Privacy policy
Supplementary Privacy Policy for "FALKEN XMAS CALENDAR – 24 DAYS TO MAKE DECEMBER YOURS!"
1. Subject of this supplementary privacy policy
This supplementary privacy policy contains some additional information to our general privacy policy for "24 DAYS TO MAKE DECEMBER YOURS!", hereinafter referred to as "Campaign“.
Our general privacy policy applies when visiting the Internet pages of "24 DAYS TO MAKE DECEMBER YOURS!". These can be found under the following link:
https://sokrativ.de//en/privacy-policy
2. Data Controller / service provider
The data controller within the meaning of the EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is SOKRATIV GmbH, Rüsbergstr. 50a, 58456 Witten, Germany. For further details, please refer to the imprint or the provider ID of our website.
3. Informational use of our campaign
As long as you visit our campaign purely for informational purposes, i.e. without registering or taking advantage of another offer that requires prior registration, only the following data will be collected:
- Type of Internet browser you use when visiting- Settings of the Internet browser- Operating system you use during your visit- Website you last visited (i.e. before switching to us)- The pages you visit on our website- Date of visit, time of visit, duration of visit and frequency of use- Data transferred and access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.) - IP number of the Internet device you use for the visit
The IP number is the globally valid, unique identification of each individual Internet device. It serves as the address through which data is sent to the device from the Internet, e.g. pictures of our campaign. If the IP number were not collected, our websites would not be able to respond to your entries and inquiries and would not be able to communicate with your device.
An informational visit is only stored for statistical purposes, to optimize our website and for the purpose of system security. This only requires storage in anonymous form. It is not possible to draw conclusions about an individual visitor. We do not create any user profiles or the like for visitors who visit our website for information purposes only.
4. Participation in the campaign
If you want to register for the campaign, we also need personal data from you, namely:
- Salutation*
- First name* and last name*
- E-mail address*
- Street* and house number*
- ZIP* and City*
- Country*
Mandatory registration information has been marked with * in our listing. Further information is voluntary.
5. Collection and use of data
After a successful registration for the campaign, we also use your data to personalize subsequent visits. We only collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us. A collection of personal data without your consent does not take place.
The use of personal data is strictly earmarked to the extent necessary and strictly complies with the legal requirements.
6. Entrant data and public announcement of prize winners
By signing up, you agree that if you win,
- YOUR NAME
may be publicly announced on our websites and on the social media channels (Facebook and Instagram) of Falken Tyre Europe GmbH. The consent can be withdrawn at any time. The participant is responsible for the correctness of the name provided. The disclosure of the name is without guarantee.
Since the campaign aims to provide a collaborative experience, by signing up, you agree that your registered name will also be shown to other entrants. In our competition, the display of the name is only in abbreviated form by default (first name last name = first name N.).
7. Evaluation of your data
If you have expressly agreed to the use of your personal data in the participation form, we would like to evaluate your data and use it to select a winner at random and for providing the prizes. You can withdraw this consent at any time. For the above-mentioned evaluations, it may be necessary to combine personal data that you have provided to us during registration, and the continuously accruing usage data in user profiles. The summaries and their evaluations are carried out only internally and exclusively for the stated purposes.
8. Location of data storage
In principle, all data mentioned in this data protection declaration are stored and processed in our own databases or in the databases of companies that work for us as a service provider for order data processing within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR; see also section 9 for such service providers. Disclosure of data to third parties.
9. Disclosure of data to third parties
Should it be necessary to pass on your personal data to third parties in order to provide our services or due to organisational processing processes for providing the prizes, we will only pass on the data that is absolutely necessary for the specific purpose. Such third parties are also obliged to comply with data protection regulations and data secrecy.
Service companies that process data for us as a processor are also obliged to comply with data protection regulations and data secrecy. For the implementation of the campaign, the company Happy Contests GmbH, Maximilianstraße 14, 86150 Augsburg was commissioned, which must process the data for the purpose of carrying out the campaign, in particular collect, store and use.
In the event that you win a prize, your personal data required for the presentation of the prize will be transmitted to the respective cooperation partner (Falken Tyre, Teufel, Iglu Lodge). The data will be stored there until the expiry of the statutory retention periods; in addition, the winner agrees to the publication of his name and place of residence in the advertising media used by the organizer. This includes announcing the winner on our communication channels, on our website and on our social media platforms.
