your own server. However, in order to prevent any information transfer to Google servers in this regard, we have downloaded the fonts to our server. This way we act privacy compliant and do not send any data to Google Fonts.
5. Hosting privacy policy 1&1
The logs for the current day are updated almost in real-time. Due to the large amount of data, log data is kept available for a maximum of 9 weeks.
5.1 Page request via a proxy server
The proxy server functions more or less as a proxy that requests the pages and forwards them to the user. Consequently, the IP address of the proxy and not the address of the workstation originally requesting the page is shown in the log file.
Some proxies send a header field called X‑Forwarded-For, in which the original IP is entered so that it is possible to trace where a request originally came from when it is accessed via proxies. This X‑Forwarded-For header is appended to the end of each entry in the log file at 1&1 WebHosting.
When using the 1&1 SSL proxy, as well as proxy calls that transmit the corresponding information, the IP address of the actual requesting computer is in the last column of each logline.
This improves the ability to generate meaningful visitor statistics.
Please note:
Due to privacy policies on personal data, the IP addresses of the callers in the log files are anonymized with an ‘x’ after 7 days. For more info, see 1und1’s data protection agreement at https://hosting.1und1.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy/.
The proxy server functions more or less as a proxy that requests the pages and forwards them to the user. Consequently, the log file contains the IP address of the proxy and not the address of the workstation that originally requested the page.
Some proxies send a header field called X‑Forwarded-For, in which the original IP is entered, so that it is possible to trace where a request originally came from when it is accessed via proxies. This X‑Forwarded-For header is appended to the end of each entry in the log file at 1&1 WebHosting.
When using the 1&1 SSL proxy, as well as proxy calls that transmit the corresponding information, the IP address of the actual requesting computer is in the last column of each log line. This improves the possibility of creating meaningful visitor statistics.
6. Your rights regarding personal data
You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what happens to it and how long it is kept.
Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data known to us. Right to rectification: you have the right whenever you wish to supplement, correct and have your personal data deleted or blocked.
If you have given us consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw this consent and have your personal data deleted. Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from one controller and to transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
Right to object: you can object to the processing of your data. We
comply with this unless there are legitimate grounds for the processing.
To exercise these rights please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the end of this Cookie Statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear it, but you also have the right to address it to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).
7. Activation / deactivation and deletion of cookies
You can use your Internet browser to delete cookies automatically or manually. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change your Internet browser settings so that you receive a message each time a cookie is set. For more information on these options, find the instructions in your browser’s help section.
Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete the cookies in your browser, they will be re-placed when you visit our website again.
7.1. Complianz — GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Plugin
7.1.1 What is Complianz?
Complianz is a GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin that supports GDPR, DSGVO, LGPD, POPIA, APA, CCPA and PIPEDA with a conditional cookie notice and a customized cookie policy based on the results of the integrated cookie scan. (Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/complianz-gdpr/)
7.1.2 What cookies does Complianz set?
cmplzFormValues
cmplzDashboardDefaultsSet
cmplz_policy_id
cmplz_functional
cmplz_statistics-anonymous
cmplz_statistics
cmplz_marketing
cmplz_consent_status
cookieconsent_status
The statistics are anonymized.
7.1.3 What does Complianz do?
Configure the cookie hint for the specific region: European Union, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, South Africa or Canada. Or use a cookie hint globally.
Configure the specific cookie consent per subregion, for example: European Union + GDPR/CNIL or United States + CCPA.
Cookie consent and conditional cookie notice with custom CSS and customizable templates.
Banner templates include: GDPR friendly cookie wall — Accept/Reject — Category based consent.
Banner Templates CA/US/AU also include: dismiss on scroll, time on page or both.
Proof of Consent; user consent registration that respects GDPR data minimization policy.
Automatic detection if the website needs a cookie notice (also called cookie banner or pop-up).
Regular cookie scan for changes in cookies, plugins and 3rd party services.
Detected cookie data is pre-populated by cookiedatabase.org, with clear and transparent cookie descriptions that are constantly updated.
A cookie policy; generated by you with a simple wizard, created by an IT law firm.
Do not sell my personal information: DNSMPI page for CCPA — if required.
Terms and conditions are available in a separate plugin: Complianz — Terms and Conditions.
Integrated with WordPress privacy features. Export and delete personal information from our dashboard.
Implementation of Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Matomo etc.
Categorize your cookies with Tag Manager or our own Script Center if needed.
Automatically anonymize IP addresses for Google Analytics, if required.
Integration with WP Consent API
Blocks third-party cookies like Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram, AdSense, Recaptcha, Twitter, ActiveCampaign and more.
Blocks iFrames, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion embedded videos and social iFrames.
Shows placeholders for blocked iFrames. Stills videos and individual placeholders per service.
Integrates seamlessly with Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Forminator, WPBakery, Monsterinsights, GADWP, Beehive, WPForms, Gravity Forms, HappyForms, Contact Form 7 <5.4 (CF7), Woocommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, WP Google Maps, Google Maps Widget, CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally and other popular plugins.
Tested with popular themes and page builders.
Gutenberg blocks enabled.
Cookie banners and legal documents comply with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines.
Ready for GDPR, AVG, DSGVO, CNIL, PECR, UK DPA, UK GDPR, CCPA, COPPA, PIPEDA, CASL, POPIA, Privacy Act 1988 & Australian Privacy Principles.
We are closely following the latest developments in the ePrivacy Regulation, the proposed Cookie Law for the European Union and other laws around the world.
8. Cookie consent settings
block_ajax_content => set_cookies_on_root => cookie_domain => do_not_track => consenttype => optin region => eu
geoip => 1 checkbox_style => slider use_categories => visible use_categories_optinstats => hidden
accept => accept cookies
revoke => Manage consent dismiss => Functional cookies only dismiss_timeout => 10 readmore_optin => Cookie policy readmore_imprint => Imprint accept_informational => Accept
message_optout => We use cookies to optimize our website and service.
message_optin => We use cookies to optimize our website and service.
readmore_optout => Cookie Policy
readmore_optout_dnsmpi => Do Not Sell My Personal Information soft_cookiewall =>
dismiss_on_scroll => dismiss_on_timeout => cookie_expiry => 365 tcf_active =>
view_preferences => view preferences save_preferences => save preferences accept_all => accept all
privacy_link_us => #
9. Multilingual Plugin Polylang
9.1. What is Polylang?
This website uses Polylang for multilingual functionality. Polylang allows you to create a bilingual or multilingual WordPress website. You write posts and pages, create categories and post keywords as usual, and then define the language for each of them. Translating a post, whether it’s in the default language or not, is optional.
9.2. What cookie does Polylang use?
The plugin uses the following functional cookie pll_language for:
URL customization in the selected languages
detection of the browser language
Assignment of the media to a language
All texts are protected by copyright.
Source: Created with the privacy generator from AdSimple or further as indicated by link and / or reference.