Privacy Policy and Cookies

Thank you for showing interest in this Internet domain name. Data protection is a high priority for the domain owner and by means of this data protection declaration (“Privacy Policy”), they would like to inform you of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed, as well as about the cookies used with this domain. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

Please note that this Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time through the implementation of new techniques and/or changes in the law.

The domain owner reserves the right to amend or adjust the security and or privacy policy as made necessary by technological or regulatory developments. In these cases, the domain owner will also amend relevant information on data protection. Please be sure to take note of the most recent version of the Privacy Policy.

A. Privacy Policy

1. Definitions

This data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European legislation for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). This data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as customers and business partners. To ensure this, please see the following explanation of the terminology used.
In this data protection declaration, we use, among others, the following terms:

a) Personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

c) Processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d) Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

e) Profiling

Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

f) Controller or controller responsible for the processing

Controller or controller responsible for the processing is 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; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

g) Processor

Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

h) Recipient

Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.

i) Third party

Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

j) Consent

Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Contact Details of the Controller

In case of questions or comments concerning this Privacy Policy, please contact the person and/or company by e-mail or by post to the contact data listed in the imprint.

3. Processor

In some cases, external service providers may be used who are bound by instructions to process your data. These are carefully selected, commissioned and regularly checked. The contracts are based on data processing agreements in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. The processor does not process the data independently for his own purposes. This website is being generated dynamically as per request of the controller by:

Sedo GmbH, Im Mediapark 6B, 50670 Cologne, Germany
Email: kontakt@sedo.de
Website: https://sedo.de

Sedo.com LLC, 222 Third Street, Suite 3120, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Tel. (617) 499-7200
Email: contact@sedo.com
Website: https://sedo.com

PLEASE NOTE: Sedo GmbH and Sedo.com LLC only provide technical infrastructure and hosting services for this domain. Sedo GmbH and Sedo.com LLC are NOT the domain owners and NOT responsible for the content, including advertisements, shown on the website.

4. Legal Basis for Processing of Your Data

If the legal basis is not listed in the Privacy Policy, the following applies:

  • Insofar as the data subject provides consent for processing, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis;
  • In case of processing of personal data necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR;
  • Insofar as processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR;
  • In the event that vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person require a processing of personal data, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d) GDPR;
  • If processing is necessary to safeguard legitimate interests of our company or of a third party and if the interests, basic rights, and basic freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh these legitimate interests, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

5. Retention periods

The data processed by Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com LLC is erased or its processing is restricted in compliance with statutory requirements, in particular Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise within the scope of this Privacy Policy, Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com LLC erase stored data as soon as such is no longer required for the intended purpose. Data will be retained beyond the time at which the purpose ends only if such data is necessary for other, legally permissible purposes or if the data must continue to be retained due to statutory retention periods. In these cases, processing is restricted, i.e. it is blocked, and will not be processed for other purposes.

6. Server log data

The website collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. This includes:

  • the browser types and versions used;
  • the operating system used by the accessing system;
  • the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers);
  • the sub-websites;
  • the date and time of access to the Internet site;
  • an Internet protocol address (IP address);
  • the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and
  • any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com LLC information technology systems.

The data is stored on Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com LLC servers. This data is not stored together with other personal data except those stated above. When using these general data and information, Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com LLC do not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of the website correctly, (2) optimize the content of the website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com LLC analyze anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed.
The legal basis of the above data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

7. Rights of the data subject

Pursuant to statutory provisions, you can assert the following rights vis-à-vis the data processing controller free of charge:

  • Right to access by the data subject (Art. 15 GDPR);
  • Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16 and Art. 17 GDPR);
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR);
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR);
  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR).

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority concerning the controller’s processing of your personal data.

8. Links to third-party websites

The website may contain links to third-party websites. If you follow a link to one of these websites, please note that these offers have their own data protection policies and that the domain owner is not controller for such processing. Please review each privacy policy before disclosing personal information to those controllers.

B. Cookies

This website uses cookies, which are small text files that, within the scope of your visit to this website, are transmitted from Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com LLC web servers to your browser and are stored by your browser on your computer for later retrieval. You yourself can determine, through settings in your browser, the extent to which cookies can be placed and retrieved. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of the website may be entirely usable.
Cookies are used to make the website more user-friendly (so-called "Necessary Cookie"). Without the use of these cookies, the number of unique users on the website cannot be determined, or provide you with certain functions. In addition, cookies are also used for the website presence, which, for example, allows surfing behavior to be analyzed. If cookies are used beyond this, they are expressly mentioned below.
Legal basis for the use of cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR unless specified otherwise.

1. Google AdSense

This website has integrated Google AdSense. Google AdSense is an online service which allows the placement of advertising on third-party sites. Google AdSense is based on an algorithm that selects advertisements displayed on third-party sites to match with the content of the respective third-party site. Google AdSense allows an interest-based targeting of the Internet user, which is implemented by means of generating individual user profiles. The operating company of Google's AdSense component is Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Treaty and thus offers a guarantee that it complies with the European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).
The purpose of Google's AdSense component is the integration of advertisements on the website. Google AdSense places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. With the setting of the cookie it is enabled to analyze the use of the website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google AdSense component is integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google AdSense component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Alphabet Inc. During the course of this technical procedure, Google gains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently create commission settlements. These advertisements above can be identified by the reference "Google ads" in the respective advertisement.
Furthermore, Google AdSense also uses so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in web pages to enable a log file recording and a log file analysis through which a statistical analysis may be performed. Based on the embedded tracking pixels, Alphabet Inc. is able to determine if and when a website was opened by a data subject, and which links were clicked on by the data subject. Tracking pixels serve, among other things, to analyze the flow of visitors on a website.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through the website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Alphabet Inc. from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. Additionally, cookies already in use by Alphabet Inc. may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.
Through Google AdSense, personal data and information -which also includes the IP address, and is necessary for the collection and accounting of the displayed advertisements- is transmitted to Alphabet Inc. in the United States of America. These personal data will be stored and processed in the United States of America. The Alphabet Inc. may disclose the collected personal data through this technical procedure to third parties.
Your data will be transferred to the USA and evaluated there. If you are logged in with your Google account, your data can be directly assigned to it. If you do not wish to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out. You can prevent the installation of Google AdSense cookies in various ways: a) by adjusting your browser software accordingly, in particular the suppression of third-party cookies prevents you from receiving ads from third-party providers; b) by deactivating the interest-based ads on Google via the link https://www.google.com/ads/preferences, this setting being deleted when you delete your cookies; c) by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the "About Ads" self-regulation campaign via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, this setting being deleted when you delete your cookies; d) by permanently deactivating Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome in your browsers under the link https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. Please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this offer in full.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing as well as further information on your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy can be obtained from: Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountainview, California 94043, USA; Privacy Policy for Partner Sites: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ This processing of personal data is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our Internet presence.

2. Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

This website has integrated the components of Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service by Google Inc. (“Google”) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Treaty and thus offers a guarantee that it complies with the European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).
Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly used for the optimization of a website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
Therefore, Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. With the setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of the website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During the course of this technical procedure, the enterprise Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks.
This web page uses the extension code "anonymizeIp" to ensure an anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-masking). By activating IP anonymization on our web page, your IP address will be priorly abridged by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). Only in exceptional cases the complete IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and then abridged there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on web page activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to web page and Internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through the website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google Analytics may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs. In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a collection of data that are generated by Google Analytics, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google and the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics through a JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any other person who is attributable to their sphere of competence, or is disabled, it is possible to execute the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser add-ons. Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and under https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link https://www.google.com/analytics/.
This processing of personal data is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f of the GDPR. Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com, LLC use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of the website. This allows Sedo GmbH or Sedo.com, LLC to improve the offer and make it more interesting for you as a user of the website.