10. Data deletion
Unless there is an obligation to comply with statutory retention periods (see above), all personal data stored in connection with the campaign will be deleted by us after the end of the campaign, the notification of the winners and the handing over of the prizes – latest on the 31. of January 2025.
11. Right of revocation and objection, deletion of participant data
You can withdraw the consent given to the processing of your personal data at any time. If you make use of this option, we will delete your personal data immediately if they are no longer needed.
However, if there are legal retention obligations or if the data is still needed for billing purposes, the data can only be deleted after expiry of the retention obligations or after billing.
Personal data provided when participating in a campaign can be deleted at any time. All you need to do is send an e-mail to
info@sokrativ.de
with a corresponding note necessary. With the request, all data records relating to the participant, including his personal data, will be irretrievably deleted from the databases of the organizer or the company commissioned by him with the technical implementation of the campaign as soon as possible, unless there is a legal obligation to comply with retention periods. At the same time, all data collected in connection with the campaign will also be deleted.
12. Social Plugins
This website uses AddToAny's social plugin, which allows visitors to share certain content on social networks and other services. According to its own statements, AddToAny adheres to the requirements of the GDPR the first time it is accessed and, with the exception of the IP address, which is anonymized, does not request any personal data by default (as of 25.05.2018; https://www.addtoany.com/buttons/faq/#gdpr).
Visitors to our campaign can voluntarily activate the integrated AddToAny and use it to establish a direct connection to various social networks and services. In this case, personal data may also be transmitted. We do not collect any personal data ourselves by means of the social plugins or their use.
13. Changes to this supplementary privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this supplementary privacy policy. We will notify you of such changes by means of a notice in our campaign.
14. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do no damage to your end device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specifically used terminal device. However, this does not mean that we immediately become aware of your identity.
The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These will be deleted automatically after leaving our site.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your end device for a specified period of time to optimise user-friendliness. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically be recognized that you have already been with us and the inputs and settings you have made are also recognized, so that you do not have to re-enter them.
When you return to our website, these cookies enable us to recognise automatically that you have already been to our website. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies are required for the purposes mentioned for the protection of our legitimate interests as well as of third parties according to Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f) GDPR. Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer, or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. Complete deactivation of cookies, however, may result in you being unable to use all the functions of our website.
Cookie consent with Usercentrics
This website uses the cookie consent technology from Usercentrics to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device and to document them in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Rosental 4, 80331 Munich, website: https://usercentrics.com/de (hereinafter "Usercentrics").
When you enter our website, the following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics:
• Your consent (s) or the revocation of your consent (s)
• Your IP address
• Information about your browser
• Information about your device
• Time of your visit to the website
In addition, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consent you have given or to be able to revoke it. The data collected in this way will be stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention requirements remain unaffected.
Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6, Paragraph 1, Sentence 1, Letter c GDPR.
We have concluded an order processing contract with Usercentrics. This is a contract stipulated by data protection law, which ensures that Usercentrics processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
15. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Treaty on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases will the entire 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 to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activity and to provide other services related to the website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data from Google.
Opt-out
You can prevent cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; however, we wish to point out that by doing so, you may not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website.
You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) being passed to Google and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
The use of this service is lawful based on Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f) GDPR.
The Google Analytics anonymization feature is used to obscure IP addresses. Google, Inc. processes this data on our behalf.
For more information on how to handle user data on Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
16. Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage web page tags through a single interface. The Tag Manager tool itself (which implements the tags) is a cookieless domain and does not collect any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data under certain circumstances. The Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation occurs at domain or cookie level, it remains in use for all tracking tags, which are implemented by Google Tag Manager.
17. Google reCAPTCHA
We use the service reCAPTCHA offered by Google Inc. (Google) to protect your information. The tool checks whether the input is being made by a human being or is being done automatically by a machine. This service involves sending Google the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service. To that end, your input will be transmitted to Google and used there. By using reCaptcha, you agree that the letters you enter are used to digitalise older publications. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Treaty on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the entire IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service on behalf of the operator of this website. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA is not conflated with other Google data.
This data is subject to the privacy policy of Google Inc.
The function is used to prevent illegal (especially automated) participation. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f) GDPR.
For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visit:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
18. YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited. If you're logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube videos allows us to present our offering visually and therefore represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f) GDPR.
For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
19. Participation form
If you use the participation Form, the information you provide will be transferred and stored in order for you to participate in the Falken Xmas Calendar. The data will be transferred to the cooperation partner. More details can be found in the terms of participation of teis campaign.
The lawfulness of this disclosure is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. a) GDPR.
20. Facebook, Instagram and X
The Advent calendar is beeing promoted via the social networks Facebook, Instagram and X. We don’t have influence on the processing of your personal data on these social networks. If you partcipiate via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter you agree to their privacy policies. You can find more information here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
Instagram: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/
21. Security of your data / SSL encryption
According to the German Digital Services Act (DSA), this site used SSL encryption, recognisable by a lock icon in the address bar of your browser. The data you transmit should not be readable by third parties if SSL encryption is activated.
As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. Whether a single page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form, is indicated by the closed representation of the key or the lock icon in the bottom status bar of your browser.
We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved to meet state-of-the-art requirements.
22. Data subject rights
You can request information about the personal data stored about you at any time and free of charge. Your rights also include the right to correct, restrict or delete your data and to obtain a copy of your data in a form suitable for further transmission, as well as the rights to withdraw consents granted and object to the processing of your data. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Your rights are based in particular on the following sections of the GDPR:
• Art. 7 para. 3 – Right to withdraw consent
• Art. 12 – Transparent information, communication-, and modalities for the exercise of the rights oft he data subject
• Art. 13 – Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
• Art. 14 – Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject
• Art. 15 – Right of access by the data subject
• Art. 16 – Right to rectification
• Art. 17 – Right to erasure ("Right to be forgotten")
• Art. 18 – Right to restriction of processing
• Art. 19 – Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing
• Art. 20 – Right to data portability
• Art. 21 – Right to object
• Art. 22 – Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
• Art. 77 – Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
To exercise your rights (with the exception of Art. 77 GDPR), please contact the data controller listed above.
Privacy policy
Supplementary Privacy Policy for "FALKEN XMAS CALENDAR – 24 DAYS TO MAKE DECEMBER YOURS!"
1. Subject of this supplementary privacy policy
This supplementary privacy policy contains some additional information to our general privacy policy for "24 DAYS TO MAKE DECEMBER YOURS!", hereinafter referred to as "Campaign“.
Our general privacy policy applies when visiting the Internet pages of "24 DAYS TO MAKE DECEMBER YOURS!". These can be found under the following link:
https://sokrativ.de//en/privacy-policy
2. Data Controller / service provider
The data controller within the meaning of the EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is SOKRATIV GmbH, Rüsbergstr. 50a, 58456 Witten, Germany. For further details, please refer to the imprint or the provider ID of our website.
3. Informational use of our campaign
As long as you visit our campaign purely for informational purposes, i.e. without registering or taking advantage of another offer that requires prior registration, only the following data will be collected:
- Type of Internet browser you use when visiting- Settings of the Internet browser- Operating system you use during your visit- Website you last visited (i.e. before switching to us)- The pages you visit on our website- Date of visit, time of visit, duration of visit and frequency of use- Data transferred and access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.) - IP number of the Internet device you use for the visit
The IP number is the globally valid, unique identification of each individual Internet device. It serves as the address through which data is sent to the device from the Internet, e.g. pictures of our campaign. If the IP number were not collected, our websites would not be able to respond to your entries and inquiries and would not be able to communicate with your device.
An informational visit is only stored for statistical purposes, to optimize our website and for the purpose of system security. This only requires storage in anonymous form. It is not possible to draw conclusions about an individual visitor. We do not create any user profiles or the like for visitors who visit our website for information purposes only.
4. Participation in the campaign
If you want to register for the campaign, we also need personal data from you, namely:
- Salutation*
- First name* and last name*
- E-mail address*
- Street* and house number*
- ZIP* and City*
- Country*
Mandatory registration information has been marked with * in our listing. Further information is voluntary.
5. Collection and use of data
After a successful registration for the campaign, we also use your data to personalize subsequent visits. We only collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us. A collection of personal data without your consent does not take place.
The use of personal data is strictly earmarked to the extent necessary and strictly complies with the legal requirements.
6. Entrant data and public announcement of prize winners
By signing up, you agree that if you win,
- YOUR NAME
may be publicly announced on our websites and on the social media channels (Facebook and Instagram) of Falken Tyre Europe GmbH. The consent can be withdrawn at any time. The participant is responsible for the correctness of the name provided. The disclosure of the name is without guarantee.
Since the campaign aims to provide a collaborative experience, by signing up, you agree that your registered name will also be shown to other entrants. In our competition, the display of the name is only in abbreviated form by default (first name last name = first name N.).
7. Evaluation of your data
If you have expressly agreed to the use of your personal data in the participation form, we would like to evaluate your data and use it to select a winner at random and for providing the prizes. You can withdraw this consent at any time. For the above-mentioned evaluations, it may be necessary to combine personal data that you have provided to us during registration, and the continuously accruing usage data in user profiles. The summaries and their evaluations are carried out only internally and exclusively for the stated purposes.
8. Location of data storage
In principle, all data mentioned in this data protection declaration are stored and processed in our own databases or in the databases of companies that work for us as a service provider for order data processing within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR; see also section 9 for such service providers. Disclosure of data to third parties.
9. Disclosure of data to third parties
Should it be necessary to pass on your personal data to third parties in order to provide our services or due to organisational processing processes for providing the prizes, we will only pass on the data that is absolutely necessary for the specific purpose. Such third parties are also obliged to comply with data protection regulations and data secrecy.
Service companies that process data for us as a processor are also obliged to comply with data protection regulations and data secrecy. For the implementation of the campaign, the company Happy Contests GmbH, Maximilianstraße 14, 86150 Augsburg was commissioned, which must process the data for the purpose of carrying out the campaign, in particular collect, store and use.
In the event that you win a prize, your personal data required for the presentation of the prize will be transmitted to the respective cooperation partner (Falken Tyre, Teufel, Iglu Lodge). The data will be stored there until the expiry of the statutory retention periods; in addition, the winner agrees to the publication of his name and place of residence in the advertising media used by the organizer. This includes announcing the winner on our communication channels, on our website and on our social media platforms.
10. Data deletion
Unless there is an obligation to comply with statutory retention periods (see above), all personal data stored in connection with the campaign will be deleted by us after the end of the campaign, the notification of the winners and the handing over of the prizes – latest on the 31. of January 2025.
11. Right of revocation and objection, deletion of participant data
You can withdraw the consent given to the processing of your personal data at any time. If you make use of this option, we will delete your personal data immediately if they are no longer needed.
However, if there are legal retention obligations or if the data is still needed for billing purposes, the data can only be deleted after expiry of the retention obligations or after billing.
Personal data provided when participating in a campaign can be deleted at any time. All you need to do is send an e-mail to
info@sokrativ.de
with a corresponding note necessary. With the request, all data records relating to the participant, including his personal data, will be irretrievably deleted from the databases of the organizer or the company commissioned by him with the technical implementation of the campaign as soon as possible, unless there is a legal obligation to comply with retention periods. At the same time, all data collected in connection with the campaign will also be deleted.
12. Social Plugins
This website uses AddToAny's social plugin, which allows visitors to share certain content on social networks and other services. According to its own statements, AddToAny adheres to the requirements of the GDPR the first time it is accessed and, with the exception of the IP address, which is anonymized, does not request any personal data by default (as of 25.05.2018; https://www.addtoany.com/buttons/faq/#gdpr).
Visitors to our campaign can voluntarily activate the integrated AddToAny and use it to establish a direct connection to various social networks and services. In this case, personal data may also be transmitted. We do not collect any personal data ourselves by means of the social plugins or their use.
13. Changes to this supplementary privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this supplementary privacy policy. We will notify you of such changes by means of a notice in our campaign.
14. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do no damage to your end device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specifically used terminal device. However, this does not mean that we immediately become aware of your identity.
The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These will be deleted automatically after leaving our site.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your end device for a specified period of time to optimise user-friendliness. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically be recognized that you have already been with us and the inputs and settings you have made are also recognized, so that you do not have to re-enter them.
When you return to our website, these cookies enable us to recognise automatically that you have already been to our website. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies are required for the purposes mentioned for the protection of our legitimate interests as well as of third parties according to Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f) GDPR. Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer, or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. Complete deactivation of cookies, however, may result in you being unable to use all the functions of our website.
Cookie consent with Usercentrics
This website uses the cookie consent technology from Usercentrics to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device and to document them in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Rosental 4, 80331 Munich, website: https://usercentrics.com/de (hereinafter "Usercentrics").
When you enter our website, the following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics:
• Your consent (s) or the revocation of your consent (s)
• Your IP address
• Information about your browser
• Information about your device
• Time of your visit to the website
In addition, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consent you have given or to be able to revoke it. The data collected in this way will be stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention requirements remain unaffected.
Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6, Paragraph 1, Sentence 1, Letter c GDPR.
We have concluded an order processing contract with Usercentrics. This is a contract stipulated by data protection law, which ensures that Usercentrics processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
15. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Treaty on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases will the entire 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 to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activity and to provide other services related to the website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data from Google.
Opt-out
You can prevent cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; however, we wish to point out that by doing so, you may not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website.
You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) being passed to Google and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
The use of this service is lawful based on Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f) GDPR.
The Google Analytics anonymization feature is used to obscure IP addresses. Google, Inc. processes this data on our behalf.
For more information on how to handle user data on Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
16. Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage web page tags through a single interface. The Tag Manager tool itself (which implements the tags) is a cookieless domain and does not collect any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data under certain circumstances. The Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation occurs at domain or cookie level, it remains in use for all tracking tags, which are implemented by Google Tag Manager.
17. Google reCAPTCHA
We use the service reCAPTCHA offered by Google Inc. (Google) to protect your information. The tool checks whether the input is being made by a human being or is being done automatically by a machine. This service involves sending Google the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service. To that end, your input will be transmitted to Google and used there. By using reCaptcha, you agree that the letters you enter are used to digitalise older publications. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Treaty on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the entire IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service on behalf of the operator of this website. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA is not conflated with other Google data.
This data is subject to the privacy policy of Google Inc.
The function is used to prevent illegal (especially automated) participation. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f) GDPR.
For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visit:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
18. YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited. If you're logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube videos allows us to present our offering visually and therefore represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f) GDPR.
For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
19. Participation form
If you use the participation Form, the information you provide will be transferred and stored in order for you to participate in the Falken Xmas Calendar. The data will be transferred to the cooperation partner. More details can be found in the terms of participation of teis campaign.
The lawfulness of this disclosure is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. a) GDPR.
20. Facebook, Instagram and X
The Advent calendar is beeing promoted via the social networks Facebook, Instagram and X. We don’t have influence on the processing of your personal data on these social networks. If you partcipiate via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter you agree to their privacy policies. You can find more information here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
Instagram: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/
21. Security of your data / SSL encryption
According to the German Digital Services Act (DSA), this site used SSL encryption, recognisable by a lock icon in the address bar of your browser. The data you transmit should not be readable by third parties if SSL encryption is activated.
As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. Whether a single page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form, is indicated by the closed representation of the key or the lock icon in the bottom status bar of your browser.
We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved to meet state-of-the-art requirements.
22. Data subject rights
You can request information about the personal data stored about you at any time and free of charge. Your rights also include the right to correct, restrict or delete your data and to obtain a copy of your data in a form suitable for further transmission, as well as the rights to withdraw consents granted and object to the processing of your data. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Your rights are based in particular on the following sections of the GDPR:
• Art. 7 para. 3 – Right to withdraw consent
• Art. 12 – Transparent information, communication-, and modalities for the exercise of the rights oft he data subject
• Art. 13 – Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
• Art. 14 – Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject
• Art. 15 – Right of access by the data subject
• Art. 16 – Right to rectification
• Art. 17 – Right to erasure ("Right to be forgotten")
• Art. 18 – Right to restriction of processing
• Art. 19 – Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing
• Art. 20 – Right to data portability
• Art. 21 – Right to object
• Art. 22 – Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
• Art. 77 – Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
To exercise your rights (with the exception of Art. 77 GDPR), please contact the data controller listed above.