Privacy Policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means any data by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy set out below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?

Data on this website is processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the section “Information about the controller” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we collect your data?

Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically, or after you have given consent, by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily comprises technical data, such as your browser, operating system or the time of your visit. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. If contracts can be concluded or initiated through the website, the data submitted will also be processed for contractual offers, orders or other order enquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purposes of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request its rectification or erasure. If you have consented to data processing, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You may contact us at any time about these or other data protection questions.

Analytics tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is primarily done using analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the Privacy Policy below.

2. Hosting

We host our website content with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP addresses. For details, see IONOS’s Privacy Policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

IONOS is used on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in displaying our website as reliably as possible. Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Processing on our behalf

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above service. This is an agreement required by data protection law that ensures the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General information and mandatory disclosures

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 statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

Various personal data is collected when you use this website. Personal data means data by which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purposes this takes place.

Please note that transmitting data over the internet, for example when communicating by email, may involve security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Wirtschaftsclub Rhein-Main e.V.
Hamburger Allee 45
60486 Frankfurt

Phone: +49 69 87 000 122
Email: info@wirtschaftsclub-rm.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data, such as names, email addresses or similar information.

Retention period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing it no longer applies. If you make a valid erasure request or withdraw consent to processing, your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data, such as retention periods under tax or commercial law; in the latter case, erasure will take place once those grounds cease to apply.

General information about the legal bases for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR where special categories of data under Article 9(1) GDPR are processed. If you expressly consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing is also based on Article 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to storing cookies or accessing information on your device, for example through device fingerprinting, processing is additionally based on Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required to perform a contract or take steps prior to entering into a contract, we process it on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. We also process your data where necessary to comply with a legal obligation, on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Processing may furthermore be based on our legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The following sections of this Privacy Policy explain the legal bases applicable in each case.

Information on transfers to third countries with inadequate data protection and to US companies without DPF certification

Among other tools, we use tools from companies based in third countries with inadequate data protection, and US tools whose providers are not certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in those countries. Please note that a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU cannot be guaranteed in third countries with inadequate data protection.

Please note that the USA, as a safe third country, generally provides a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. A data transfer to the USA is therefore permissible if the recipient is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) or has appropriate additional safeguards. Information about transfers to third countries, including data recipients, can be found in this Privacy Policy.

Recipients of personal data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. This sometimes requires personal data to be transferred to them. We disclose personal data to external parties only where necessary to perform a contract, where we are legally obliged to do so, for example when disclosing data to tax authorities, where we have a legitimate interest in disclosure under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, or where another legal basis permits disclosure. When using processors, we disclose our customers’ personal data only on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In cases of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many processing operations are possible only with your express consent. You may withdraw consent already given at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (Article 21 GDPR)

IF PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THOSE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS FOR EACH PROCESSING OPERATION IS SET OUT IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ESTABLISH, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR 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 (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or the alleged infringement. This right exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract provided to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will take place only where technically feasible.

Access, rectification and erasure

Within the scope of applicable law, you have the right at any time to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of processing, and, where applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You may contact us at any time about this or other questions concerning personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time for this purpose. This right applies in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify it. During verification, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If your personal data has been or is being processed unlawfully, you may request restriction of processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend or establish legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing instead of erasure.
If you have objected under Article 21(1) GDPR, your interests must be balanced against ours. Until it has been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

Where processing of your personal data has been restricted, that data may, apart from storage, be processed only with your consent, to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries you send to us as website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser address changing from “http://” to “https://” and the padlock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

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

Encrypted payment transactions on this website

If, after concluding a paid contract, you are obliged to provide us with payment details, such as an account number for a direct debit mandate, this data is required to process the payment.

Payments using common payment methods (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are processed exclusively over an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser address changing from “http://” to “https://” and the padlock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

With encrypted communications, the payment details you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our websites use cookies. Cookies are small data packets and do not harm your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Persistent cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser deletes them automatically.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable certain services from third-party companies to be integrated into websites, for example cookies used to process payment services.

Cookies serve various purposes. Many are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them, such as the shopping basket or video display. Other cookies may be used to analyse user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

Cookies required to carry out electronic communications, provide specific functions you request (such as a shopping basket), or optimise the website (such as cookies for audience measurement) are stored as necessary cookies on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies to provide technically error-free and optimised services. Where consent to storing cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is based exclusively on that consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG); consent may be withdrawn at any time.

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set, allow cookies only in individual cases, reject cookies in certain cases or generally, and automatically delete cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict this website’s functionality.