3. Data Protection Provisions About the Application and Use of Google Remarketing

As a further tracking-technology Google Remarketing services have been integrated on the website. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords, which allows an enterprise to display advertising to Internet users who have previously resided on the enterprise's Internet site. The integration of Google Remarketing therefore allows an enterprise to create user-based advertising and thus shows relevant advertisements to interested Internet users. The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is the Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Treaty and thus offers a guarantee that it complies with the European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).
The purpose of Google Remarketing is the insertion of interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing allows us to display ads on the Google network or on other websites, which are based on individual needs and matched to the interests of Internet users. Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. With the setting of the cookie, Google enables a recognition of the visitor of our website if he calls up consecutive web pages, which are also a member of the Google advertising network. With each call-up to an Internet site on which the service has been integrated by Google Remarketing, the web browser of the data subject identifies automatically with Google. During the course of this technical procedure, Google receives personal information, such as the IP address or the surfing behaviour of the user, which Google uses, inter alia, for the insertion of interest relevant advertising.
The cookie is used to store personal information, e.g. the Internet pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through the website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.
In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to the interest-based advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must call up the link to https://www.google.com/settings/ads and make the desired settings on each Internet browser used by the data subject. Further information and the actual data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Google Remarketing also uses tracking technology to measure the success of advertising campaigns and optimize the display of advertising. This processing of personal data is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our Internet presence.

4. INFOnline Measurement Method

On this website, the measurement method ("SZMnG") is used to determine statistical parameters about the use of the website offers. The provider is INFOnline GmbH, Brühler Str. 9, 53119 Bonn. The aim of the usage measurement is to statistically determine the number of visits to the website, the number of website visitors and their surfing behaviour - on the basis of a uniform standard procedure - and thus to obtain market-wide comparable values. For all digital offers made by members of the Informationgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V. (IVW - http://www.ivw.eu) or the studies of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Online-Forschung e.V. (AGOF - https://www.agof.de), the usage statistics are regularly published by AGOF and the Media-Analyse e.V. working group. (https://www.agma-mmc.de) and published with the performance value "Unique User" and by IVW with the performance values "Page Impression" and "Visits". These ranges and statistics can be viewed on the respective websites.

a) Type of Data

INFOnline collects the following personal data for the aforementioned purpose:

  • IP address (shortened to 1 byte and made anonymous)
  • Client Identifier: The range processing uses either a cookie with the identification "ioam.de", a "Local Storage Object" or a signature that is created from various automatically transmitted information of your browser for the recognition of computer systems. This identification is unique for a browser as long as the cookie or local storage object is not deleted. A measurement of the data and subsequent assignment to the respective client identifier is therefore also possible if you call up other websites that also use the measurement procedure ("SZMnG") of INFOnline GmbH.

The validity of the cookie is limited to a maximum of 1 year.

b) Use of the Data

The measurement method of INFOnline GmbH determines usage data. This is done in order to collect the performance values for page impressions, visits and clients and to form further key figures (e.g. qualified clients). In addition, the measured data are used as follows:

  • A so-called geolocalization, i.e. the allocation of a web page call to the place of the call, takes place exclusively on the basis of the anonymized IP address and only up to the geographical level of the federal states / regions. Under no circumstances can the geographical information obtained in this way be used to draw conclusions about the specific location of a user.
  • The usage data of a technical client (e.g. a browser on a device) is combined across websites and stored in a database. This information is used for the technical estimation of the social information age and gender and is passed on to the AGOF service providers for further range processing. Within the framework of the AGOF study, social characteristics are technically estimated on the basis of a random sample, which can be assigned to the following categories: Age, gender, nationality, professional activity, marital status, general household information, household income, place of residence, Internet use, online interests, place of use, type of user.

c) Legal Basis for Processing

Measurement by INFOnline GmbH using the “SZMnG” measurement method is carried out with legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. The purpose of the processing of personal data is the compilation of statistics and the creation of user categories. The statistics serve to be able to trace and document the use of the website offer. The user categories form the basis for an interest-fair adjustment of advertising media and/or advertising measures. For the marketing of this website a usage measurement, which guarantees a comparability to other market participants, is indispensable. Our legitimate interest arises from the economic usability of the findings from the statistics and user categories and the market value of our website - also in direct comparison with third-party websites - which can be determined on the basis of the statistics. In addition, we have a legitimate interest in making the pseudonymous data available to INFOnline, AGOF and IVW for market research purposes (AGOF, agma) and for statistical purposes (INFOnline, IVW). Furthermore, we have a legitimate interest in making the pseudonymized data available to INFOnline for the further development and provision of appropriate advertising material.

d) Data Storage Time

INFOnline GmbH does not store the complete IP address. The shortened IP address is stored for a maximum of 60 days. The usage data in connection with the unique identifier are stored for a maximum of 6 months.

e) Disclosure of Data

The IP address as well as the shortened IP address are not passed on. For the preparation of the AGOF study, data with client identifiers are passed on to the following AGOF service providers: