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    Privacy Policy

    1. General

    Thank you for visiting our web site. We take the protection of your data seriously. We are processing data collected during your visit at our web site in accordance with applicable data protection regulations, particularly in accordance with the German Telemedia Act (TMG), European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

    This Data Privacy Statement is intended to provide you with the information, which non-personal and personal data we collect during your visit at our web site or during the usage of our online offerings, and how the collected data will be processed and used by us.

    With the usage of our web site you declare your consent to the collection and usage of data described below. In the event that you do not approve the described collection and usage of data, you are not allowed to use our web site.

    2. Responsible authority and data protection officer

    Person in charge according to Article 4 (7) of the European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Dipl.-Ing. PA Ferdinand Rothkopf LL.M., Maximilianstrasse 25, 80539 München, Germany, Email: rothkopf(at)rothkopf.eu

    3. Information about the collection of personal data

    (1) Hereafter we are informing you about the collection of personal data, when using our web site www.WEiP.com, including subpages (subsequently called "web site"). Personal data include all data relating to you as a person, such as name, address, email addresses and user behavior.

    (2) When contacting us by email or contact form, the data communicated by you (your email address, your name and your phone number, if applicable) is stored by us to answer any questions you may have. Data that is collected in this context is deleted by us, if storage is not required anymore, or we will limit the processing, if legal retention periods exist.

    (3) If we refer to mandated service providers for single functions of our offering, or if we want to use your data for business purposes, we will inform you about the according operations as detailed below. In doing so, we will also indicate the established criteria of the storage duration.

    4. Your rights

    (1) Concerning your personal data you have the following rights with us:

    - right for access to information, Article 15 GDPR
    - right for adjustment or deletion, Article 16 and 17 GDPR
    - right for limitation of processing, Article 18 GDPR
    - right of appeal against processing, Article 21 GDPR
    - right of data transfer, Article 20 GDPR.

    (2) Furthermore you have the right to complain about us at a privacy supervisory body about the processing of your personal data. For example you can contact the supervisory body stated subsequently: Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA), Promenade 27, 91522 Ansbach, www.lda.bayern.de.

    5. Collection of personal data while visiting our web site

    (1) Informatory usage of the web site only, meaning if you do not register or transfer information otherwise, we only collect personal data, that your browser transfers to our server. If you want to view our web site, the following data is collected by us, data that is technically required for showing our web site to you and for ensuring stability and security (legal basis is Article 6 (1), S 1 lit. f GDPR):

    - IP address - Date and time of the request
    - time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
    - content of the request (dedicated page)
    - access status / HTTP status code
    - transferred data volume for each transfer
    - web site that issued the request
    - browser operating system and user interface
    - language and version of the browser software.

    (2) Cookies will be stored on your computer in addition to the previously identified data, when using our web site. Cookies are small text files, which are stored on your hard disk drive and associated to your browser in use, and through the location, which is set by the Cookie (in this case by us), receive specific information. Cookies can neither execute programs nor transfer viruses to your computer. Their purpose is to make internet offerings as a whole more user-friendly and more effective.

    (3) Use of cookies:

    a) This web site uses the following types of cookies, hereafter outlined below about their scope and how it works:

    - transient cookies (relating to b)
    - persistent cookies (relating to c).

    b) Transient cookies are deleted automatically when you close the browser. This particularly includes session cookies. Session cookies will store a so-called session ID, which enables the assignment of different requests of your browser to the collective session. Therefore, this enabled re-recognition of your computer when you return to our web site. Session cookies will be deleted, when you log out or close the browser.

    c) Persistent cookies will be deleted automatically after a predefined period of time, which can be different according to the cookie. You can delete the cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.

    d) Configure your browser settings as you wish, for example to reject the recording of third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all of the functions of this web site.

    e) If you have an account with us, we use cookies to identify your subsequent visits. Otherwise you would have to log in every time you visit.

    f) Flash cookies used are not recorded by your browser, but by your flash plug-in. We continue to use HTML5-S storage objects, that will be stored on your endpoint. These objects will store the required data independently from your browser in use and do not have an automatic expiration date. If you do not want any processing of the flash cookies, you must install a corresponding add-on, such as "Better Privacy" for Mozilla Firefox, or Adobe Flash Killer Cookie for Google Chrome. You can prevent the usage of HTML5 storage objects by using your browser in private mode. Furthermore, we recommend manual deletion of your cookies and browser history on a regular basis.

