Privacy Policy (DSGVO, GDPR) - Best Position Agency, CEO Alfred Bossog, Marketing Services plus Operations Consulting

Data protection

General information and mandatory information

This company is not based within the EU.

This company is not based within the USA. 

This company is not based within Switzerland.

This company is not based within the UK.

Designation of the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Best Position Agency, CEO Alfred Bossog

Paraguay, América del Sur

Alto Paraná, Kilómetro 10, Casa, 0975558398

PY-7000 Ciudad del Este 100109

The responsible body decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient to revoke your consent. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority

As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority in the event of a data protection violation. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschrift_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to third parties. It is provided in a machine-readable format. If you request the data to be transferred directly to another person responsible, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion

At any time, within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, its recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct, block or delete this data. In this regard and also if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact options listed in the legal notice.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line in your browser and by the lock symbol in the browser line.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

Visited page on our domain

Date and time of the server request

Browser type and browser version

Operating system used

Referrer URL

Host name of the accessing computer

IP address

This data will not be merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Data transmission when concluding a contract for the purchase and shipping of goods

Personal data will only be transmitted to third parties if necessary in the context of contract processing. Third parties can be, for example, payment service providers or logistics companies. No further transmission of data will take place or only if you have expressly agreed to this.

The basis for data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Registration on this website

To use certain functions, you can register on our website. The data transmitted is used exclusively for the purpose of using the respective offer or service. Mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration.

In the event of important changes, for example for technical reasons, we will inform you by email. The email will be sent to the address provided during registration.

The data entered during registration is processed based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient to revoke your consent. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

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rn the data collected during registration during the period that you are registered on our website. Your data will be deleted if you cancel your registration. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

contact form

Data transmitted via the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored in order to be able to process your request or to be available to answer follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.

The data entered into the contact form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient to revoke your consent. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or there is no longer any need to store the data. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

Storage period for posts and comments

Posts and comments as well as related data, such as IP addresses, are stored. The content remains on our website until it has been completely deleted or required to be deleted for legal reasons.

The storage of posts and comments is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient to revoke your consent. The legality of data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Subscribe to comments

As a user of our website, you can subscribe to comments after registering. We will send a confirmation email to check whether you are the owner of the email address provided. You can unsubscribe from the comment subscription function at any time via a link contained in a subscription email. Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted if you unsubscribe. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.

Newsletter data

To send our newsletter we need an email address from you. Verification of the email address provided is necessary and consent to receive the newsletter is required. Additional data is not collected or is voluntary. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be processed exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. To revoke your consent, simply send an informal message by email or unsubscribe using the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted if you unsubscribe. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you access a page with an integrated YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which of our pages you have accessed.

YouTube can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile if you are logged into your YouTube account. You can prevent this by logging out beforehand.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR.

Details on how to handle user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Vimeo

Our website uses Vimeo plugins to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you access a page with an integrated Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. This tells Vimeo which of our pages you have accessed. Vimeo learns your IP address even if you are not logged in to the video portal or do not have an account there. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the video portal's servers in the USA.

Vimeo can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. Through existing 

If you log out again, you have the option to prevent this.

Details on how to handle user data can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Some cookies are “session cookies.” Such cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your browser session. However, other cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us to recognize you when you return to our website.

With a modern web browser you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured so that cookies are deleted automatically when the program is closed. Deactivating cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

The setting of cookies that are necessary to carry out electronic communication processes or to provide certain functions you require (e.g. shopping cart) is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure that our services are technically error-free and seamless. If other cookies are set (e.g. for analysis functions), they will be treated separately in this data protection declaration.

Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of the web analysis service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses “cookies.” These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and enable website usage to be analyzed. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is usually the USA.

Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and, if necessary, advertising.

IP anonymization

We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization function. It guarantees that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it to the USA. There may be exceptional cases in which Google transfers the full IP address to a server in the USA and shortens it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to create reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Browser plugin

The setting of cookies by your web browser can be prevented. However, this could limit some functions of our website. You can also prevent the collection of data relating to your website use, including your IP address, and subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to our website: deactivate Google Analytics.

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

Order processing

In order to fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have concluded an order processing contract with Google.

Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

Our website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. It can be used to create reports that contain information about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. It is not possible to assign the data to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time. This is possible via the ad settings in your Google account or by allowing your data to be collected by Google Analytics, as described in the “Objection to data collection” section 

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PayPal

Our website allows payment via PayPal. The payment service provider is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.