This Privacy Policy explains which cookies and services are used on this website.

Consent with Usercentrics

This website uses Usercentrics consent technology to obtain your consent to storing certain cookies on your device or using certain technologies, and to document that consent in compliance with data protection requirements. The technology provider is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, website: https://usercentrics.com/de/ (hereinafter “Usercentrics”).

When you enter our website, the following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics:

Your consent(s) or withdrawal of consent
Your IP address
Information about your browser
Information about your device
Time of your website visit
Geolocation

Usercentrics also stores a cookie in your browser so that your consent or its withdrawal can be associated with you. Data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to erase it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing it no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for certain technologies. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Consent with ConsentManager

Our website uses ConsentManager consent technology to obtain your consent to storing certain cookies on your device or using certain technologies, and to document that consent in compliance with data protection requirements. The technology provider is Jaohawi AB, Håltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden, website: https://www.consentmanager.de (hereinafter “ConsentManager”).

When you enter our website, a connection is established to ConsentManager’s servers to obtain your consent and other declarations regarding cookie use. ConsentManager then stores a cookie in your browser so your consent or its withdrawal can be associated with you. Data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to erase it, delete the Consent-Manager-Provider cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing it no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

ConsentManager is used to obtain the legally required consent for cookies. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

CCM19

Our website uses CCM19 to obtain your consent to storing certain cookies on your device or using certain technologies, and to document that consent in compliance with data protection requirements. The technology provider is Papoo Software & Media GmbH, Auguststr. 4, 53229 Bonn (hereinafter “CCM19”).

When you enter our website, a connection is established to CCM19’s servers to obtain your consent and other declarations regarding cookie use. CCM19 then stores a cookie in your browser so your consent or its withdrawal can be associated with you. Data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to erase it, delete the CCM19 cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing it no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

CCM19 is used to obtain the legally required consent for cookies. The legal basis is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (c) GDPR.

Processing on our behalf

Contact form

If you send us enquiries using the contact form, we store the information from that form, including the contact details you provide, to process your enquiry and respond to any follow-up questions. We do not disclose this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry relates to performing a contract or is necessary for steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling enquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) where requested; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you ask us to erase it, withdraw consent to its storage, or the purpose for storage no longer applies, for example after your enquiry has been fully handled. Mandatory statutory provisions, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.

Enquiries by email, telephone or fax

If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, we store and process your enquiry, including all personal data arising from it (name, enquiry), to handle your request. We do not disclose this data without your consent.

The data you send us in contact enquiries remains with us until you ask us to erase it, withdraw consent to its storage, or the purpose for storage no longer applies, for example after your request has been fully handled. Mandatory statutory provisions, particularly statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Google Forms

We have integrated Google Forms into this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter Google).

Google Forms enables us to create online forms to collect messages, enquiries and other input from website visitors in a structured way. Everything you enter is processed on Google’s servers. Google Forms stores a cookie in your browser containing a unique ID (NID cookie). This cookie stores various information, such as your language settings.

Google Forms is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in identifying your request as conveniently as possible (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

The data you enter in the form remains with us until you ask us to erase it, withdraw consent to its storage, or the purpose for storage no longer applies, for example after your enquiry has been fully handled. Mandatory statutory provisions, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.

For further information, see Google’s Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/.

The company is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA. Every DPF-certified company undertakes to comply with these standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Jotform

We have integrated Jotform into this website. The provider is Jotform Inc., 111 Pine St. Suite, 1815 San Francisco, California 94111, USA (hereinafter Jotform).

Jotform enables us to create online forms to collect messages, enquiries and other input from website visitors. Everything you enter is processed on Jotform’s servers.

Jotform is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in identifying your request as conveniently as possible (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfers to the USA are safeguarded by EU standard contractual clauses that we have concluded with Jotform. Details can be found here: https://www.jotform.com/gdpr-compliance/dpa/.

Registration on this website

You can register on this website to use additional features. We use the data entered solely for the purpose of using the particular offer or service for which you registered. All mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full; otherwise we will reject the registration.

For important changes, such as changes to the scope of services or technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you.

