Privacy Statement
Data protection information
The protection of information related to you, such as your name, and your email or IP address (known as "personal data") is important to us. Therefore we operate this website and the services offered by us on it in accordance with the valid data protection laws, in particular the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR).
Below you will find an explanation of how we process your personal data in this context.
A. General Information
I. Responsible for data processing within the scope of this website and, if applicable, his/her representative
Head Office
Datapprove GmbH
Peterssteinweg 14
04107 Leipzig
Germany
II. Providing this website; Communication via this website
1. Providing this website; Communication via this website
The availability of this website requires the processing of personal data, such as the IP address for accessing the content displayed on this website, for requests made by you and/or in our online service areas.
1.1 You also have the opportunity to contact us via our contact form. We collect your name and your e-mail address. By using the contact form registered and non-registered users agree to this.
1.2 We use cookies and analysis tools to provide our website. You will find more detailed information in "B. Special information".
1.3 The processing of your personal data is necessary for providing this website and for communication purposes on the basis of our legitimate interest. For the availability of this website it is technically necessary that we process certain personal data (e.g. the IP address). For your communication with us it is necessary that we process the personal data mentioned above.
1.4 With respect to the balancing of legitimate interests required by law, we have weighed your interest in maintaining the confidentiality of your personal data with our interest in contacting you. Your interest is outweighed in this case. Additionally, we do not have to respond your contact request.
2. Online-service
You can register on this website for our online service and use it afterwards. We collect your email address, your user name, your real name and your country of origin.
The processing of your personal data within the scope of the online service is necessary to establish, execute and process the corresponding user contract.
3. Online conclusion of contracts
You can contract online on our website. We collect your personal data, your contact details and your bank details. Your personal data is used for the establishment, execution and processing of the corresponding contract.
We collect personal data regarding your payment history and creditworthiness on the basis of mathematical-statistical procedures at business credit agencies. Credit agencies store personal data for the purpose of providing information.
4. Newsletter
You can register on our website for our newsletters by giving your consent. Your consent is the legal basis for our data processing. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. If you are registered you can do this here: https://consolevariations.com/profile/preferences/settings
We process your user name, first name, surname and e-mail address for the respective registration.
5. Advertising consent
5.1 Consent
If you give us your advertising consent, we will process your personal data for our own advertising purposes. Your statement of consent is the legal basis for our processing of your personal data in this regard. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. If you are registered you can do this here: https://consolevariations.com/profile/preferences/settings
5.2 Third party cookies
We use external advertising companies to display advertising when you visit consolevariations. The software that displays these advertisements also uses cookies, known as "third party cookies". These cookies may be used to help display more relevant advertisements to you.
These companies may use information (not including your name or email address) about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Third party cookies may include behavioural targeting cookies. These are also intended to help display more relevant advertisements to you by using information about other sites you may have visited previously.
Third party cookies also include those from our data analytics providers. These allow us to analyse the use of our sites and do not identify users individually.
III. Recipients or categories of recipients of personal data
1. Providing this website; Communication via this website; Online service
We use service providers to provide our website. For this purpose, we transmit personal data to these service providers. The respective service providers are listed under "B. Special information". These companies are contractually obliged by us to exercise the same care in processing personal data as we do.
2. Online conclusion of contracts
We transfer personal data to other companies in our group and to service partners for the execution of the contract. If you unlawfully refuse your payment obligation, we may be obliged to transmit your personal data to debt collection agencies.
IV. Criteria for the storage period of personal data
We delete your personal data if the particular purpose of the storage no longer applies and no legal regulation requires a storage. Statistical evaluations are only carried out in anonymous form.
V. Your rights as a data subject
In general, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data and to have it corrected, deleted or restricted. In addition, you have the right to withdraw your consent to further processing and the right to data transferability. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. Please contact us for this.
You also have a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority.
B. Special information
I. Security
We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data managed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or against access by unauthorized persons.
II. Automatically collected information
1. Use of Cookies
We use cookies. Cookies are data records that are stored by a web server on the user's device (e.g. computer, smartphone, tablet). These will be sent back to our website ("First Party Cookie") or to another website to which the cookie belongs ("Third Party Cookie") when you return to our website on the same device. The stored and returned information (e.g. Internet browser and operating system used; domain name of the website from which you came; average time spent on the site, pages accessed) enables the respective website to recognize that you have already accessed and visited it with the browser of your desktop or mobile device. When you access our websites, information is automatically collected in anonymous form. In this way, we can enable the user to use our website more effectively and generally better over time by improving the content and making it easier to use. The statistical data obtained help us to improve the performance and attractiveness of our websites. We use this information to provide you with services and information that is more specifically tailored to your needs. Any storage of personal data over and above the above-mentioned information will only take place with your express consent. Among other things, this is the case when you create a customer account, conclude a contract, contact us or take part in a competition. Your personal data will be used exclusively for the processing of your respective request. Our cookies remain on your device for five years, unless you delete them beforehand. Turning off the cookie function in your browser does not restrict the use of our websites and the services offered.
2. Google Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics, a web analytic service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"), which uses cookies to analyze your use of the websites.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transferred to a Google server in the U.S. and stored there. Prior to transmission, your IP address will be reduced by the last octet in the European Union or the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide WTS Group with further services relating to website and internet use.
The (shortened) IP address transmitted by your browser through the use of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
You can 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 downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
There is also the possibility to opt-out and deactivate Google Analytics by using a browser add-on. You can use the link to get the add-on for the most common browsers here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
III. Types of Social Media Plug-Ins
We use the following (so-called) social media plug-ins on our website:
1. Facebook plug-ins
Our website uses plug-ins from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, U.S. ("Facebook"). The plug-ins are marked with a Facebook logo. An overview of the Facebook plug-ins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins
When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. Facebook sends the content of the plug-in directly to your browser and integrates it into the page. Through this integration Facebook receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged on to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the U.S and stored there. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can immediately associate your visit to our website with your Facebook profile.
If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by clicking the "I like" button or making a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends.
The purpose and scope of Facebook's processing of your data and your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection guidelines under the following link: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to associate the data collected via our website directly with your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Facebook plug-ins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. for
MozillaFirefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/facebook-blocker/
Opera: https://addons.opera.com/de/extensions/details/facebook-blocker/?display=en
Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/facebookblocker/chlhacbfddknadmnmjmkdobipdpjakmc?hl=en
2. Twitter plug-ins
Our website uses plug-ins of the microblogging service Twitter, operated by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S. ("Twitter"). The plug-ins are marked with a Twitter logo, for example in the form of a blue "Twitter bird". An overview of the Twitter plug-ins and their appearance can be found here: https://about.twitter.com/en_us/company/brand-resources.html
When you access a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to Twitter's servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Twitter to your browser and integrated into the page. The integration gives Twitter the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Twitter profile or are not currently logged in to Twitter. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Twitter server in the U.S. and stored there. If you are logged in to Twitter, Twitter can immediately associate your visit to our website with your Twitter account. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by pressing the "Twitter" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Twitter server and stored there. The information will also be published on your Twitter account and displayed to your contacts.
The purpose and scope of the processing and use of your data by Twitter and your rights and setting options for the protection of your privacy can be found in the Twitter data protection guidelines under the following link: https://twitter.com/privacy
If you do not want Twitter to associate the data collected via our website directly with your Twitter account, you must log out of Twitter before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Twitter plug-ins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).
3. YouTube plug-ins
We use at least one plug-in from YouTube, a service of Google Inc, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, U.S. As soon as you visit our website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is being informed of your internet presence. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your personal surfing behavior directly with your YouTube profile.
If you do not want YouTube to have this option, you must log out of your account before visiting our website. For more information about YouTube's processing of your data, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/static?template=privacy_guidelines
4. Reddit plug-ins
We use at least one plug-in from Reddit, a service of Reddit Inc, 520 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, U.S. As soon as you visit our website, a connection to the Reddit servers is established. The Reddit server is being informed of your internet presence. If you are logged into your Reddit account, Reddit can associate your personal surfing behavior directly with your Reddit profile.
If you do not want Reddit to have this option, you must log out of your account before visiting our website. For more information about Reddit’s processing of your data, please refer to Reddit’s privacy policy at the following link:
https://www.reddit.com/wiki/privacypolicy
5. Pinterest plug-ins
We use at least one plug-in from Pinterest, a service of Pinterest Inc, 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-4904, U.S. As soon as you visit our website, a connection to the Pinterest servers is established. The Pinterest server is being informed of your internet presence. If you are logged into your Pinterest account, Pinterest can associate your personal surfing behavior directly with your Pinterest profile.
If you do not want Pinterest to have this option, you must log out of your account before visiting our website. For more information about Pinterest’s processing of your data, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy at the following link:
https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy-2016
6. Discord plug-ins
We use at least one plug-in from Discord, a service of Discord Inc. 444 De Haro St Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. As soon as you visit our website, a connection to the Discord servers is established. The Reddit server is being informed of your internet presence. If you are logged into your Discord account, Discord can associate your personal surfing behavior directly with your Discord profile.
If you do not want Discord to have this option, you must log out of your account before visiting our website. For more information about Discord’d processing of your data, please refer to Discord's privacy policy at the following link:
7. Whatsapp plug-ins
We use at least one plug-in from Whatsapp, a service of Whatsapp LLC. 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, California 94025. USA. As soon as you visit our website, a connection to the Whatsapp servers is established. The Whatsapp server is being informed of your internet presence. If you are logged into your Whatsapp account, Whatsapp can associate your personal surfing behavior directly with your Whatsapp profile.
If you do not want Whatsapp to have this option, you must log out of your account before visiting our website. For more information about Whatsapp's processing of your data, please refer to Whatsapp's privacy policy at the following link:
https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy
8. Telegram plug-ins
We use at least one plug-in from Telegram, a service of 1000 N West St., Ste. 1200, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, USA. As soon as you visit our website, a connection to the Telegram servers is established. The Telegram server is being informed of your internet presence. If you are logged into your Telegram account, Telegram can associate your personal surfing behavior directly with your Telegram profile.
If you do not want Telegram to have this option, you must log out of your account before visiting our website. For more information about Telegram's processing of your data, please refer to Telegram's privacy policy at the following link: