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Use of cookies

We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the storage medium of your end device, for example on a hard disk, and through which certain information flows to us as the body that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your end device. Our website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and function of which are explained below.

Cookies that are stored associated with your web browser:

Transient cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your web browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your web browser to the shared session. This makes it possible to recognize your device when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

Persistent cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete these cookies at any time in the settings of your web browser.

Some functions of our website may not be fully functional without the use of these cookies. The data processed by cookies that are required to provide the functions of our website are not used to create user profiles. Where cookies are used for analysis purposes, they are used to improve the quality and user-friendliness of our website, its content and functions. They enable us to understand how the website, which functions are used and how often they are used. This enables us to continuously optimize our website.

The above cookies are stored on your end device and transmitted from it to our server. You can therefore configure the processing of data and information by cookies yourself. You can make appropriate configurations in the settings of your web browser, through which you can, for example, reject third-party cookies or cookies altogether. In this context, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of our website properly. We also recommend that you regularly delete cookies and your browser history manually.

The following cookies are used on this website:

• IPMA_COOKIES_ACCEPTED
• IPMA_PRIVACY_GA_ENABLED
• _ga
• _gat
• _gid

Your data privacy rights:

Right to information (Art. 15 DSGVO):
We are happy to inform you which personal data we have stored about you. The first disclosure is free of charge, but we reserve the right to charge for further disclosures. Processing will take place within 30 days and the information will be made available to you by e-mail.

In order to ensure that the person making the request is the person they claim to be, we require proof of identity. This can be a copy of an official identity document. Please black out or make unrecognizable serial numbers, passport numbers or similar. We will only use this copy for identification purposes and to process the request.

Right to rectification (Art. 16 DSGVO):

You can ask us to correct your data. We will take reasonable steps to keep the data we have received and process from you accurate, complete and up to date.

Right to erasure “Right to be forgotten” (Art. 17 DSGVO):
You can demand that we delete your data if one of the following reasons applies

a) The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

b) The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.

c) The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.

d) The personal data was processed unlawfully.

Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 DSGVO):
You can request that we restrict the processing of your data if we are not allowed to use all of the data you have provided.

Right of objection (Art. 21 DSGVO):

You can object to the processing of your data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, provided that the data processing is based on your consent or on our legitimate interests or those of a third party. In this case, we will no longer process your data. The latter does not apply if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests or if we need your data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Complaints to supervisory authorities:

The IPMA Group takes your concerns and rights very seriously, so if you have any questions, please first contact datenschutz@ipma-group.com.

However, if you believe that we have not adequately addressed your complaints or concerns, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

We use the following third-party services:
Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking on the following link.

Cookie-Settings

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please refer to the Google Analytics terms and conditions or the Google Analytics overview.

Content delivery networks on the websites

Some plug-ins on our website use the services of so-called Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to optimize data traffic and ensure the fastest possible and most fail-safe data transmission.

Technically, information is transferred between the Internet user's browser and our websites via a content delivery network. This enables it to analyze the data traffic between the user and our websites, for example to detect and ward off attacks on our services. In addition, the content delivery network may store cookies on your computer for optimization and analysis purposes, and JavaScript codes may also be executed. To prevent the execution of JavaScript codes, the user can install and activate a JavaScript blocker (e.g. http://www.noscript.net).