    6. Usage of blog functions

    In our blog, where we publish different posts about topics related to our activities, you can post public comments. Your comment in the post is published with your stated user name. We recommend the use of a nickname instead of your real name. Specification of user names and email address is required; any additional information is voluntary. If you post a comment, we will continue to store your IP address. For us, storage is required in order to be able to defend ourselves against liability claims in cases of possible publication of illegal contents. We require your email address in order to be able to contact you in case a third-party claims that your comment is illegal. Legal basis is Article 6 (1), S. 1 lit. b und f, GDPR. Comments are not verified before publication. We reserve the right to delete comments, if third-parties claim that they are illegal.

    7. Usage of our website

    What information you publish in your profile, such as education, work experience, knowledge, photo, location or region and knowledge confirmations, is up to you. You are not required to provide additional information on your profile. However, such profile information helps you make better use of our services, such as: For example, because it makes you easier to find for recruiters and business opportunities. It is up to you to decide whether to include sensitive information in your profile and make it public. Please do not add personal information to your profile that you do not want to be publicly available and do not disclose such information.

    Insofar as you wish to use our online portal, you have to register stating your email address and an individual password and your user name that you can select freely. Usage of your real name is not required, usage of nickname is possible. For registration we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, i.e. your registration is only completed, if you have acknowledged your registration for this purpose by clicking on the link contained in a submitted confirmation email.

    If you use our portal, we store your personal data that is necessary for fulfilling your contract with us, e. g. your payment details, until you terminate your account with us. In addition, we will also store the personal data that you have provided voluntarily for the time of the usage of the portal if you have not deleted, this information before. You can maintain and change all details in the protected customer area. Legal basis is Article 6 (1), S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

    In order to prevent your personal data, in particular financial data, from non-authorized access by third-parties, the connection is encrypted, according to the latest state-of-the-art.

    8. Newsletter

    (1) With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, which we use to inform you of our current interesting offers. The advertised goods and services are specified in the declaration of consent.

    (2) For the subscription to our newsletter, we use what is known as the double-opt-in procedure. This means that, after you subscribe, we will send an email to the email address provided asking you to confirm that you would like to receive the newsletter. In addition, we store your IP addresses and time of logon and confirmation used respectively. The purpose of this procedure is to verify your subscription and to be able to detect a possible abuse of your personal data.

    (3) Your email address is the only information required to send you the newsletter. Providing additional, separately marked data is voluntary; such data will be used to address you personally. After we receive your confirmation, we will store your email address for the purpose of sending the newsletter. Legal basis is Article 6 (1), S. 1 lit. a GDPR.

    (4) You may withdraw your consent to receiving the newsletter and unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. You can declare your withdrawal by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email by sending an email to info(at)WEiP.com or by sending a message to the contact data stated in the imprint.

    (5) Please note that we evaluate your user behavior when you receive the newsletter. For this evaluation, the emails we send contain what are known as web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files that are stored on our website or at the service provider stated above and engaged by us. In conducting evaluations, we combine the data mentioned in Section 5 and the web beacons with your email address and individual ID. We use the data obtained in this way to create a user profile so that we can tailor the newsletter to your individual interests. In doing so, we record when you read our newsletter and which links you click within the newsletter to draw conclusions about your personal interests. We combine these data with actions you take on our website. You can object to this tracking at any time by contacting us using our contact data stated in the imprint. The information will be stored for as long as you subscribe to the newsletter. After you unsubscribe, the data will be erased. This tracking is also not possible, if you have deactivated the display of images in your email program by default. In this case, the display of the newsletter will not be complete and you may not be able to use all functions. If the images are displayed manually, the above mentioned tracking occurs.

    9. Usage of Google Analytics

    (1) Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysing service of Google Inc. ("Google") Google Analytics uses so called "cookies", text files, that are saved on your computer and that make an analysis of the usage of the web site possible. The information generated by the cookie about your usage of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted and saved on a server of Google in the US. In the case of activating the IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be previously abbreviated within Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address is transferred to a Google server in the USA and is abbreviated there. In the case IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will shorten your IP address within European Union member states or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to produce reports on website activities for their operators, and to provide other services related to the use of the website and of the Internet.

    (2) The IP address transferred by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.

    (3) You can adjust your browser software to prevent the installation of cookies.

    We would point out that if you do so, you might not be able to make full use of all the functions on this website. Moreover you can prevent the collection of data created by the cookie, and with regard to the usage of the web site to Google (including your IP address), and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

    (4) This web site uses Google Analytics including the extension "anonymizeIP()". Therefore, IP addresses are processed in shortened form, and recognition of personal relationship can be excluded. Insofar as personal data collected about you correspond to a personal reference, it will be excluded immediately, and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

    (5) We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. With the statistics we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the US, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. Legal basis for the usage of Google Analytics is Article 6 (1), S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

    (6) Information of third-party: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms of Use: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, Privacy Overview: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and the Data Privacy Statement: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

    10. Integration of YouTube videos

    (1) We have included YouTube videos in our online offering, which are stored on http://www.YouTube.com and are directly playable from our website. These are all incorporated in the "extended privacy mode", meaning that you do not transfer data about you as a user to YouTube if you are not playing the videos. The data mentioned in section 2 will be only transferred, when you play these videos. We do not have any control of this data transfer.

    (2) When you visit this website, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned under item 5 of this declaration will be transmitted. This takes place regardless of whether YouTube makes available a user account via which you are logged in or no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile when using YouTube, you must first log out before clicking the button. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such evaluation also takes place (even for users who are not logged in) for the purposes of providing customized advertising and to inform other social network users about activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

    (3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube can be found in the data protection declaration. There you will also find further information on your corresponding rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has made itself subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.YouTube is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

    The integration of the videos is for the preservation of our predominantly entitled interests, within the scope of balancing the interests, for the optimal marketing of our offerings according to Article 6 (1) S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

    11. Integration of Google Maps

    (1) On this website, we use the offer of Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables your convenient use of the map function.

    (2) When you visit this website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned under item 5 of this declaration will be transmitted. This takes place regardless of whether Google makes available a user account via which you are logged in or no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish to be associated to your Google profile, you must first log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or requirements-oriented design of its website. Such evaluation also takes place (even for users who are not logged in) for the purposes of providing customized advertising and to inform other social network users about activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. (3) For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the provider's privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your corresponding rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

    The integration of Google Maps is for the preservation of our predominantly entitled interests, within the scope of balancing the interests, for the optimal marketing of our offers according to Article 6 (1) S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

    12. Use of Google Adwords Conversion

    (1) We use the product Google Adwords to draw attention to our attractive offerings with the assistance of advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we are able determine the extent of success of individual advertising measures. In doing so, we are pursuing our interest in showing you advertisements that are of interest to you, making our website more interesting to you and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.

    (2) These advertising materials are supplied by Google via so-called "ad servers." To do this, we use ad server cookies, which measure certain performance metrics such as ad placement or user clicks. If you access our website through a Google ad, Google Adwords will store a cookie on your PC. These cookies usually become ineffective after 30 days and are not intended to identify you personally. Typically the unique cookie ID, number of ad impressions per placement (frequency), last impression (relevant to post-view conversions), and opt-out information (noting that the user does not wish to be contacting any longer will saved to this cookie as analysis values.

    (3) These cookies allow Google to recognize your Internet browser. If a user visits certain pages of an Adwords customer’s website and the cookie stored on that user`s computer has not expired, Google and the customer will be able to detect that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page. Each Adwords customer is assigned a different cookie. Cookies cannot be traced via the websites of Adwords customers. We ourselves do not collect and process any personal data as part of the aforementioned advertising measures. We receive statistical analyses provided by Google only. We are able to identify on the basis of these analyses, which of the advertising measures being used is particularly effective. We do not receive any further data from using the advertising material; in particular, we cannot identify the users on the basis of this information.

    (4) Due to the marketing tools used, your browser will automatically establish a direct connection to the Google server. We have no control over the extent and the further use of the data, which are collected by Google’s use of this tool and are informing you therefore based on our current level of knowledge: By incorporating AdWords conversion Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding portion of our Internet appearance or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a service provided by Google, Google may associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a chance that the provider will discover and store your IP address.

    (5) You can block participation in this tracking process in several ways: a) by adjusting your browser software accordingly, in particular, the suppression of third-party cookies will prevent you from receiving third-party advertisements; b) by disabling the cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com", https://www.google.com/settings/ads, whereby note that this setting is deleted once you have deleted your cookies; c) by deactivating the interest-based advertisements of the providers that are part of the "About Ads" self-regulation campaign over the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, whereby note that this setting is deleted once you have deleted your cookies; d) by permanent deactivation in your browsers Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome under the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. We indicate that in this case you may not be able to use the full functions of this offer.