If you pay with PayPal, the payment details you entered will be transmitted to PayPal.

Your data will be transmitted to PayPal on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract). You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. Past data processing operations remain effective if revoked.

Klarna

Our website allows payment via Klarna. The payment service provider is Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.

When paying with Klarna (Klarna checkout solution), Klarna collects various personal data from you. Details can be found in Klarna's data protection declaration at: https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/.

Klarna uses cookies to optimize the Klarna checkout solution. This optimization represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Klarna cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Details on the use of Klarna cookies can be found at: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/cookie/de_de/checkout.pdf.

Your data will be transmitted to Klarna on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR (consent) and Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract). You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. Past data processing operations remain effective if revoked.

Instant bank transfer

Our website allows payment via “Sofortüberweisung.” The provider of the payment service is Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich.

With the help of the “Sofortüberweisung” procedure, we receive a payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH in real time and can begin fulfilling our obligations immediately.

When paying via “Sofortüberweisung” your PIN and TAN are transmitted to Sofort GmbH. The payment provider logs into your online banking account, automatically checks your account balance and makes the transfer. An immediate transaction confirmation follows. Your sales, the credit limit of your overdraft facility and the existence of other accounts as well as their holdings are also automatically checked after you log in.

In addition to the PIN and TAN, the transmission to Sofort GmbH also includes payment data and personal data. Your personal data includes your first and last name, address, telephone number(s), email address, IP address and, if applicable, other data necessary for payment processing. This data transfer is necessary to establish your identity beyond doubt and to prevent attempted fraud.

Your data will be transmitted to Sofort GmbH on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract). You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. Past data processing operations remain effective if revoked.

Details about paying with instant transfer can be found at: https://www.sofort.de/datenschutz.html and https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.

XING plugin

Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

When you access a page with integrated Xing functions, a connection to the Xing servers is established. To the best of our knowledge, personal data is not stored. IP addresses are not stored and usage behavior is not evaluated.

Details about data protection and the XING Share button can be found in the XING data protection declaration at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

Twitter plugin

Our website uses functions of the Twitter service. The provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

When you use Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and published in your Twitter feed. Data is transmitted to Twitter. We have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how this data is used by Twitter. Details can be found in Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/account/settings

Pinterest plugin

Our website uses functions of the social network Pinterest. 

The provider is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA.

When you access a page with Pinterest functions, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. Log data is transmitted to Pinterest’s servers. The servers are located in the USA. The log data may allow conclusions to be drawn about your IP address, websites visited, browser type and settings, date and time of the request, how you use Pinterest and cookies.

Details can be found in Pinterest's data protection information: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

Amazon affiliate program

As the operator of this website, we participate in the Amazon EU partner program. Our pages contain advertisements from Amazon and links to Amazon in order to earn money through advertising cost reimbursements. Amazon cookies are used, which means that Amazon recognizes that you have clicked on an affiliate link on our website.

The storage of “Amazon cookies” is based on Art. 6 lit. f GDPR. As a website operator, we have a legitimate interest in this, as the amount of advertising cost reimbursement can only be determined through the cookies.

Details on Amazon's use of data can be found in the Amazon privacy policy: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401.

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

Our website uses Google AdWords. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.

AdWords is an online advertising program. As part of the online advertising program, we work with conversion tracking. After you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Google AdWords cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. The cookie allows Google and us to recognize that you clicked on an ad and were redirected to our website.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked via AdWords customer websites. Conversion cookies are used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who use conversion tracking. Adwords customers find out how many users clicked on their ad and were redirected to pages with a conversion tracking tag. However, AdWords customers do not receive any information that allows users to be personally identified. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can object to its use. Here the conversion cookie must be deactivated in the user settings of the browser. This means that it is not included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and our advertising.

Details about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google's data protection regulations: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

With a modern web browser you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Deactivating cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

Google Web Fonts

Our website uses web fonts from Google. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

By using these web fonts, it is possible to present you with the representation of our website that we want, regardless of which fonts are available to you locally. This is done by retrieving the Google Web Fonts from a Google server in the USA and thereby passing on your data to Google. This is your IP address and which page you visited on our website. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the optimal presentation and transmission of our website.

The company Google is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”. This data protection agreement is intended to ensure compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Details about Google Web Fonts can be found at: https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and further information in Google's data protection regulations: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de

Source: Data protection configurator from mein-datenschutzanwalt.de

++  Best Position Agency, CEO Alfred Bossog  ++