Privacy policy of TAGWERC

This website collects personal data from its users.

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Provider and person responsible

TAGWERC GmbH
Abteistrasse 20
D - 45239 Essen [ WERDEN ]

Data Protection Officer	Stephan Tovar
phone	+49.(0)201. 17 15 177

E-mail address of the provider: datenschutz@tagwerc.com

Types of data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are Cookie; Usage Data; First Name; Last Name; Email; Geographical Location.

Full details on each type of Personal Data processed are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or selectively through explanatory texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless otherwise specified, providing all Data requested by this Website is mandatory. If the user refuses to provide the data, this may result in this website being unable to provide its services to the user. In cases where this Website specifically states that providing Personal Data is optional, Users are free to choose not to provide such Data without any consequences for the availability or functionality of the Service.
Users unclear about which Personal Data is mandatory are encouraged to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies - or of other tracking tools - by this Website or by third-party service providers used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document.

Users are responsible for all personal data of third parties that is obtained, published or passed on through this website.

Type and place of data processing

Processing methods

The Owner processes Users' Personal Data in an orderly manner, adopting appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or destruction.
Data processing is carried out using computers or IT-based systems, according to organizational procedures and practices strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. A current list of these parties can be requested from the provider at any time.

Location

The Data is processed at the Owner's premises and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of the transferred data, users can consult the section with detailed information on the processing of personal data.

Storage duration

Unless otherwise specified in this document, Personal Data will be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose for which it was collected and may be stored for a longer period of time if necessary due to a legal obligation to be fulfilled or based on the User's consent.

Purposes of the processing

Personal data about the user is collected so that the provider can provide the service and also comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of users or third parties), detect malicious or fraudulent activity. In addition, data is collected for the following purposes: Analytics, displaying content from external platforms, handling payments, contacting the user, location-based interactions, advertising, remarketing and behavioral targeting, SPAM protection and tag management.

Users can find more detailed information on these processing purposes and the personal data used for each purpose in the "Detailed information on the processing of personal data" section of this document.

Detailed information on the processing of personal data

Personal data is collected for the following purposes when using the following services:

Analytics

With the services listed in this section, the provider can monitor and analyze data traffic and track the behavior of users.

Matomo (this website)

Matomo is an analysis software program that this website uses to analyze data directly without the help of third parties.

Processed personal data: Cookie; Usage data.

Meta Events Manager (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)

Meta Events Manager is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited. By integrating the Meta pixel, Meta Events Manager can provide the provider with insights into the traffic and interactions on this website.

Processed personal data: Usage Data; Tracker.

Processing location: Ireland - Privacy Policy.

Displaying content from external platforms

This type of service allows users to view and interact with content hosted on external platforms directly from this website.
If such a service is installed, it may collect traffic data for the pages on which it is installed, even if users do not use it.

Google Fonts (Google Inc.)

Google Fonts is a service provided by Google Inc. for the visualization of fonts, with which this website can integrate corresponding content on its pages.

Processed personal data: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the Service.

Processing location: United States - Privacy Policy.

YouTube video widget (Google Ireland Limited)

YouTube is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited for the visualization of video content, with which this website can integrate corresponding content on its pages.

Processed personal data: Usage Data; Tracker.

Processing location: Ireland - Privacy Policy.

Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )

Font Awesome is a font visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows this website to embed corresponding content on its pages.

Processed personal data: Usage Data; Tracker.

Processing location: United States - Privacy Policy.

Contacting the user

Contact form (this website)

By filling out the contact form with their data, users authorize this website to use their information to respond to requests for information, offers or other requests indicated in the header of the form.

Processed personal data: E-mail; last name; first name.

Mailing list or Newsletter (this website)

By subscribing to the mailing list or to Newsletter , the user's e-mail address will be added to the contact list of people who may receive e-mail messages containing commercial or promotional information relating to this website. In addition, your e-mail address may be added to this list if you have registered for this website or after you have made a purchase.

Processed personal data: E-mail.

Remarketing and behavioral targeting

This type of service allows this Website and its partners to analyze how this Website was used in previous sessions by the User in order to target, optimize and deploy advertising.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and using Trackers that collect information that is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activities.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
In addition to any opt-out options offered by the individual services listed below, users can opt-out via the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Users can also deactivate certain advertising functions through corresponding device settings, such as the device advertising settings for cell phones or the advertising settings in general.

Google Ads Remarketing (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google Ireland Limited that connects the activity of this website with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick cookie.

Users can refuse the use of cookies by Google by accessing the Google ad settings.

Processed personal data: Cookie; Usage data.

Processing location: Ireland - Privacy Policy - Opt Out.

Facebook Remarketing (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects activity on this website with the Facebook advertising network.

Processed personal data: Cookie; Usage data.

Processing location: United States - Privacy Policy - Opt Out.

SPAM protection

These types of services analyze the traffic that passes through this website and may contain personal data of users in order to filter out parts of the traffic, messages and content that are considered SPAM.

Google reCAPTCHA (Google Ireland Limited)

Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google's privacy policy and terms of use.

Further information on the use of data by Google can be found in Google's Partner Policy.

Processed personal data: Cookie; Usage data.

Processing location: Ireland - Privacy Policy.

Location-based interactions

Non-continuous geolocalization (this website)

This website may collect, use and share the user's location data to provide location-based services.
Most browsers and devices are set by default to disable this feature. This website may access the user's location data if explicit permission has been granted.
The user's geographical location is determined in a non-continuous manner, either at the user's explicit request or if the user does not enter the current location in the corresponding field and allows the application to determine the location automatically.

Processed personal data: Geographical position.

Tag management

These types of services help the provider to centrally manage the tags or scripts that are required for this website.
This results in the user's data flowing through these services and possibly being stored.

Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google Ireland Limited.

Processed personal data: Tracker.

Processing location: Ireland - Privacy Policy.

Dealing with payments

Payment services allow this website to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other methods. In order to ensure a particularly high level of security, this website only forwards the information required to carry out the transaction with the financial intermediaries processing the transaction.
Some of these services may also provide for the sending of scheduled messages to the user, such as e-mails with invoices or payment notifications.

PayPal (Paypal)

PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc. that enables users to make online payments.

Processed personal data: various types of data as described in the privacy policy of the service.

Processing location: See the PayPal Privacy Policy - Privacy Policy.

Advertising

This type of service enables the use of user data for advertising purposes. Advertising messages are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements via this website and may be adapted based on behavior, which does not mean that all personal data is used for this purpose. Further information and terms of use are listed below.
Some of the services listed below may use trackers to identify users, for behavioral retargeting, i.e. to display ads tailored to the user's interests and behavior, or to measure ad performance. For more information, please refer to the privacy policies of the respective services.
services of this type generally offer the option of opting out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by the services listed below, users can learn more about how to opt-out of interest-based advertising in general in the relevant "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" section of this document.

Google Ads conversion tracking (Google Ireland Limited)

Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited that links data from the Google Ads advertising network to actions taken through this website.

Processed personal data: Usage Data; Tracker.

Processing location: Ireland - Privacy Policy.

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by the services listed in this document, users may follow the guidance provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC(Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow users to choose their tracking settings for most advertising tools. The Owner therefore recommends that Users make use of these tools in addition to the information provided in this document.

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers the " AppChoices " application to control interest-based advertising in mobile apps.

Users can also object to certain advertising functions via the corresponding device settings, e.g. via the device settings for advertising on mobile devices or via the general advertising settings.

Further information on the processing of personal data

Automated data collection and processing by the browser

As with every website, our server automatically and temporarily collects and stores the following information in the server log files, which are transmitted by the browser, unless you have deactivated this:

- IP address of the requesting computer
- the client's file request
- the http response code
- the amount of data transferred
- the website from which you are visiting us (referrer URL),
- the date and time of the server request
- browser type, version and language
- the operating system used by the requesting computer

The server log files are not evaluated on a personal basis. This data cannot be assigned to specific persons by the provider at any time. This data is not merged with other data sources.

Online sale of goods and services

The personal data collected is used to provide services to users or to sell goods, including payments and possibly deliveries.
The personal data collected to make the payment may be details of the credit card, bank account used for the transfer or other payment methods provided. The type of data collected by this website depends on the payment system used.

Further information for users

Legal bases of the processing

The provider may only process users' personal data if one of the following points applies:

Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
the data collection is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with the user and/or for pre-contractual measures;
the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the provider is subject;
the processing is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the provider;
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the provider or by a third party.

In any case, the provider will be happy to provide information about the specific legal basis on which the processing is based, in particular whether the provision of personal data is a legal or contractual obligation or a prerequisite for the conclusion of a contract.

Further information on the storage period

Therefore:

Personal data collected for the purpose of fulfilling a contract concluded between the provider and the user will be stored until this contract has been completely fulfilled.
Personal data collected to protect the legitimate interests of the provider will be retained for as long as necessary to fulfill these purposes. Users can obtain more information about the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner in the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

Furthermore, the provider is permitted to store personal data for a longer period of time if the user has consented to such processing, as long as the consent is not revoked. In addition, the provider may be obliged to retain personal data for a longer period of time if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation or by order of an authority.

Personal data will be deleted after the retention period has expired. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be asserted after the retention period has expired.

The rights of users under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Users can exercise certain rights in relation to their data processed by the provider.

In particular, users have the right to do the following to the extent permitted by law:

Revoke consent at any time. If the user has previously consented to the processing of personal data, they can withdraw their consent at any time.
object to the processing of their data. The user has the right to object to the processing of their data if the processing takes place on a legal basis other than consent.
receive information about their data. The user has the right to know whether the data is being processed by the provider, to receive information about individual aspects of the processing and to receive a copy of the data.
Verification and rectification. The user has the right to check the accuracy of their data and to request that it be updated or corrected.
request the restriction of the processing of their data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their data. In this case, the provider will not process the data for any purpose other than storage.
request the deletion or other removal of personal data. Users have the right to request the provider to delete their data.
Receive your data and have it transferred to another controller. The user has the right to receive their data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, where technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without hindrance.
Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Users also have the right to be informed of the legal basis for the transfer of data abroad or to an international organization governed by international law or established by two or more countries, such as the UN, and of the security measures taken by the provider to protect their data.

Details on the right to object to processing

If personal data are processed in the public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the provider or to protect the legitimate interests of the provider, the user may object to this processing by providing a justification relating to his or her particular situation.

Users are informed that they can object to the processing of their personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time free of charge and without giving reasons. If the user objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes. Users can find out whether the provider processes personal data for direct marketing purposes in the relevant sections of this document.

How the rights can be exercised

All requests to exercise user rights may be addressed to the Owner using the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be made free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as soon as possible, at the latest within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing shall be communicated by the Provider to all recipients to whom personal data have been disclosed, if any. Unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. The provider shall inform the user of these recipients if the user so requests.

Further information on the collection and processing of data

Legal measures

The User's personal data may be processed by the Provider for the purposes of legal enforcement within or in preparation of legal proceedings arising from the improper use of this website or the associated services.
The User declares to be aware that the Provider may be required by the authorities to disclose personal data.

Further information about the user's personal data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

This website and the services of third parties may collect files for operational and maintenance purposes that record the interaction taking place via this website (system logs) or use other personal data (e.g. IP address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this privacy policy

Further information on the collection or processing of personal data can be requested from the provider at any time using the contact details provided.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to Users on this page and possibly via this Website and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. Users are therefore advised to visit this page regularly and in particular to check the date of the last change indicated at the bottom of the page.

Insofar as changes affect data use based on the user's consent, the provider will - if necessary - obtain new consent.

Definitions and legal information

Personal data (or data)

Any information that directly or in combination with other information identifies or can be used to identify a natural person.

Usage data

Information that this website (or third-party services that this website uses) collects automatically, such as: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers of users who use this website, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses, the time of the request, the method used to send the request to the server, the size of the response file received, the numerical code indicating the status of the server response (successful result, error, etc.), the country of origin, the functions of the browser and operating system used by the user, the various time details per request (e.g. how much time was spent on each page of the application) and information on the path followed within the application.), the country of origin, the functions of the browser and operating system used by the user, the various time details per call (e.g. how much time was spent on each page of the application) and information about the path followed within an application, in particular the order of the pages visited, as well as other information about the operating system of the device and/or the user's IT environment.

Users

The person using this website who, unless otherwise specified, corresponds to the data subject.

Affected party

The natural person to whom the personal data relates.

Processor (or processor)

Natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller as described in this privacy policy.

Responsible party (or provider, sometimes also owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this website. Unless otherwise stated, the controller is the natural or legal person through whom this website is offered.

This website (or this application)

The hardware or software tool with which the user's personal data is collected and processed.

Service

The service offered through this website as described in the relevant terms and conditions (if any) and on this website/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise stated, all references in this document to the European Union refer to all current Member States of the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).

Cookies

Cookies are trackers that consist of a small data record stored in the user's browser.

Tracker

The term tracker refers to any technology - e.g. cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags or fingerprinting - that can be used to track users, e.g. by enabling access to or storage of information on the user device.

Legal notice

This privacy policy applies exclusively to this website, unless otherwise stated in this document.

Last update: March 7, 2024