    (6) The legal basis for the processing of your data is Article 6 (1), sent. 1 (f) GDPR. For more information about privacy at Google, see http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy and https://services.google.com/sitestats.html. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at http://www.networkadvertising.org. Google has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

    13. Facebook

    Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") provided by the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook, Inc. (1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (hereinafter known as: "Facebook"). The plugins are identifiable by a Facebook logo or with the notice "social plugin from Facebook" or "Facebook social plugin" For a full list of all Facebook Plugins please see: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.

    When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook servers. Facebook directly transfers the plugin content to your browser which embeds the latter into the website. The embedded plugins provide Facebook with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. Even if you don’t have a Facebook profile or even if you are not logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is directly transferred to a server of Facebook in the USA and is stored there.

    If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can immediately match your visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, e.g. clicking the "like" - button or if you comment on something, this information will also be transferred directly to a server of Facebook and is stored there. Besides this, the information will also be published on your Facebook profile and will be shown to your Facebook friends.

    Purpose and amount of the collected data and further processing and usage of data through Facebook as well as your rights concerning this and your possible setting options to protect your privacy, you can find in the data protection notifications of Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

    If you don’t want Facebook to directly match your Facebook profile with the collected data of our web presence you have to log out from Facebook before visiting our website. You can also stop loading the Facebook plugins by using Add-Ons on your browser, e.g. by using the "Facebook blocker" (http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/).

    The use of the Facebook plugin is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

    14. Google+

    Our website uses so-called social plugins ("Plugins") of the social network Google+, that is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA. 94043, USA (hereinafter known as: "Google"). The plugins are identifiable by the buttons with the "+1" sign on a white or coloured background. For a full list of all Google Plugins please see: https://developers.google.com/+/plugins.

    When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google servers. Google directly transfers the plugin content to your browser which embeds the latter into the website. The embedded plugins provide Google with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. Even if you don’t have a Google+ profile or even if you are not logged into Google+. This information (including your IP address) is directly transferred to a server of Google in the USA and is stored there. If you are logged into Google+, Google can immediately match your visit to our website to your Google+ profile. If you interact with the plugins, e.g. clicking the "+1" - button or if you comment on something, this information will also be transferred directly to a server of Google and is stored there. The information is published on Google+ and is shown to your contacts. Purpose and amount of the collected data and further processing and usage of data through Google as well as your rights concerning this and your possible setting options to protect your privacy, you can find in the data protection notifications of Google: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html.

    If you don’t want Google to directly match your Google+ profile with the collected data of our web presence you have to log out from Google+ before visiting our website. You can also stop loading the Google plugins by using Add-Ons on your browser, e.g. by using the script-blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).

    The use of the Google+ plugin is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

    15. Twitter

    Our website uses so-called social plugins ("Plugins") of the micro blogging service Twitter, which is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA, 9413, USA (hereinafter known as: "Twitter"). The plugins are marked with a Twitter logo e.g. a blue "Twitter bird". For a full list of all Twitter plugins and their appearance please see: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons.

    When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Twitter servers. Twitter directly transfers the plugin content to your browser which embeds the latter into the website. The embedded plugins provide Twitter with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. Even if you don’t have a Twitter account or even if you are not logged into Twitter. This information (including your IP address) is directly transferred to a server of Twitter in the USA and is stored there. If you are logged into Twitter, Twitter can directly match your visit to our Website to your Twitter account. If you interact with the plugins, e.g. clicking the "Twitter" - button or if you comment on something, this information will also be transferred directly to a server of Twitter and is stored there. The information is published on Twitter and is shown to your contacts. Purpose and amount of the collected data and further processing and usage of data through Twitter as well as your rights concerning this and your possible setting options to protect your privacy, you can find in the data protection notifications of Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy.

    If you don’t want Twitter to directly match your Twitter account with the collected data of our web presence you have to log out from Twitter before visiting our website. You can also stop loading the Twitter plugins by using Add-Ons on your browser, e.g. by using the script-blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/). The use of the Twitter Plugin is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

    16. LinkedIn

    Our website uses so-called social plugins ("Plugins") of the social network LinkedIn, that is provided by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter known as: "LinkedIn").

    LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click LinkedIn's "Recommend Button" and are logged in to your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by LinkedIn.

    The use of the LinkedIn plugin is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in the social media.

    For more information, see the LinkedIn privacy statement at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

    (As of October 31, 2018)