Data entered during registration is processed to perform the user relationship established by registration and, where applicable, to initiate further contracts (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

We store the data collected during registration for as long as you remain registered on this website and erase it thereafter. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

5. Social media

Facebook

Elements of the Facebook social network are integrated into this website. The provider is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. According to Facebook, however, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

An overview of Facebook’s social media elements can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and Facebook’s server. Facebook thereby learns that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook Like button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link content from this website to your Facebook profile. Facebook can thereby associate your visit with your user account. Please note that, as website provider, we do not receive any information about the content of the data transmitted or its use by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook’s Privacy Policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

This service is used on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Insofar as the tool described here collects personal data on our website and forwards it to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this processing (Article 26 GDPR). Joint responsibility is limited exclusively to collecting the data and forwarding it to Facebook. Subsequent processing by Facebook is not part of this joint responsibility. Our joint obligations are set out in an agreement on joint processing. The agreement is available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Under this agreement, we are responsible for providing privacy information when using the Facebook tool and for implementing it on our website in compliance with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the security of Facebook products. You may exercise data subject rights, such as access requests, concerning data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you exercise these rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

X (formerly Twitter)

Functions of the X service (formerly Twitter) are integrated into this website. These functions are offered by its parent company X Corp., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. The branch Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland, is responsible for processing data relating to people living outside the USA.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the X server. X (formerly Twitter) thereby receives information about your visit to this website. Using X (formerly Twitter) and its Re-Tweet or Repost function links the websites you visit to your X (formerly Twitter) account and makes them known to other users. Please note that, as website provider, we do not receive any information about the content of the data transmitted or its use by X (formerly Twitter). Further information can be found in the Privacy Policy of X (formerly Twitter) at: https://x.com/de/privacy.

This service is used on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://gdpr.x.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.

You can change your privacy settings for X (formerly Twitter) in the account settings at https://x.com/settings/account .

Instagram

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated into this website. These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and Instagram’s server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, clicking the Instagram button lets you link this website’s content to your Instagram profile. Instagram can thereby associate your visit with your user account. Please note that, as website provider, we do not receive any information about the content of the data transmitted or its use by Instagram.

This service is used on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Insofar as the tool described here collects personal data on our website and forwards it to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this processing (Article 26 GDPR). Joint responsibility is limited exclusively to collecting the data and forwarding it to Facebook or Instagram. Subsequent processing by Facebook or Instagram is not part of this joint responsibility. Our joint obligations are set out in an agreement on joint processing. The agreement is available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Under this agreement, we are responsible for providing privacy information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for implementing it on our website in compliance with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the security of Facebook and Instagram products. You may exercise data subject rights, such as access requests, concerning data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you exercise these rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For further information, see Instagram’s Privacy Policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.

This website uses elements of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Whenever a page on this website containing LinkedIn elements is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn’s servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click LinkedIn’s Recommend button while logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to this website with you and your user account. Please note that, as website provider, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by LinkedIn.

This service is used on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1343190/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=de

For further information, see LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

6. Analytics tools and advertising

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is a tool that enables us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies into our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, store cookies or carry out any independent analyses. It serves solely to manage and deploy the tools integrated through it. However, Google Tag Manager collects your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google's parent company in the United States.

Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in integrating and managing various tools on its website quickly and easily. Where the relevant consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the Google Analytics web analytics service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyse the behaviour of website visitors. The website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, time spent on the site, operating systems used and the user's origin. These data are assigned to the user's respective device. They are not assigned to a user ID.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable users to be recognised for the purpose of analysing user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). Information collected by Google about the use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This service is used on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/sccs/.

Browser plugin

You can prevent Google from collecting and processing your data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Further information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require your email address and information that allows us to verify that you own the email address provided and agree to receive the newsletter. No other data are collected, or they are collected only on a voluntary basis. We use these data exclusively to send the requested information and do not pass them on to third parties.

Data entered in the newsletter registration form are processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw your consent to the storage of your data and email address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of data processing already carried out.

The data you provide to us for receiving the newsletter are stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe, and are deleted from the newsletter mailing list after you unsubscribe or the purpose no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter mailing list at our discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Data stored by us for other purposes remain unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter mailing list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider on a blacklist where this is necessary to prevent future mailings. Data on the blacklist are used solely for this purpose and are not combined with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Storage on the blacklist is not subject to a time limit. You may object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

8. Plugins and tools

YouTube with privacy-enhanced mode

This website embeds videos from YouTube. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of the pages on this website that embeds YouTube, a connection is established to YouTube's servers. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in privacy-enhanced mode. According to YouTube, videos played in privacy-enhanced mode are not used to personalise browsing on YouTube. Advertisements displayed in privacy-enhanced mode are also not personalised. No cookies are set in privacy-enhanced mode. Instead, however, so-called local storage elements are stored in the user's browser; like cookies, they may contain personal data and be used to recognise users. Details of privacy-enhanced mode can be found here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

Once a YouTube video is activated, further data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no control.

YouTube is used in the interest of presenting our online offerings in an appealing manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Where the relevant consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in its privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Fonts (local hosting)

This site uses Google Fonts, provided by Google, to ensure a consistent display of fonts. Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google's servers is established for this purpose.

Further information about Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Font Awesome

This site uses Font Awesome to ensure a consistent display of fonts and icons. The provider is Fonticons, Inc., 6 Porter Road Apartment 3R, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

When you access a page, your browser loads the required fonts into its cache to display text, fonts and icons correctly. For this purpose, your browser must connect to Font Awesome's servers. This informs Font Awesome that this website has been accessed via your IP address. Font Awesome is used on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in a consistent typographic appearance on our website. Where the relevant consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

If your browser does not support Font Awesome, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information about Font Awesome can be found in its privacy policy at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps mapping service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This service enables us to embed maps in our website.

To use Google Maps functions, your IP address must be stored. This information is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no control over this data transfer. When Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts to ensure a consistent display of fonts. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache to display text and fonts correctly.

Google Maps is used in the interest of presenting our online offerings in an appealing manner and making the locations indicated on our website easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Where the relevant consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

9. eCommerce and payment providers

Processing customer and contract data

We collect, process and use personal customer and contract data to establish, define the terms of and amend our contractual relationships. We collect, process and use personal data relating to the use of this website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill for it. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

The customer data collected are deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship and expiry of any applicable statutory retention periods. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Our social media profiles

This privacy policy applies to the following social media profiles

[Link to Facebook profile]
[Link to Instagram profile]
[Link to LinkedIn profile]

Data processing by social networks

We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The individual social networks we use are listed below.

Social networks such as Facebook, X and others can generally analyse your user behaviour comprehensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. Like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media profiles triggers numerous processing operations relevant to data protection. In detail:

If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media profile, the operator of the social media portal can associate this visit with your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, data are collected, for example, through cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.

Using the data collected in this way, the operators of social media portals can create user profiles that record your preferences and interests. This allows interest-based advertising to be displayed to you both within and outside the respective social media platform. If you have an account with the respective social network, interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are or have been logged in.

Please also note that we cannot trace all processing operations on social media portals. Depending on the provider, the operators of social media portals may therefore carry out additional processing operations. Please refer to the terms of use and privacy policies of the respective social media portals for details.

Legal basis

Our social media profiles are intended to ensure the most comprehensive online presence possible. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by social networks may be based on different legal grounds, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Controller and exercising your rights

When you visit one of our social media profiles (e.g. Facebook), we and the operator of the social media platform are jointly responsible for the data processing operations triggered by that visit. In principle, you may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) against both us and the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. Facebook).

Please note that despite our joint responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full control over the data processing operations of the social media portals. Our options depend largely on the corporate policies of the respective provider.

Retention period

Data collected directly by us through our social media profile are deleted from our systems as soon as you ask us to delete them, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose of storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected.

We have no influence over how long social network operators store your data for their own purposes. For details, please contact the social network operators directly (e.g. consult their privacy policies, see below).

Your rights

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to object, a right to data portability and a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In addition, you may request the rectification, blocking, erasure and, under certain circumstances, restriction of processing of your personal data.

Individual social networks

Facebook

We have a Facebook profile. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland (hereinafter Meta). According to Meta, the data collected are also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

We have entered into an agreement on joint processing (Controller Addendum) with Meta. This agreement defines which data processing operations we or Meta are responsible for when you visit our Facebook page. You can view the agreement at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

You can adjust your advertising preferences yourself in your user account. To do so, click the following link and log in: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For details, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Instagram

We have an Instagram profile. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For details on how Instagram handles your personal data, please refer to its privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.

We have a LinkedIn profile. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.

If you wish to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

For details on how LinkedIn handles your personal data, please refer to its privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

The Wirtschaftsclub Rhein-Main

The Wirtschaftsclub Rhein-Main e.V. was founded on 1.4.1950 by young entrepreneurs and business executives at the I.G. Farben Building in Frankfurt am Main.

Unlike existing associations in Germany dating from before the war, it was not exclusively an association of entrepreneurs: salaried managers and executives were also included. This prevented the representation of particular interests and gave rise to a “third place” with absolute neutrality in party-political, social, religious and economic matters, firmly rooted in the foundations of Germany's young socially liberal market economy.

Frankfurt am Main, home of Wirtschaftsclub Rhein-Main

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